SECTION THHEK
PAGE SIX
REPORTS
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Washington Last week I
#as among a group of members
of Congress who called on Un
der Secretary of State Dillon
concerning the proposed increas
es in tariffs on tobacco entering
the six European nations which !
make up the so-called European
Common Market.
.'These six nations France,,'
Italy, Belgium, Netherlands,':
Luxembourg, and Germany—
have announced intentions to
place a 30 per cent ad valorem!
duty on all tobacco, including 1
American tobacco. Should these!-
intentions be carried out, it ! ,
would mean that the proposed',
tariffs would .be about three ■
times as high as the existing ,
average duties. This could j
bring about very grave prob- 1 :
lems for American tobacco. Our ]
tobacco already brings premium ]
prices, and to establish duties'
pn an ad valorem basis—that is,-
c i ties based on value rather ;
than on weight or volume — ■
would mean that tariffs on ,
American tobacco would be
much higher than the duties ,
on cheaper tobacco. This, of
course, would threaten many ofj
our major European markets, j
and there is no doubt that it i
would slow down European sales |
of American tobacco. Along!
with Senators Cooper and Mor-I
ton of Kentucky, I requested •
the meeting with Under Secre
tary Dillon. I was greatly
pleased with the attitude he 1
took toward our problem.
Secretary Dillon assured us
frat every effort would be
made to have adjustments made
in the proposals. It was point- -
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ed out that farmers in past:
years have been the strongest
advocates of reciprocal trade
agreements negotiated through
the GATT Organization (General
Agreement on Tariffs & Trade).
Should the European Common
Market countries carry through
with their proposed action, it
, would mean that the concept of
reciprocal trade would be giv
en a serious blow as it has op
erated in the past.
I think the conference we had
with Secretary Dillon will be
very helpful. The Department
of Agriculture, the Department
of Commerce, and the State De
partment are very much aware
of the problems involved, and
particularly the seriousness of
the problems should the tariff
proposals go through as plan
ned.
It would be mos*. ironic for
tariffs to be raised in our major
European markets at a time
when growers themselves have
sought legislation to stabilize
tobacco prices in order to
strengthen their position in the
export trade.
Home Ec Teachers
Meet In Edenton
The Albemarle home econom
ics teachers' organization met in
the Home Economics department
of Edenton High School Thurs
day of last week. The program
for the day, “Newer Techniques
in Clothing, Textiles and Guid
ance.” was presented by Fran
ces Newby and Mary Ann
Combs, who attended n—w
session at Woman's Collect la
Greensboro Inst summer and
studied these topics. They pro
sen tod several new ideas in
methods of teaching dothing
construction and textiles in the
high school ■ctassroeim. These
methods were based on the Btfcna
B. Bishop method of
construction. In jguidanoe, ways
of solving classroom problems
were discussed.
Evelyn Willey, president, pre
sided at the mreUn*. Hostesses
were Mary Ann Combs and
Eleanor Tcttertcn.
Attending the meeting were;
Carolyn Brinkley of Plymouth
High, w ith her student teachers,
Margaret Harris and Annette
Allcox of East Carolina College;
Mary Ann Combs, Columbia
High; Eleanor Tettertan, Cres
wcil High; Lucy KittreU, Sun
bury High; Edna Reaves, Bden
ton High; Ernestine Nkhols,
Elizabeth City High; Marguerite
Foster, Weeksville High; Mar
garet Bray, Moyock High; Helen
Larabee, Central High; Frances
Newby, Perquimans High, and
Evelyn B. Willey, GatesviHe
High.
Re-advertise For
Bids For Dredginjr
At Oregon Inletj
The State Highway Depart
ment has re-advertised for bids
on the dredging of the ferryboat
chanhel across Oregon Inlet be
tween Nags Head and Hatteras
Island. Bids will be opened in!
Raleigh today (Thursday).
An earlier advertisement re-’
suited in only or>c bid for $84,-
000. which was considerably
over engineering estimates and!
was rejected by the Commission
at its April Ist meeting.
At that time, several members
of the Commission voiced con
cern over any delay in deepen
ing the Oregon Inlet channel
for normal ferryboat operations.
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oedy a few weeks old, was oady kidding.
However, the Omnatssion said
it could not approve the ex
cessive bs3£ Department engi
neers were- instructed by the
Commission to re-advertise the
dredging at the earliest possible
moment and to award the bid as
soon as contractor prices had
been received.
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friend. Smith, whom he hadn't
seen in six months, he was
shocked by his altered appear
ance. His face looked haggard,
his eyes held a glossy stare, and
the way his clothes draped his
frame spoke eloquently of a
considerable weight loss.
“Good heavens, man'” Jones
exclaimed, “have you been ill?”
“No.” Smith answered, wear
ily; “but my wife is on a re
ducing diet”
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IsContributingTo
Famiy Formation
Economic and Finan
cial Factors Domi
nant Influence
An insight into the beneficial
influence of a sustained and
widely-diffused period of pros
perity, such as the United States
has enjoyed for the past two
decades, on family formation
and consequent population
growth is shown in data Com
piled by the U. S, Bureau of
the Census.
Two basic facts that stand out
from the figures are the steady j
increase in the proportion of
persons who many, and a de
cided decrease in the average
age at first marriage, particu
larly among men. Both are
long-term trends, evident in
Census compilations since be
fore the turn of the century; but
in both cases the gains in the
j last two decades, from the be
ginning of the Forties, are as
great as in the previous half,
century going back to 1890.
Growth of Jobs
While recognizing the social
I and other factors in family for
' mation, the Census Bureau
: points up the fundamental role
! of the widening of job oppor
] tunities in our growing economy
by emphasizing the importance
,of increased prosperity arid
greater job security behind the'
In a parallel development,
economic and financial factors
Ijave likewise been a dominant
influence on the living habits
of individuals as distinct from
family groups, reflected in the
marked growth in the number
of persons either maintaining
a home of their own or with
others unrelated to them. Indi
viduals now represent one out of
every seven households in the
! United States, a record propor
tion.
j Over the long view, the pro
portion of males 14 years old
and over who are married in
! creased from 52 per cent in
1890 to 70 per cent in 1959. The
increase for women was rela
tively not as great, the propor
tion rising from 55 per cent in
1890 to 66 per cent in 1959.
The median, age at first mar
riage has also shown a long
term decline, and more for men
i than women. Last year the
male who took his first nuptial
vows had a median age of 22.3
years against 26.1 years for his
counterpart in 1890, a decline
of practically four years. For
women the median age at first
marriage was 20.2 years in 1959
as against 22 years in 1890, a
| difference of almost two years.
! The Bachelor Story
I With all these changes,-how
ever, the bachelor is still far
from a vanishing species. The
figures show 14% million sin
gle males in March of last year.
Os (hese 7V4 million were under
20, and another 2t£ million were
between 20 and 24. This leaves
!5 million single men 25 and!
over, moFe than one out of
every ten males in the mature
j
HELD AS KILLER-Dennis
Whitley, 17, of North Holly
wood, Calif., has confessed to
seven murders in his travels
from the West Coast to Florida.
Three of the slayings were in
; the Miami area where Whitley
j was apprehended. Here is Den
nis as he appeared before re
porters at Dade County sheriff's v
office.
ages.
Actually, the Cehsus Bureau
rates only about 2Y* million men
as conjoined bachelors. These
are the single, meh 35
and 64, representing about 8
per cent of all; men in these
ages. Heri a* relationship be
tween income,- education and
marital status is discernible.
The great majority of 'the bache
lors between 35 and 64 earn
less than $4,000 a year, and
the influence of the income fac
tor on marital status is especial
ly apparent among the college
graduates in this age group.