The Roundup* s f^ - By WILBORNE HARRELL 4 It seems that I stand not alone .In my opposition to capital pun ishment Frank Roberts, in his 'column in The Herald, has taken .(he same stand several times. Ordinarily I am not a crusader. I began writing, in my early ytars, with the starry-eyed in tention of reforming the world, it’; was the youth in me that looked at mankind with naive add trusting eyes. But after I had’had my ears slapped down quite a few times, I learned that the world reforms itsdlf, through many voices of public opin ion. And that all I could do was add my small voice to this consensus, until it became a shijpt that would be heard and heeded by all. Gradually, over, years, these small voices ttujt have seen the injustice and cruetty of capital punishment, hare risen an'd increased in vol ume" and intensity, until now tjieje is a mighty shout re verberating around the world. : Hie National Outlook f ; The Trend Os Business Profits By Ralph Robey Chie of the assumptions under- 1 the • Federal Budget for the ( fiscal year- starting hex* July 1 J corporate profits be-j fef* taxes would be ssl billion. At'fhe time, this appeared to be 4 conservative estimate and many private forecasters thought thti,. total would be a billion or so "higher. It is now prdtey evi-! detiti lhat the.actual figure will' ttfc+ifolbw that upon which the budget was based. 1 ASpong the factors responsible for this-revised expectation are the . following: Competition is getting more and more severe. This competi tion is both from other domestic pjtjdtfcerr and from abroad. Th% is not hitting all industries apd, hjl companies with equal force*, but there’s practically no one wiho is not feeling its influ ence, . 2. .Costs of production still are rising. The primary cause of this is wage increases. Overall, such increases are just about equal tp those of last year, and (there is not the leeway for off setting them through increased output per manhour that was present iast year. This is be cause needless overhead and oth br sources of waste were rather thoroughly eliminated during the rqjjession and early recovery months. , Buyers are becoming in creasingly resistant to higher and Higher prices, and they are now in a position to make this feel $35 “JUST CHECK SBJ , THE BENEFITS ;• WfINT? ” V IJ& 'Tnial'srigM! HalTomnde's In Accident and Sickness Plan gives you Wy/ the exact coverage you want and need. t YOU choose monthly income And acci . ' : r . 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But the Weath er Bureau says ‘that about 70 percent of the hurricanes occur; during August, September and; October. Hurricanes are some- j thing to respect more than to fear. A good, healthy respect for the hurricane’s destructive! force plus proper precautions will allay much of your fear. THE WEST—Many artists have painted the Western scene, but none were quite so successful as Frederick Remington for catching on canvas the spirit of the plains, the prairies and the [ ing effective. In industry after we have unused capa- I city and many inventories are 1 relatively high. Automobiles providers perfect example. At present the stock of care in the , hands of dealers is approximate ■ ]y 1,100,000. A part of this is • caused by the increased num ! ber of models being offered this year, but this does not lessen the amount of funds which deal ers have tied up in their inven tories, nor the pressure upon them to sell cars at any price which will give them even a re educed profit. Somewhat the same situation prevails in house hold appliances and many other fields. In a word, we are in a buyer’s market and the sellers , no longer can call the fune. 4. The effects of the steel strike were more severe and widespread than had been anti cipated. Railroads, coal, and a host of other industries have been hurt. Users of steel have found that they can get along with smaller inventories than formerly, because of quick de liveries, and steel production has dropped by some 30 percent. 5. The volume of business ac tivity has not been as great as had been anticipated. 'Gross na tional product, which is the value of ali goods and services pro ducted, was estimated for Fed eral budget purposes at $5lO bil lion for the year. We crossed . in the first quarter, and it is THE CHOWAN HERALD Indians and settlers ithat peopled the land. Frederick Remington had seen army service and actual war fare in the Civil War, and went West for his health after the cessation of hostilities. This ac counts for his accurate and un derstanding portrayals of the soldier in his paintings. Rem ington in his work specialized in army life and Indians. He was] also something of a sculptor and] produced many statuettes of soldiers, Indians and cowboys J that have been widely repro- ( duced. But his chief claim to] fame rests on his ..wonderful; paintings of the West that are' now considered classics of West ern art. Frederick Remington died in 1909 in Ridgefield, Con necticut, where he had made his i home for several years. No compromise with commu nism! still possible that, the budget [estimate will- be realized but | many persons are beginning to ! question this forecast. What are the effects of this shrinkage of profits? This can be stated in dogmatic terms: j First, it means that the Fed-j eral government will get less revenue. A drop of $1 billionl in pre-tax profits costs the gov ernment about SSOO million, | Secondly, corporations wil have less money to invest for! better machines and all the oth-, er things that increase efficiency of production. Some of this may 1 be offset by paying less divi dends, but that is not a pro-1 cess which can , 'be carried .very] far. Finally, the nation will grow| less rapidly than otherwise. This] is important not only in rela tion to Russia but, as well, in' SSOO billion (at an annual rate)* connection with taking care of our growing labor force. Tested “Trust her? You surely don’t think she could keep a secret?” “Well, I've trusted her with other things, and she kept them.” Don’t Lag—Kay Olag dentists say "wonderful" . , t "best Fee ever used" ... "best tooth pasta on the marks) I ' SENATOR i IpttViN Washington ln my opinion the Senate improved the so-call ed loyalty oath bill last week. Loyalty Oath From a legal standpoint the legislation was improved because i‘ retains the loyalty oath and substitutes for the anti-Communist affidavit -a statutory crime which is easier of enforcement than a prose cution for perjury. This is so because it is very difficult to make out a case of perjury in the courts, and that was the sole remedy Which, un der the original act, was avail able against anyone who made a false anti-Communist oath. This is the result of the controversy that was raised over the Delensu Education Act of 1958. 1 am firm in my opinion that »t is wise to retain the loyalty oath in the Act and to substi tute the criminal penalty be cause this will result in strong er enforcement than under the present law. The furor raised by the origi nal Act should cease forthwith. At the same time, the applicant for assistance from the Federal government under the Defense | Education Act should remember that it is the American taxpayer who is making this possible and I that the citizens of this country have a right to know that public funds are not being used to edu cate Communists bent on the destruction of democracy. Defense Appropriations Last week the Senate began extended sessions to complete urgent legis lation, one bill being money for national defense. The defense appropriations bill was passed with funds for the B-70 bomber program which had been shelv ed edrlier by the Administration. As you know, I have supported the B-70 program and was ci'iti- ! cal of the action which halted JMienleii f j g:| ' c •UNOfC wxipor, M I*OOC M> OttlN NtUTMt DWT». KWDdXf D*T. CO, Kr.%. its development. This is a high altitude bomber that should be in our arsenal of weapons as a mighty deterrent of war. The Senate also added funds for in creasing the Marine Corps man power level and took other steps that should significantly increase our defense potential. No Substitute Unfortunately, there is no substitute for ade quate national defense in this world. While our prayers and efforts for peace must not 'be neglected in the slightest, it is folly to face the world today without a defense potential suf ficient to meet whatever threat arises. Frankly Speaking By Franc H_t>erls If I had a nickel for everyone that came up to me and said: “You’re going to miss Nancy Car son aren’t you,”, I’d be a fairly wealthy guy for a change. Ol course, the answer is an obvious “yes,” an emphatic “yes.” Nan cy was not only a fine worker, a wonderful woman’s director, but, most important, a truly fine and wonderful person. Her charming personality, her kind ness, her warmth, her feelings for other people, all marked her as a rare individual. No wonder everyone who knew her loved her so well. As a matter of tact, she’s one of the few per sons about whom 1 never heard an unkind word. Miss Nancy Carson? Without a shadow of a doubt! Now, though, I’d like] to wish her well with her new: job, continued happiness, health 1 and success. I know she’ll be reading this so, if I may, “Nan cy, good luck. Our thoughts arei with you.” At the same time, i I’d like to welcome, to the told, I Dolly Wright, the young lady! who has taken over Nancy’s job. j A bright, intelligent and person- J able young lady, Dolly is a wel- , come addition to our WCDJI staff. It’s a tough job she’s | tackling, though, so we’ll be ' wishing ,her well. j Question of the week: How , would you interpret the tenth 1 amendment in regards to states’; rights? Here's still another invitation for you to come out to Sandy; Point Beach, where Jane DuLan-' ey is doing such a wonderful job | on “Teentime”. Plenty of free: dancing, of course, and the pro- gram itself can be heard every I j Monday through Saturday, fromj 4 to 5. Contests and prizes as j soon as we can get enough danc | ers on the floor. Much bash fulness keeps many just a-sittin’ j and a-watchin’. I Did you know that a couple j of gents employed on Eisenhow j er’s farm in Gettysburg were ar j rested as spies? Initial reaction ■ from the President and Press j Secretary Hager ty was to keep j the thing as quiet as possible to i ' avoid embarrassment to the ad ministration. Nice how they vorry about our security Roughly on that subject. June was a hard month for the Eisen hower administration. In addi- j tion to the above-mentioned. | there was, of course, the U-2 spy plane incident and the noise i from Japan. The latter situa-1 tion was handled so poorly that! ordinarily neutral news corres- ! oondents even admitted that U. j S. officials goofed. 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Then decide to start jour savings program now at this strong, friendly bank. *£■ p <3a/ikcuuiTui6tempaw\ EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA 3% Interest Paid On Savings Accounts UEUBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION DEPOSITS INSURED TO SIO,OOO Thursday, June 23, 1960. EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA the Japanese reaction. (He’s nev er been close to the people. He’s been more friendly with Kishi; and the big business interests in] Japan). They also erred tnj thinking Japanese police could; handle all of the demonstrators.; Another miscalculation was hav ing Eisenhower visit Japan on the very day the treaty was to have been ratified. Okay, out; of politics, for a spell. One of the great character ac tors of the 30's and 40's. Guy Kibec, has, unbeknownst to most of his fans, been dead for about four years now. He died in a New York home for sick and needy actors. How can a man who was so successful and popu *t \\ * * , •' V*r73* r at \ flceon. //tew m w VIRGINIA Here, on white sondy shores that knew the steps of Blackboard's buccaneers, you'll enjoy an unforget able holiday. Ocean View swimming and water sports ore second to none. Clean, sparkling clear salt water maintains comfortable temperature from Moy through October refreshingly cool in the summer sun invitingly warm for the young sters. Ocean View’s modern, comfortable accom modations, fine restaurants ond countless recrea tional focilities ore priced for moderate, family budgets. There s o treasure-trove of summer fun ot Ocean View. For complete accommodations and recreation literature, write . . . OCEAN VIEW VACATIONS Bepl. A2l 26$ Roush St., Norfolk, Va. lar wind up that way? No <jne seems to know the inside story. Kibee’s 25-year-old son commit ted suicide last week. Closing thought: History is little more than the register ol the crimes, follies and misfort unes of mankind. Prompt Lad Skive—l hear that young Po zozzle is bringing suit agaipst the government for $50,000 dam ages. Pyeraft—On what grounds? Skive—Flatfoot. He was on a government job and was carry ing a heavy piece of iron when the whistle blew and he dropped the iron on his feet.

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