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PAGE FOUR .. iOTHOtf TWO Tie National Outlook The Government Pay Raise By Ralph Robky As of the first of. this July all Federal Civil Service workers, which includes all employees of the Post Olfice, got an increase of pay of not less than 7 l a per, cent. The total cost to the gov ernment, and the taxpayers, is over S7OO million. It was grant-j ed as a result of both Houses of the Congress overriding a most vigorous veto by the Presi dent To appraise the action the following points must be kept in mind. 1. Only two years ago all these employees: were given a 10 peri csht increase. Since then the' cost of living has increased only 1 a Small friction over 2 per cent.! On this comparison, therefore, there could be ho reason for this latest rise. 2. The Department of Labor currently is making a quite elaborate study of government wages in relation to those paid i by private' employers. The Con gress provided the funds for this study $500,000) and its purpose is to provide a basis for determin ing whether the government is paying enough. The results of this analysis will be ready in about two months. No one can be certain what the survey will show, but it is expected that we shall find that.only in the high er government jobs is the. pay below what is customary in pri vate employment. This will not | be corrected by the current risei because those holding these po- ] sitions do not come under civil service except in a few in-, stances. ' . Government employment does not offer an opportunity to be come wealthy, but it has certain j aspects whjch are not found in! the private of our econ omy. Such'employees.have what amounts to a guaranteed annual wage, thirty days vacation each year (this'is much longer than private industry grants), substan tial sick leave with pay, ex cellent pension system, and what in effect is an almost complete protection against being dis-, charged. AJLI of these have to ( be put on Die plu? side from the viewpoint of the employees, and they all cost money. j 4. As a result of this increase, the average pay to government workers w iff 'be above - that of j comparable work in private in dustry and much above that of state and municipal workers The S7OO million, therefore, is fur from the total cost of the action.l States and municipalities willi have to raise their pay scales,! * Set the Chtvy Mystery Show in color Sundays, NBC TV. DRIVE A CHEVY CORVAIR W nja■ ‘ -*« •• •" vrrrWfS#** Corvair 700 4-Door Sadan a % • f * See your local authorized Chevrplti dealer for economical transportation 1 George Chevrolet Company, Inc. PHONE 2138 1100 N. Broad Strait Edartoo, W. C - W 'M fl«rn I ttj.. ■.■»»■■■ !»*■■—i.— .- I and private industry will be un ,' der renewed pressure fbr higher I wages. What the total cost will ■ amount to for the economy as • a whole is not possible of deter mination, but it certainly will i be in the billions, j 5. Even without this increase ; there was a growing question as. to the projected $4.2 billion fed eral surplus for this fiscal year. This was because the Congress obviously was in no mood for I serious economy and had many ■ extravagant proposals before it. •I With the pay increase and if one .I or two of these proposals is pass -1 ed. there will be a deficit rather ! than a surplus for this fiscal , year. 6. Passage of the pay increase, and overriding the President's . veto, was sheer, blatant, raw , politics. Only 69 in the House and 24 in the Senate voted to i sustain the veto. Here was pres sure politics at its worst, and it is almost frightening to see it in operation. T. The rise definitely has infla tionary implications. It will ■ hinder our attempt to solve our international deficit. It material ly lessens the prospect for in come tax rate reform. It makes it increasingly difficult for Us to have steady, sustainable growth. We have heard much in recent months about fiscal responsibili ty. This action was' a perfect I example of fiscal irresponsibility. !« j SUNDAY SCHOOL 1 LESSON 1 , Continued from Pa«w 3. Section 2 j the proper appreciation and use of the natural world as it serves our human needs. We must be sufficiently ingenious to find a way to invest the sacred in the secular, proving to God our love. It will have to be done by choice if we are to accomplish it at all. We reach occasional peaks of i unparalleled goodness as we I live out our years. One of the most moving stories ever re counted involved a father rock | ing his ailing baby boy through , a long and hungry night. Doc . tors had prescribed that the child 'j must' have only a special kind of prepared milk. A blizzard had descended and cut off or dinary communication. The ac customed bottle of milk was con ! spicuous by its absence. Hungry i and bewildered, the child cried I himself to sleep, rocked gently I all the while by his anxious and suffering father. In his slumber he would whimper pitifully, and as his father soothed him he sud denly became painfully aware of the plight of thousands of babies in the squalid poverty of the world’s want He thought of oth er young fathers who had to, watch their babies, die for lackj of a little food. He thought of! the sleepless nights and tortured j days as anguished little bodies withered away, and eyes glazed in hopeless suffering. When the milkman finally got through, it had only been a few hours of hunger and waiting, and suffering, for the father and his son. But as he wakened the baby from his haunted sleep, and gave him the good warm milk, the father hurried away to send a gift to the hungry babies, of the world. That father was] i treading on the threshold of! God’s pity and God’s love. Forj God is like that. The gallantry of goodness is a' by-product of the church’s ideal- j ism. The marching forces of hu- j manitarianism waging an endless j battle against disease, poverty, | and abuse were set in motion by i our Lord. The battle goes onj through the instrumentality of the church. Society reaches its finest hours when, banded together, whole communities ship carloads of; clothing or food to those who dread the approach of winter. A son captures an hour to be remembered when he honors the reasonable requests of his father or mother. It is in making more consistent these expressions of human no bility that we prove our faith fulness to the God who loves us. (These comments ere based on outlines of the International Sunday School Lessons, copy righted by the International Council of Religious Education 1 and used by permission.) R. A. Beasley Dies After Long Illness j R. A. Beasley, 87, died Friday afternoon at the home of his , daughter. Mrs. J. C. Skinner, in rhe Macedonia section after a period of failing health for the last three years. Mr. Beasley was a retired farmer and until his illness was very active in the Yeopim com munity, taking special interest in politics. He was a native of Chowan County, son of-the-krte Robert and Martha Bunch Beas ley. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Rondell Barrington of Grimesland, Mrs. J. C. Skinner of Edenton. Mrs. Mattie B. Tay lor of Kinston and Mrs. Mar Bumumrs 2800 MILES A MONTH ON CORVAIR THINKS ITS MARVELOUS 6AS MILEAGE “OUT OF THIS WOULD” Mr.' and Mrs. Richard Kahelin of Plant City, Florida, couldn’t be happier with the way their new Corvair has worked out as a combination family and business car. On their newspaper distribution route alone they travel more than 400 miles a week over all kinds of roads. Little wonder they’re so pleased with the gas mileage they’ve been getting —“at least twenty-three miles to the gallon with an auto matic transmission . . . and we’ve had no trouble with our Corvair.” The Kahelins have equally good things to say about Corvair’s easy-going comfort and unique con venience features. They especially like the way the fold- 1 down seat doubles as a built-in baby sitter. FOR ECONOMICAL TRANSPORTATION If you haven’t driven it yet, you don’t know what a delight driving can be. Its steering, response, traction and roadability are unique because it’s a unique caf -the only U.S. car with an air-cooled airplane-type rear engine, transaxle and independent suspension at all four wheels. Be in on the know. Find out what delightful differences this advanced design makes. mSMnMmSn* 7K2 CKOwAH K2BALD. EDEKTG2T. NORTH CAROLIHA. THURSDAY, JULY U. 1960. garet Jordan of Hertford; a bro ther, Littie Beaslev of Lorg j Island, N. Y., and a sister, Mrs. John E. Warren of New York.] Sixteen grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren also survive. He was a member of Holy In nocent Episcopal Church at Sev en Springs. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock [at Williford Funeral Home. The Rev. George B. Holmes, rector of St Paul’s Episcopal Church, officiated, assisted by the Rev. Gordon Shaw, pastor of the Macedonia Baptist Church. Bur ial was in Beaver Hill Ceme tery. Never ask for tomorrow: it is enough that divine Love is an ever-present help; and if you wait, never doubting, you will have all you need every mo ment. —Mary Baker Eddy. Minutes Os Board 1 Os Public Works \. » J Edenton. N. C. July 5. 1960. I The Board of Public Works I met this day in regular session at 8:00 P. M., at the Edenton Municipal Building with the fol lowing members present: Thom as C. Byrum, Jr., Chairman, Jesse L. Harrell, Ralph E. Par rish James P. Ricks, Jr., and J. H. Conger. Jr. The minutes of the regular meeting of June 7, 1960, and special meetings of June 10th and June 15th were read and ap proved. On motion by Jesse L. Harrell, seconded by Ralph E. Parrish, and carried, E. and W. bills in the amount of $16,017.16 be paid. Os this amount $655.55 covered purchase and installation of flasher lights on North Oakum Street on each side of the Color ed Schools. $388.75 for sewer extensions, and $14,972.82 was for general operational expense. The bills follow: Gulf Oil Corp., $84.20; Hollo well Drug Store, $3.18; Motorola C. & E.. Inc., $46.75; Gray & Creech. Inc.. $3.62: George Chev rolet Co., $1.24: Edwards & Broughton Co., $14.39; Norfolk- Southern Railway Co., 80c; Ad ' drassograph-Multigraph Corpora tion. $27.75: The Chowan Herald, $35.00: Paramount Chemical Co., $12.50; Line Material Industries, $40.09: Hughes-Parker Hardware | Co., $20.92; Taylor-Colquitt Co., ORKtN SINCE 1901 CONSULT THt TiIfPHON! DIRECTORY FOR THE ORKIN OFFICE NEAREST YOU I WORLD'S LARGEST $988.00; Graybar Electric Co., j $240.44; Williamston Office Sup ply Co., $50,40; CarOlina-Norfolk I Truck Line Co, $4.18; Bunch’s i Auto Parts, $11.04; Jackson Ra dio & TV Service, $17.60; Ralph E. Parrish, Inc., $3.00; Transport Clearing of the Carolines, $2.50; North Carolina Sales Organiza tion. $7.26; J. D. McCotter. Inc., $7.20; Byrum Hardware Cq., $4.64; Coastal Electronics, Inc., $41.55; M. G. Brown Co., $8.91; R. S. Jordan Co., $4.90; Hays Thousands Came Last Week SAVINGS ARE TERRIFIC! SHOP! SAVE! DURING JULY 7\ t / J Jmtmfc \ I I I r %»*-•* _ »?♦* a 1 a f f % -a/ Jf 1 a / a I a A \ a J B / f Hl** / A \ i t I ***<*■*> I Thousands of Thrifty Shoppers flocked to Belk-Tyler’s the first day of our sale... Everyone was more than pleased with the many outstand ing money-saving bargains... Tell all your friends and neighbors about this great sale and hurry down tomorrow... You’ll save and save on every item! This is positively our greatest sale of the year! . | SPECIAL PURCHASE SUPER SPECIALS ; DRASTIC REDUCTIONS SENSATIONAL VALUES ALL SUMMER STOCKS MUST GO! STORE OPEN SATURDAY NIGHT TH 9 O’CLOCK! RFI K-THI FR’^ \JLgj Mm M . M ..» I .. f WHPRRHB'’ BBBBBBBta ' 8888 aBBi *II II I || EDE3NTON (1 [ . f..' , *>. .jj jiMR. Op.. $34,17; Railway, Express j Agency, $5.16; Phipps -ft - Bird, jlnc., $8.71; North' Carolina State Board of Health, $16.00; Ashley Welding ft Machine Co., $91.11; Tidewater Supply Co., $18.91; Electrical Equipment Co., $47.20; Howerton Gowen Co., $100.88;' Hobbs Implement Co. $17.10; Mueller Co., $45.99; R. J. Boyce, $34.90; Norfolk ft Carolina Tel. ft Tel. Co., $38.00; N. C. Depart ment of Motor Vehicles, $2.00; Remington Rand. $98.56; W. F.' - - -- flTio.tfe; PwSrtlr, $9505; Vh--, giftia Electric ft Power Co.. sll,- 562-40; Twiddy Sign Service,! $8.00; Railway Express Agency,] $4.59; salaries paid in June. $3,- , 238.08; total. $19,253.24. | Received for current, water : and merchandise. $22,091.41. Receipts in excess of disburse ments. $2,838.17. The Finance Committee pre sented E. and W. Board budget for the 'year 1960-1961 and on motion bV J. P. Ricks, Jr, sec onded b> Ralph E. Parrish and carried, the budget was approv- I ed as, presented. I j I ■On motion bv Ralph E. Pam* [rish, seconded by Jesse L. Har i rell and carried, salary increases matching those authorized by the Town Council for the Clerk, Assistant Clerk and Stenograph er are approved. RALPH E. PARRISH. Secretary.
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