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I SAM ERVIN
Washington President Ken
nedy on May 2nd announced a
seven-point program dealing
with the textile problem. On
May Bth in the Senate, I ex
pressed my disappointment with
thfe President’s program. I stat
ed that, “While some parts of
the program would alleviate to
some degree some of the prob
lems of the textile industry, the
program will not prevent the
continuing liquidation of the tex
tile industry which has been in
progress for some years. This is
true because the program does
not come to grips with the cru
cial fact that the economic ills
of the textile industry are, in
large measure, the inevitable re
sult of certain unwise trade
practices and policies adopted
and pursued by unidentified of
ficers' of the State Department.”
T)n Jkne 18th my reservations
on the seven-point program were
confirmed when I met with oth
er members of Congress and
Under Secretary Ball regarding
the proposed international ne
gotiations on certain textile pro
ducts. The feeling expressed to
the Under Secretary was unani
mous that he is proceeding on
the basis of an erroneous under
standing as to the nature of the I
industry and of the .gravity of
the textile and apparel import'
problem. In my opinion, Mr.
Ball’s program will insure the
continued deterioration of the
U. S. textile industry. The 1
State Department’s plan has sev
eral basic defects which doom it'
to failure which were pointed
out in the conference. These de
fects are; First, it pertains sole
ly to cotton textiles. It ex
cludes wool, silk, and man-man
fiber textiles and apparel. Sec-!
ond, it is built on a voluntary
quota system at the 1960 level’
if imports except for a possible'
30% rollback for Hong Kong.:
The Japanese quota would be
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raised slightly. Third, it would
assure every country of an au
tomatic annual increase in ex
port potential of all textiles and
apparel to the U. S.
Effect —The textile industry is
! vital to the economy of North
Carolina and employs some 219,-
000 persons in the State. In ef
fect the State Department has
come up with the conclusion that
it cannot negotiate trade limita
tions which would substantially
roll-back textile imports flood
ing the U. S. The Department
seeks to use 1960 imports of cot
ton textiles into the U. S. as the
level at which voluntary restric
tions from each country would
be based. Foreign shipments to
the U. S. were heaviest in 1960.
A piecemeal and entirely inade
quate program of voluntary quo
tas based upon the year of heav
iest imports will not prevent the
continuing liquidation of the
textile industry.
Ineffective Solution I have
expressed my views to the
President and the Under Secre
tary on this matter. It is my
conviction that the solution pro
posed by the State. Department
will aggravate rather than rem
edy the situation.
Frankly Speaking
By FRANK ROBERTS
Edenton is tourist country.
The tourist season is well under
way, so I thought I’d have a
chat with a very pleasant friend
of mine, Shelton Moore. Who’s
Shelton Moore? All right then,
Snooks Moore, over at the Eden
Motel. After all, the local mo
tel owners and operators have
first contact with the weary
travelers who decide to spend
the night in Edenton, with its
brace of clean and well recom
mended motels. This means that
one of the jobs of the motel folk
is to promote Edenton, and
Snooks does just that. He tells
them about the guide service,
shows them maps of Edenton,
tells- twenr grtytvr-tawtfy wsrury
and points of interest and, ac
cording to Snooks, it pays off,
because many travelers who’d
only intended staing overnight
wind up spending a good deal
of time here. They then spend
time and money in our town and
when they leave they take with
them an impression of a very
clean town (Snooks says every
one is impressed with its clean
liness) and they’re further im
pressed with Edenton’s histori
cal background. Then, back
home, they tell their friends and
neighbors about Edenton. All
of that brings more visitors
THE CHOWAN HEHALft, EPRNTOW. MORTH(;jjtROI,mA, THURBDAY, JULY 8, lWi.
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WHERE THERE’S A WHEEL— It probably wouldn’t do for
an amusement park, but this ferns wheel is fine for Boy
Scouts at the Scoutorama, Kansas City, Kan. The lads made
it from hickory poles and rope.
since,: obviously enough, the
looks of the town, then wOrd
of-mouth recommendations are
the most vital items in promot
ing any town. More specifically,
now, on the Eden Motel itself.
It’s 10 years old this year and
always offers greetings to those
visitors who stay there from
Pardner. Pardner is the little
chihuahua, official greeter for
Snooks and the motel.
I asked Snooks about the tour
ists who stay with him, trying
to find out how far some of
the mhave come, andN it setems
that visitors from Europe are a
common thing and, like Ameri
can tourists, they, too, are quite
impressed with the town’s his
Town Os Edenton, North Carolina
Proposed Budget For Fiscal Year Beginning July 1,1961, and Ending June 30.
1962, as Approved by Town Council of the Town of Edenton In Special Ses
slsnuTucsdayJVjgbt, June 27, 1961:
Estimated Revenue
Property Tax $ 87,000.00
Street and Sidewalk Paving Assessment 500.00
Rent 470.00
Beer and Wine 5,000.00
Revenue from E. & W. Department 25,500.00
Auto and Bicycle Licenses ;....., 1,100.00
Officers’ Fees 2,500.00
Parking Meters 7,500.00
Interest on Delinquent Taxes 600.00
License Schedule B 9,000.00
Intangible and Franchise Tax 9,500.00
Miscellaneous Revenue 1,500.00
Gas Refund 1,300.00
Cemetery Revenue 1,500.00
Street Department Revenue 600.00
Unexpended Balance Previous Year 16,596.75
Powell Bill 13,500.00
Unexpended Balance Powell Bill 24,000.00
Chowan Fire Protection 4,000.00
Total Estimated Revfehue $211,666.75
ESTIMATED DISBURSEMENTS
Administrative Department $ 10,162.72
Police Department 36,526.00
Fire Department 20,175.00
Street Department 105,953.03
Other Expenses 38,850.00
Total Estimated Disbursements $211,666.75
Property Tax based on a valuation of $8,950,000 at a rate
of SI.OO per SIOO.OO less an uncollectable balance of $2,500.00.
Estimated Disbursements
ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT:
Salary of Mayor $ 1,200.00
Salary of Clerk 2,571.48
Salary of Assistant Clerk 1,352.00
Salary of Treasurer 300.00
Salary of Council „ 1,400.00
Advertising, Stationery, Printing „ 350.00
Office Supplies 175.00
Telephone 75.00
Audit Expenses 300.00
Care of Clock ... 50.00
Legal Expenses _ 600.00
Printing Proceedings . 120.00
Miscellaneous Expenses ... ■_ 400.00
Salary of Stenographer _ ..... 1,269.24
Total ....$ 10,162.72
PDLTCE DEPARTMENT:
.Salaries % -£7,3*6.00
Uniforms 850.00
Gas and Supplies 3,600.00
Ttfephone -..-1 _L 155.00
Traffic Signs 175.00
Miscellaneous 400.00
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torieal background and its clean
liness. Incidentally, a fair num
ber of celebrities have stayed in
Edenton, mostly politicians. We
have also been host to George
Weiss, who owns the New York
Yankees and many years ago,
Humphrey Bogart. An interest
ing thing, according to Snooks,
is to watch people greeting each
other who live next door to
each other, one couple not know
ing the other couple was travel
ing. Confusing? Perhaps, but
it happens and quite often, just
a couple of weeks ago, as a
matter of fact, people living next
door to each other met in the
Eden Motel. One couple was
going to and the other couple
coming from Florida. It was
like old home week.
Do people leave valuables?
Snooks say* that happens quite
often. One man left a S7OO
movie camera. People leave
pockefbooki, with all of
their vacation money. Os
course, Snooks returns the lost
items 'to their rightful owners.
One more point. I was Wonder
ing if the bridge-tunnel was go
ing to help our area. Snooks
said probably so, but he also
said that the best thing that
could happen to this area would
be development of industry, rec
reational activities and the fur
ther development of agricultural
resources. Snooks is a good
booster for our town, and hopes
that everyone will unite in a
common purpose. That is build
ing our area, promoting it. Why
not ? It’s a town we can all be
very proud of. Just ask any
of Snooks’ guests at the Eden
*'WHY didn't we. use
THIS GAS BEFORE?*
THE 6IRLS ARE SAYING
Fuel oi l 200.00
Printing i 50.00 j
Car 2,300.00]
Parking Meters cjoo.OO
Total $ 36,526.00
STREET DEPARTMENT:
Sa,aries $ 37,206.00
Fuel and Supplies 8,200.00
Miscellaneous Supplies 8,500.00
Salary of Street Commissioner 300.00
Hurricane Mosquito Control 100.00
New Truck 3,179.03
Refuse Compaction Unit 4,540.00
Tractor Crawler 5 42s 00
Sidewalk Paving 750.00
Pump and Well 250.00
Powel l Bill 37,500’00
Total $105,953.03
FIRE DEPARTMENT:
Salaries $ 14,520.00
Volunteer Firemen 1 ?00.00
Uniforms 350.00
Telephone 265.00
Qas and Supplies 850.00
Miscellaneous Supplies 800.00
Radio Equipment Maintenance 120.00
New Equipment (Including Commo) 1,220.00
Salary for Relief Man for Vacations (60 days) . 500.00
Firemen’s Fund 100.00
Volunteer Firemen’s Insurance 250.00
Total $ 20,175.00
OTHER EXPENSES:
Shepard-Pruden Library $ 1,550.00
Brown-Carver Library 1,050.00
Lights and Water 3,000.00
Ocean Hiway Dues 350.00
License Tags 250.00
Memberships 350.00
School Appropriations 4,350.00
Boy Scouts 300.00
Discount on Tax 400.00
Miscellaneous Expenses 2,500.00
National Guard 300.00
Hospital Appropriation 2,400.00
Parks and Playgrounds 7,000.00
Social Security • 2,650.00
. Insurance 3,500.00
Municipal Building 200.00
Chamber of Commerce 500.00
Town Beautification . 1,000.00
Waterfront Improvements 4,500.00
Recodification 1,000.00
Hospitalization .... _ 1,000.00
Christmas Salaries l 200.00
Sales Tax 500.00
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Closing Thought: It is a wise
man who knows his own busi
ness; and it is a wiser man who
thoroughly attends to it.
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