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Editorial And Opinion U. S. The Shorn Lamb There may be some question as to whether we are giving our foreign friends "the shirt off our back." BuiT there's no doubt we are handing over our coat-and-pants, our "woolies," our blankets, and Sundry other woolen items that are sorely needed to fend the chill of low-wage, low-tariff imports from the bodv-politic. The loss ol the Carrboro Mills operation, though of most seriousness to this area, is but one cost of this generous policy.^, In ten vears. under the. made-in-Geneva GATT arrange ments to distribute American dollars more equitably over the rest of the World, half of out woolen and worsted mills ma chinery has been halted and removed. from idle mills. Fifty percent of the industry’s work-force has lost its jobs. Produc tion of woolen and worsted fabrics of all types has been cut jo percent. Woolen industry profits, that stood ;t‘i nearly .SHg ' million in tt(jN, disappeared long ago. By tqf»i they bad ,bnmk to less than $33 million and the red-ink figures be gan in it)-,2. By iq',j (the last year for which income tax figures are available) losses had reached $3d million, dearly, it is time to call for a change. Wberefor, the vat— . .. ions segments of the wool industry—growers, processors, spin * tiers, weavers, knitters, fetters and finishers—have joined hands / in an organization called "Woolens and Wrorsteds of America to enhance public appreciation of American-made wcx>l pro ducts. Naturally the wage differential is the root of the prob lem. Fite best example of what this mean* is a tabulation of the wage-cost ol a yard of rigidly specified ifi-cmnrf Arms serge. Allowing three-quarters of a manhour, per yard, the . U. S .labor com is .'St.sm; in Britain, 3# cents; France, 34 cents; / Italy. rent*. tmd japan +tr eenii! — And in this connection it is interesting to note-that lie fore World Wat II. both Japan and Italy Were unsuccessful in competing with I’S mills, wberefor out Government provided modern, efficient machinery and sent technicians to teach ~Th«n the AlliCHcah Imovc -hTTw+ N’rnr.—t hese-very t'otntHitv with tbeit fantastic wage advantage are wiping out what the Congress ruled some years ago is a vital defense industry. les Forge and won through to v ic tory, we might not he so ' lockv again. 1 \v lot the until that foreign woolens are superior, it is exact Is tha;. Grade standards are international, live same- the world over. Out manufacturing skills equal or surpass tbe foreigners, and the artist 1 y of our designers in textures, colors and pattern* leads the world. American-grown, American made woolen need no lavors. But they must, in the national interes'. have justice. 1 T^e fuse Bums Short ; ) , In what lias lieen uitwkl by some to Ik1 a strong policy 1 statement. Secretary ol State John K«»stt*r Dulles has sai<l with i ihe President's approval that the massive I'S forces whose gun muzzles point at Red China will take ‘timely and effrc j live’ action il and when President F.isenhower decides this is netessarv for the defense of Formosa. 1 his. ol course, has been the U. S. position and the l'. S. responsibility since the signing of the Mutual Defense Treaty with C.hiang ai-shek in icpj’i. Since tlreii U. S. spokesmen hare remained coy on tin* subject of whether or not the Administra tion regarded Ouehioy and the Matsus as part of Cliiaiig’s do main. and hence "Free C hina." Mr. Dulles’ latest contribu tion appeals to admit that they are. He says: "In this connec tion, we have recognized that the securing and protecting of "* Quenioy and Matsu have Increasingly'become related to the defense ol I aiwau (Formosa). I his is indeed also recognized by tire Chinese Communists. Military dispositions have been made by the I'nited States so that a Presidential determina tion, il made, would be followed bv action both timely and effective." A l1. S. spokesman has interpreted the Dulles statement Ur mean that "a Presidential determination" has not yet been made; that the Secretary and the President hope Red ('Irina will no make an all-out effort to take “Formosa and the off shore islands which the Reds speciously claim belong to litem; that Chiang may he able to handle the situation with the logistic support he is already receiving from us attd with out "shooting" help. Further, this unnamed “high American official” assumes that the U. S. will not withhold military assistance until the situation gets out of hand; and that, if action is ordered, , the China shore will be no YaJoo River and American bombers will strafe China mainland airfields from which the Nationalists'at3!* attac ked. We hope that this spokesman knows whereof he speaks, and that the Reds intelligence is gcrod enough to compre hend the still growing assault capabilities of the mighty forces arrayed against them, and the attitude of top C. S. military leaders who are still burning over the Korea fiasco. In this case the Chinese Communists just may, as Mr. Dulles hopes "sitop short of defying the will of mankind for peace ” ~ —*•;-?---L-——-V—_ KIDD BRfcWf-R'S (Continued from Page 1) demanded the guard. SIGN . . . Sign on a State em ployee’s desk: "Looking for Some one With a Little Authority? I Have As Little As Anyone." NOTES . . . Reports we get from Washington. D. C., since adjourn ment of Congress is that Sen. John Kennedy added very little to his chances of Democratic Presiden tial nomination . . . and there seems to be more talk about Adlai Stevenson being the nominee again ... . . . Surprise: More than one half of all Federal weed tan col lections come from North Caro lina—or rather Through North Car olina—because of our huge tobac co industry .... In fiscal year 1936-57—latest year for which fig ures are available—the U. S. take from N. C. was a cool W34.791.000 . . . North Carolina’s long list of county fairs began last week with the one In Reidsville .... The State Fair this times comes on Oct. 14-18 . . . the ninty-fiist . . . . . . In most of the football predictions for this season, both Clemsoa and Carolina are being placed in the top 20 teams of the Nation.and they meet at - Clerason on Septmeber 27. Although we don’t Jtave as many people going to games as we did ten years ago. we have more cars at the games—and that means yau shbuld uy to be there 30 min- - otes before the kickoff — unless you want a long walk Most games this fall wilt began at 2 o'clock ’ .... sharp . . . . . . Our North Carolina cor oner "system" is under attack by various newspapers and State officials . . . and something may be in the air for the next session of the General Assembly . . . . Tile 10th annual Southern Con sumers Credit Clinic will be held in Charlotte ... at the Hotel Char lotte ... on September 16-17 . with a special dinner honoring its founder and chief pusher, likeable and efficient Charles C. Dudley, head man of the Charlotte Mer chants Association and a brother in-law of LeGette Blythe, the book writer .... Edwin Gill has just returned from the hospital .-. . an old fool trouble . . . and Attorney General Seawell talks ipore like a candidate ail the lime . . . GEMS OF THOUGHT "SOLITUDE IS SWEET’ My sense of nature's rich glooms «*, that loneness lacks but one charm to snake it half divine —a friend, with whom to whis per. “Solitude is sweet."—Mary Baker Eddy Solitude it as needful to the imagination as society is whole some for the character.—James What sweet delights a quiet life affords.—Henry Drummond / have often said that all the misfortunes of men spring from their not knowing hoic to live quietly ot home, m their ou-n rooms.—Blaise Pascal A wise man is never less alone He Can Hide Bacl Here A While Longer ! Iimiul l ht.\'tl4or--'[ he Xea** Sf*-' • ■ Mr. M '>. i Jr; : yvi ■ m0* mmk I?: * ; ,• : JhonL my ftomt puruA, • r CARL HUM To see grass ({rowing in cracks of sidewalks probably pains tidier souls. But I Walked so many miles on so many hard, unyielding pave ments of so many great cities! A sidewalk wi;h a scraggle of grass in an occasional crack, then, de lights my heart: it-is Nature, tri umphant. Ofloe. 'hr New York, my window in a skyscraper looked out on a lone little tree, bravely battling for existence in the stony, gase ous heart of Manhattan. It with ered and died in a year. So now, in the deeply‘shaded streets of my hometown. I like it somehow when a determined old elnr or maple pushes up the sidewalk-with its roots. Npture ain't licked yet. I say to myself, by man's "civil ized'' contrivances! . , . * * * A friend sent me this verse: "The happiest heart that ever beat. "VCas in some tranquil breast, "That found tlie ranmon day light sweet, “And left to God the rest!" * Then he PS'd: "Have you read the 103rd Psalm lately?" I hadn't, but I did—and I recom mend it to you! . . . than when he is alone—Jonathan Swift Conversation enriches the un derstanding, but solitude is the school of genius.—Edward Gibbon » Senator Jordan Reports Foreign Policy Dissatisfaction By SEN.,B. EVERETT JORDAN In travelling over North Caro lina since Congress adjourned, 1 have found that there is,a great deal of concern over the position of the United States in world af fairs. The very grave situation that erupted over Formosa and Red China gives every American citi zen reason to be deeply disturbed. Almost everywhere I go I find that people are disgruntled and dissatisfied with our foreign po I icy. The dissatisfaction did not start with the China -emergency. It is hard to'IMI when h did •start, but the backwash of the Middle East situation and th». second thoughts over our sending troops to Leban on are causing the public to ask a great many questions Russia has managed *ttn man euver Us* jin*) the position where the Communists can stick a needle Jnto our prestige at any number of places throughout the world. Once a probtem is uniter -control in the Middle East, trou ble pops up in the_Orient. Today, tomorrow, or a month from now, it. may be Europe. The unrest in the Middle East and the Orient seems to be the obvious and unavoidable results of the Eisenhowei-Dulles foreign po licy. Many people have asked me why Congress doesn’t exert more con trol over the manner fn which the President conducts foreign po licy. In both Formosa and the Middle East Congress has given blank-check authority to the Pres ident to act as he sees fit. Tills Chapel Hill News Leader ABC-All Ballots Count Orange County's Board of Commissioners lias wisely decided to put it up to a majority ol the voters whether there shall he ABC stones selling li<juor in the County. Sooner than they may think, it will l;e up to the people to go to the polls and say. If they don t go to the jiills, they can’t say, what ever they think. And there lies a peril that a proposal that I he .News I.eadet believes would lie ol much practical benefit to jlsj? County might lose. - '* I wo weirdjy assorted groups will oppose bringing in the stores. Otle of them consists ol folks who are against liquor on devoted pi inciple and want none of it in any sha|>e ot form. We differ with them on the present question* believing that since liquor is legal in the State, the County can properly profit by *ts sale, but respect them. The other group that dislikes the idea of ABC store's here is the bootleggers. They'll fight, as lot their lives, for their livelihoods, and urge their patrons and friends to do the same. Thus, for the highest of motives, and for the lowest in a desire to keep on profiting by low-break ing, two sets of voters'will go to the noils in force. ' Others may not have such strong convic tions, so inucli drive to get out and cast their h.dlots. Vet they should, by all means. They should, il they think that the County ought to get the ABC-store share that it’s losing now, to help finance necessary projects, espec ially school construction. They should, il they want their taxes to stay down, for niongy must come from somewhere. 1 lie County's merchants have a stake in the of letting of the stores. Customers now drive to Durham County or Wake Co.up.ty to buy liquor, and, while they’re there, frequent* ly make purchases of "othef kinds. Lack: of ABC. stores in Orange County not only de prives it of revenue, hut also takes trade away from its merchants. * 1 It’s anything hut too soon to begin think ing the proposal over, and planning to get to the polls on referendum day, Fel>. 7, and cast a- ballot. authority was given almost two * years ago in the ease of Formosa when the Chinese Reds threatened to attack the Chinese Nationalists. In the case of the Middle East, it was given earlier this year to offset the threats of Nasser. We are now seeing the compli cated problems that can ■ come from giving such blank-check au thority. It seems that every time an emergency arises, the President thinks that all he has to do to scare the Communists is to get a resolution passed in Congress giving him authority to use troops if necessary. Rightly or wrongly, such an ap proach gives die impression that we are ready to act first and talk later. * »■ Bully Role It lias put us. in the roll of a bully looking for trouble with Rus sia standing back apd encourag ing emergencies whenever she sees fif. This approach also has put us in the position of pushing our chips out. on the table without knowing where-the cards lie. Because we have been jumping from one crisis to another and because our prestige is growing steadily wffirse in many areas of the world, it is only natural for all of us to be concerned about tlie hows and whys and future course of our persem foreign po licy. Consequently, foreign policy will certainly be a key issue in this year's elections. It would be unfortunate for fore ign policy to became a political football, but there is a very real need to have a full and frank dis cussion of where we stand- and let the people in on what is going un and shaping up. PEOPLE & ISSUE? By Cliff Blue 1 ' I———. ^ ,^11,. ■11-1 MULE DAY IN BENSON . . Benson's annual “Mule Day” cele bration will be held on Friday Saturday and Sunday, Septembei 12, 13. 14. Congressman Harold . D. Cooley will be the main speak er and no doubt- it will be a big "occasion with Hardrock Simpson lacing a mule 30 miles across Johnston County,—but neverthe less a great man most appropriate for a.“Mule Day'' celebration will be missing—W. Kerr Scott, who just ten years ago had emerged at the center of public life and the political stage in North Caro lina. FRANK GRAHAM . . r Ten years ago Frank Graham waa the president of the Greater Univer sity of North Carolina. He was and is a noted liberal, and was a eontroversal figure white head ing the University system. It was Kerr Scott who appointed hhn to the Senate in early 1949 upon the death of Senator J. M. Brough lon. In a never-to-be-forgotten pri mary campaign, Graham was de feated by Willis Smith in 1950 in the second primary after having led by 50.000 votes in the first. Since leaving the Senate Graham has.been working for the United Nations. Now we note that Editor Henry Belk of the Goldsboro Argus quotes a friend as proposing an endowment for Frank P.- Graham that would bring him back to North Carolina. No doubt Gra ham's absence from the University and the State has softened" some of his critics" an<f"the whole" State would welcome him back. We have never thought that it would ■be possible for Frank Graham to enjoy life in New York and the United Nations as he .enjoyed his days at. Chapel Hill and the Uni versity. J. BAYARD CLARK . . In 1948 J. Bayard Clark declined to seek renomination as congressman from the 7th North Carolina District, returning to Fayetteville to be with his family. Recently we note that he has started writing a col umn, “The Grossing," in The Bladen Journal under the pen hame "M. R. Bide," recalling in cidents and people in Bladen a long time ago. The former con gressman is a native of Elizabeth town in Bladen County, DEANE . . . Another former Tar Heel Congressman, C. B. Deahe of Rockingham made an address before a Baptist Assem bly in Riomond, Virginia last week in which lie called upon the peo ple ■ of the South to apply the teachings of the Church if they expect to solve the integration problem. Deane was defeated for renomination to Congress in IS56 because lie declined to sign the Southern Manifesto" sponsored by Dixie Senators and Congress men. SPEAKERSHIP' . . . You can expect a goodly number of Tar Heel legislators at the YDC bleak fast meeting in Greensboro on Saturday, October 4 due to the in terest in the Speaker’s contest between Addison Hewlett and Call Venters. Hewlett announced one "iwe committment last week to bring his claim to 00. Last pub licized claim by Venters support ers gave him 56. BURKE DAVIS . . . Burke Dav J-s. author and Greensboro Daily News columnist is regarded as a Miong booster for Venters in the latter’s race for Speaker. .. Spare The Road! V WaU PartynufS^y^M-^^^ 4 0rk Gazette Sc Daily 1 TOM WOLFE ***8 to note the ****** <* about the late tw*® the News and Obs-*. UJTL imerestif»g arts wev. Norman c iw tired Episcopal of Raleigh but ^"5 ville before Wolfe cle took “P aimoa T ^aoe. On the ^ appeared a-couple of the Charlotte Obs* Wolfe and his sbte^ Wolfe Wheaton who pi, “I’tw going t0 tell the, a book oiF' Tom Wolfe Mrs. Wheaton, "j W9|,( thing up or tear any* Tom died in Sept** born In October ^ cal season for Wolfe* •s . tom Mcknight iMcKnight, publisher of ly Mooresville Trihm, Dorothy Bl own vvii* , tnous as "Long Si® 'months ago, his u#et "Uncle Dan From u, likewise become ^ non-daily newspapers, nation subscribing, if to a discussion of it* the day in a strictly and barnyard phiJosoyl DEMOCRATS . . . ] cratic party bosses i, have decided to cii^ tablished custom of g triet rallies over the S| attended principally by holders and party 4he eonrrties of me nothing better appears been proposed Jack Gilmore's . Garde Gossi Last week Mr. and! Walker invited rw oW their night blooming bloom. I asked "Mr 1 when he told me that many blossoms he n forty some buds 1 not believe it. Howewr. I went over about 7.1 Cereus was tightly buds as if jealously beauty as long as we went bgek home tt hour of enchantment Walker said, would be When we returned at we found the see* changed. People were awe before beauty that the imagination. A head announced tlte "blooi we could actually see snms, and theie they 40 of these tretnen on the plant. The I were held tilted so tl holder could .see into where it took only a imagination to see < Child in the Manger." ply unforgettable and 1 grateful to Mr. and for letting me share I The night blooming a strange looking ing to the cactus faniiif tall and unwieldy blooms is rather Mrs. Walker says that very easily from leaff she has several young in bloom on the night * there. I have heard thM had to be several y* blossom, however. Ml had a plant not * with one huge Ho*"*! large as the plant it*® Jill was thrilled ** given one of the 1° which kept for several refrigerator, if *e^ 011 the blossom is £one night of 'its flowering wen worth waiting * even with tlte care juat to see such ext and to smell their fume. ducks on THE These days inflam* tally everything. L3 ■ the 1959 model ederaJ waterlog ,, 3H6e) which will ared witlf $2 4his ily 10 years ago. ; eader.
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