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1 i "' 1 ',1 I li't'i. "I j, I ' Never Forget that These Editorials Are Tke Opinion Of One Man —.-t.' ■ • ■ 'r■-.' "■ ■■■ ■ „—-And He May Be Wrong *•.. !r Dividend Withholding ; This paper b&eVes almost fanatically in (he collection of taxes from everyone who ■ is supposed to pay. taxes. •’ This, of course, does not mean that we are'in favor of paying taxes, but .means, simply, that since taxation seems to be with us to stay, we want every mother’s son, and daughter to pay whatever taxes they are legally supposed' to pay. On that principle we, at first blush, sup ported the effort of the Kennedy Adminis tration to collect income taxes from divi dends and interest- \~ > But it seems to us that another bright 51 idea of the Kennedy Administration makes .this additional burden on business most^uh ■ necessary. , This idea that cancels out’ the other is the assignment of a taxpayer-, number to each of us, so that every payment of any ii nature — whether wages, royalties, interest or dividends would be automatically credited ; to that pre-assigned number. " With this system installed it will be, at i least on paper, electronically simply to push a button on No. 643-567-902 and see at .a glance what t|e reported his income to be, and 'what it actually was from all sources. Obviously, when and if the government puts in this electronic auditor some ingen ius characters will find a way to beat the system. It is axiomatic, that if man designs it another man can find a way of beating it. Bui the moit basic wrong with out tax' system is not the illegal evasions — / al though that is plenty wrong, but Is the legal evasion ' that has been; deliberately written into, the law by the patch-work efforts of congress. ’ ,: S The entire fax structure needs over-haul- . ing, but every segment of the economy that has, or believes, it has an, edge under the existing law is fighting to prevent this ma jor re-design that would 'be aimed at ah eqiytable, levy upon us all, rather than heavy tsixes for "some and little or no tax* upon others. • -v' War On Mekong? VMM ■ - yV A V , v;-" Whether /American boys will be killed in Laos, or any of the other tiny jungle coun tries of Southeast Asia is a question of first importance. Already some have been killed while on so-called “training'missions” but now ho official admission has been made that United States’ troops were actually in'com-' bat. / Obviously some have been in combat, and it is likely that more -will be committed to cqmbat in the Wry near future. > , *? The Mekong Rhrer which separates Siam from L#os is the apparent ..Une that out lead ers have drawn for communist infiltration of the Malayan Peninsula. The line HAD to be drawn somewhere. smart since, the Mekong (River is an easily defended frontier, an^ is thjs boundary of one of tbe strongest and most sophisticated' of these, junglte kingdoms. • ' _ Politically, the choice is also good since in Siam, or Thaijand if, ypu insist, there has been no' Communist coup and very little penetration by the propaganda from the to/upport tfie granary. ' ■>: Certainly the grossest stupidity <Jf our government in the pa?t 18 years has been the mismanagement Of the farm surplus that our nation is lucky enough to have. In a world where malnutrition is the ma jor dietary problem, we Americans are con stantly urged to eat less of the glut that nature and our farmers have combined to give us. * Ipstead of tempting clever young men to cheat this great bounty from dur farms should have been and still should be used as a; major political weapon in the cold war. Adinittedly there are complex economic problems that would have to be faced be fore, our farm surplus could be given or sojd at token prices to the hujigry and Starving people of the world. But the basic fact that starvation and near starvation exist in a majority of the nations of the world today, while we are frustrated and embarrassed with mountains of'food stuffs that have little use beyond fattening’ rodents, insects and granary Operators. We can do better, so we ought to do bet ter. Vote, By All Means Saturday is Primary Day and we urge you to vote by ail means, if you have taken the time to study the candidates and their ability to fill the jobs they are seeking. But if you're voting slniply as in a high school popularity contest, stay home. You'll be doing neither yourself or your govern ment a favor by voting simply for exercise. . Voting is not only a privilege, it is a press ing responsibility. Voting for a fellow Who has a nice smile, or because you know his coqsin is all tjght, if this fellow with the nice smile is equipped to discharge the job he asks to do. Saying, “Oh, hell he can’t do any worse than the crowd in there now,”’ is a lame excuse for supporting a candidate. ' ■ Of course, under opr system of government you have the right to be just as stupid as you want to,‘and to vote just exactly as you wish, but you also have, the right to fly a jet m'rplane, but do yon-have the ability? Aqd voting is a far more serious business than flying Mhmk VjF' *1 ' f ; I Wlhy does a fellow with the background of Ellis Harrell do the thing he has done? Why does an intelligent man believe that he can get away with taking large amounts, or, even small amounts of money from em ployer? ' Why does he ruin his name, bankrupt his family? V - v_ Why does be believe he can succeed wher^ so many have failed. ■ .? $ Why. Why, Wlhy? with the red-Jiot cohditidsi of I# Lenoir County there are no issues — personal or impersonal, while in Jones County the “Night of Long Knives” is 24 hours long. In Lenoir a few people are -not pleased with Senator Tom White, but ■ he is unopposed so whatever ill feelings they have for him .may be taken out on the in cumbent board of county commissioners, 'since J»e is also county attorney. But this is not expected to have any major bearing on the result of Saturday voting. 'fs f: In Jones County, however, the tissue Of courtty attorney is still very live, and on that point the entire question, of the board of county commissioners is revolving. • Two years ago four new members were elected to the Jones board and their first official act was, to fire County Attorney George Hughes, and install Donald -Brock' in his place. Only three of those four can didates are seeking re-election, and their re-election hinges upon how the voters of the county feel about that change of county attorneys. t ~ The 11-way fight in Jones County does, include some candidates who are - not in volved in this attorney squabble but It is safe to say that not less than eight and perhaps nine of the candidates are lined up one way or another on this particular point. , Not only has this counly attorney hassle just about dictated the line up of the Com missioner race, it has also, had a great deal to do with the five-way race for clerk of superior court. * ■ i ." l George Nick Noble, whether rightly or wrongly is aligned in the: public’s mind with the Brock camp. Neither of the other four is specifically tied publicly to the Hugh- * es side of the argument, but family and other considerations seem to allocate a div ison of this, support between Macy Mallard and Walter Henderson. It is almost'a foregone conclusion that a second primary will be necessary in the clerk race, and there is a strong chance that no five of the 11 candidates for the board will be able to secure a clear-cut majority. This week Attorney Brock wandered if there were not strong political overtones in Ihe re-institution of a 5-year old law suit against him. If anyone knew the ans wer'to Brock’s ; question they were keep ing quiet in about'five different languages. -7-- , It is a typical American paradox that the mfen over whom most of the political blood is ‘being shed are not candidates themselves. - ’ ’ The first 18 home games of the Kinston Eagles were attended by 37,0lB cash cus tomers. More attendance than. Raleigh (26, 480), Burlington (32,405), Durham (33,235)
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