Evening star., 1961-01-09

three big universities: Duke
at Durham. North Carolina at
Chapel Hill and Stats College
at Raleigh. Faculty members
at the three schools are avail
able to serve as eonsultants on
research projects. This enables
corporations to get high.class
research done relatively cheaply
and pads the normally thin
pocketbooks Of college teachers.
Program Pays OFF
North Cardinals development
program. which for practical
purposes may be considered
coeval with Mr.. Hodges ad-
vent as Governor. has paid off
handsomely, II cold figures are
any indication. William Hen
derson, head Of the State Di-
vision Of Commerce and Indus
try. cites these statistics.
New and expanded plants
built. 1894; new capital ex-
pended Sl.i53.S04. 600: new
jobs. 3ia.233: new payrolls.
$43l $50 900 annually. :,
"And we are Just beginning
to roll" Mr.. Henderson adds.
North Carolina now has a
momentum that not even Q bad
Governor could stop Mr..
Hodges remarked the other day,
adding quickly that Mr., San
ford will not be . bad Gov
ernor.
Mr.. Hodges is quite prepared
for charges by NorthernerS that.
as North Carolina's Governor,
he kidnapped industries In
other States with promises Of
cheap, docile. unorganized Ia
Dor. He and his associates in
the States development pro-
gram deny this charge Is jus
titled.
Some Closed Plants
I'VE have always told indus
trialists that we don't want
them to move their plants from
other States to North Caro-
lima" Mr.. Hodges explains.
1--WE do tell them. however.
that when their expansion
programs include o move into
the Southeast, we would like
to have them consider u.s."
Neither Mr.. Hodges nor his
development aides deny that
some industrialists have closed
plants up North and moved into
the Tar Heel State. But North
Carolina didn't plan IL that
way. they contend.
Mr.. Hodges as Governor per-
suaded 204 communities to
found development boards to
attract industry. Though the
State Conservation and Devel-
opment director. Mr.. Saunders,
insists that North Carolina has
no "giveaway program" in the
form Of tax moratoria to new
industries. some of the local
boards grant special deals.
The development program
has diversied North Carolina
industry away from q concen-
tration Of what Mr.. Hodges
calls "low-skill" (meaning low
pay) industries. chiefly textiles,
tobacco and furniture. This
broadening Of the States in
dustrial base would seem on
Its face to be Q good thing.
| LAbor's spokesman, Millard
Barbee, says the whole story Is
mot told by Mr.. Henderson's
facts and figures. however.
Labor Sees "FalIOut"
The industry being attracted
TO North Carolina is not really
the most desirable tyne" he
contends. "Fqy-by-night" cor
porations move In, set UP fac
tories In rent free, community
constructed buildings. and then
fold UP and leave when the
rent moratorium runs out or
the workers petition the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board
for Q collective bargaining elec-
ton. Mr.. Barbee asserts.
This sort Of unforeseen fallout
from the development program
is only one Of many situations
In Luther Hodges North Caro-
lima that organized labor does
not like.
IN your opinion, ID Hodges
anti.labor?" Mr.. Barbee waa
asked.
Hes anti-union." the AFL-
lC1O official replied.
The distinction is Q valid one
While Mr.. Hodges has consist
emily and unfeignedly demon
started his bias toward bushes.
and against unions. he worked
as Governor to better the cohdi.
ten OF the economic undertook
In his administration. North
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