The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter., 1961-02-10
SENATOR
SAM ERWIN
- SAYS -

WASHINGTON - President
Kennedy's State of the Union Mes
sage was well phrased, well deli
vered, and by all standards an ex-
cellent address. l have noted a re-
markable improvement in his
speaking ability during the last
four years. His almost Churchillian
Language which he used both in the
Inaugural Address and his first
State of the Union Message was
classic: "Only when our arms are
sufficient beyond doubt can we be
certain beyond doubt that they will
never be employed" 1t was impress
sive to me, as a member of the
Senate Armed Services Committee,
that the President also stated that
he has taken prompt action in
three areas which are clearly
needed: First, to increase our air.
| lift capacity; Second, to step up
our Polaris submarine program;
and Third, to accelerate our entire
missile program. / favor these
steps which are in the best inter-
ests of national defense.
SERVICE FAMILIES OVER
SEAS = President Kennedy's or
der permitting servicemen's famil-
| les to remain overseas with the
serviceman, l am sure, will bring
glad tidings to our armed forces
and it's families. l feel that the
order of President Eisenhower
should not have been entered
There are many other ways to
stop the flow of gold from this
country without placing the burden
on service personnel.
| GOVERNMENT SERVICE DE-
IDICATION - l was pleased to
hear the President call upon "every
man and woman who works in any
area of our National Government,
in any branch, at any level, (to) he
able to say with pride. and honor
in the future years: 4 served the
lU. S. Government in that hour OF
our Nations need These are
more than idle words when you OBJ
serve how we'll the President has
been able to attract by and large
men and women of unusual ability
into the government service OF the
public. interest. In a larger sense
this challenge calls upon all Ameri-
cans to rededicate our lives to the
tasks ahead. To quote from this
splendid message, the President
concluded: "Life in 1861 will not be
easy We pray that we may be
worthy of the unlimited opportunl-
ties that God has given u.s."
The guide lines of Americas
foreign policy are beginning to
form under the direction of the
Kennedy Administration. thought
the Presidents Inaugural Address
contained much wisdom and was an
exceedingly forethright statement
lof American aims and objectives in
the cold war. The President in ef
| feet told the Soviet leaders that the
United States will not tolerate any
interference in the affairs of the
Western Hemisphere. The imple-
mentation of this policy in the days
ahead poses serious problems which
I shall not now discuss. / will say
that / am reminded of what Rud-
yard Kipling, the great English
poet, once said. He said that the
road to security and survival re-
quires that a nation keep its
strength and be prepared for what
ever comes to pass.
TAR HEEL FARMERS-North
Carolina has a long heritage OF
being dependent on it's farmlands
This dates back to colonial days
and continues to place us at the
top of the farm states. Tar Heel
farmers should welcome the news
and benefit by the appointment by
the President of three men from
North Carolina. Horace D. Godfrey
of Raleigh is the new Commodity
Sterilization Service Administra-
tor; Harry T. Caldwell of Green's
boro, is the new Chairman of the
Advisory Committee to the Secre-
tary of Agriculture. and Charles
F. Murphy, former native of Dup
lin County, is the new Under Secre-
tary of Agriculture.
months. At present the witnesses
are also the proponents of the bud
get as it is Civ ento the Senate or
the House. The Congress needs ex-
pert and impartial staffs to study
the necessity for the appropriations
requested of it and this legislation
would accomplish this. This has
been a need which has increased
with the rapidly expanding expen-
ditures requested of the Congress
leach session.
BUDGET COMMITTEE have
co-sponsored with Senator McClel-
Ian proposed egislation which
would establish Joint Senate and
House Committee on the Budget.
The 800 billion dollar budget sub
mitted this year will require many
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