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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Friday, January 12, 1973
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Washington Report
— By —
CONGRESSMAN WALTER B. JONES
The 93rd Congress officially
opened at 12 noon on January 3,
1973 with 69 new Members. TUs
inciudes three from the State of
North Carolina, Republican Jim
Martin of the 9th District,
Charles Rose of the 7th and Ike
Andrews of the 4th, both of
whom are Democrats.
At the beginning of every new
Congress there is a certain
amount of sentiment for those
who are becoming Members for
the first time. Usually they are
accompanied by relatives and
friends, and it is an occasion
which I am sure most Members
never forget.
Numerically, the House is
composed of 243 Democrats and
192 Republicans. On Tuesday
the Democratic Caucus was
heid to nominate officers to be
submitted to the full Congress
the next day.
Once again the Honorable
Carl Albert was elected as
Speaker, and on a note of
sadness. Representative Tip
O’Neill was elected as Majority
Leader to succeed the missing
Hale Boggs of Louisiana.
Next in importance is the
position known as the “whip”
which in effect is the Assistant
Majority Leader. In the past,
the Speaker and the Majority
Leader have had the authmrity
to name one to this position
without a vote of the caucus.
Efforts were made to change
this and permit an dection
rather than a personal selec
tion; these efforts were in vain,
and so the system remains
unchanged.
At time this position has
not been filled, but it is
generally believed that
Representative John McFall of
California will be given this
position.
Also in the caucus a con
troversial resolution concerning
the Vietnam War was approved
by a vote of 1S4 to 75. This
motion recommends that the
House of Representatives pass
a resolution cutting all funds in
Southeast Asia if the Vietnam
War is not ended by a certain
date.
It remains to see whether the
House will approve this
resolution or reject it. At the
moment there is strong op
position to further continuation
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of our involvement in Vietnam.
For several years the
President has insisted that
Congress not enact such
legislation in order that
negotiations may continue, but
unless the peace negotiations
are successful in the very near
future, I predict that Congress
will indeed pass legislation
attempting to end the Vietnam
involvement.
On Saturday, the House met
briefly to canvass the Electoral
votes of the past Presfdential
election. This is just another
part of our antiquated system of
electing the Pr^ident.
Of great interest here on
Capitol Hill is the proceedings
being brought by several
members of the Senate led by
Senator Sam Ervin cont^ting
the legality of the President’s
right to withhold appropriated
funds which had been
previously approved by the
Congress.
You will recall in recent days
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MORSELS
One thing only has been lent
to youth and age in common,
and that’s discontent.—
Matthew Arnold.
The essential problem is how
to govern a large-scale world
with snudl-scale minds.—Dr.
Alfred Zimmem.
such vital programs, par
ticularly in the field of
agriculture, have been
suspended by withholding funds
which had already been ap
proved.
This Presidential practice has
been in effect since the days of
Thomas Jefferson and each
President has exercised this
perogative, but there is a very
serious question as to whether
in the terms of the Constitution
they have this Administrative
power.
It will be most interesting to
see what the Courts do ^th
these inroceedings, hopefully a
decision will be made at an
early date.
Center's
The mom is up again, the
dewy mom, with breath all
incense, and with cheek all
bloom, laughing the clouds
away with playful scorn, and
glowing into day.—Lord Byron.
They only deserve a
monument who do not need one;
that is, who have raised
themselves a monument in the
mind and memories of men.—
WilUam Hazlitt.
Money and time are the
heaviest burdens of life, and the
unhtqipiest of all mortals are
those who have more of either
than they know how to use.—
Samuel Johnson.
A man finds himself seven
years older the day after his
marriage.—Bacon.
Music, of all the liberal arts
has the greatest Influence over
the passions, and is that to
which the legislator ought to
give the greatest en
couragement.—Napoleon.
The true motives of our ac
tions, iike the real pipes of an
organ, are usualiy concealed;
but the gilded and hollow
pretext is pompously placed in
the front for show.—Caleb C.
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