CAMTAt. CLIPBOARD
'If We Don't Redistrict, The
Feds Will,' Is Assembly Soiig
By EULA N. GREENWOOD
TOLD YOU SO! ... "If we
don't do it, the U. S. Supreme
Court will." This wis the song
of legislators who pushed hard
est for "upaeUhe-fruit-basket"
? known also as redisricting ?
for the State Senate.
Federal Judges looked hard at
lack of redisricting in Okla
homa last week and ruled both
House and Senate out there
must be reshuffled. Now cer
tain senators are saying to the
footdraggers: "We told you so
. . . and it can also happen to
North Carolina." It happened
in Tennessee.
So, those favoring redistrict
in| have found new support
from Oklahoma. This new deci
sion will do more than any
thing else to assure a short,
sweet (?) special session in
September ? and redistricting.
Wanta bet?
AND NO GIRLS ... In the
pait three weeks we have seen
three wonderful movies here
in Raleigh. They were "Law
rence of Arabia", "The Great
Escape", and "PT 109".
. . . And not one female in
the three!
LITTLE MEN . . . Incident
ally, the two men most men
tioned as candidates for Lieu
tenant Governor on the Demo
cratic ticket next spring ? Clif
ton Blue of Aberdeen and John
Jordan of Raleigh ? will not,
standing together on the scales
at the same time, move the in
dicator more than two or three
notches, if that far, past the
3d0- pound marker.
But the late Cloyd Philpot
was probably the smallest man
ever elected to high office in
this State. Be that as it may,
however, the two men he chop
ped down ? C. V. Henkel of
Statesville and David McCon
nell of Charlotte would togeth
er weigh upwards of 600
pounds.
Governor Sanford Is down in
Florida, eating high on the hog
with other Governors; w^
come back to Raleigh looking,
round-faced again.
ODDITY ... Dr. Ralph Mc
Donald visited here last week,
life ran for Governor, unsuccess
fully, in 19S6 and In ill*. No
man living In North Carolina
today is more despised by the
conservatives thu was Dr.
lal* McDonald In 19 J6.
He shook solid old North
Carolina to Its very founda
tion*. FDR liberals like the
late Joiephus Daniels and
Santford Martin were his sup
porters. But, alas, the Gardner
maehliie cut him down in his
prime with what is referred to
now sometimes as the "long
count''. This marked the begin
ning of the end of the absentee
ballot in the Primary.
Now another strong support
er of Dr. Ralph McDonald a
generation ago was A. J.
Fletcher, Raleigh television
tycoon. Fletcher likes the Ph.
D's, no doubt, for he is now as
strong for Dr. I. Beverly Lake
as he was for the liberal Dr.
McDonald in 1996.
Hie interesting point is that
25 years ago the words "Negro"
and "integration" were never,
never associated with Ultra
Liberal Dr. Ralph McDonald or
with Franklin D. Roosevelt.
When Dr. McDonald came to
Raleigh last week, he visited
hi* old friend, A. J. Fletcher,
and was interviewed on his
television station.
Ita term "liberal" a genera
tion ago was associated almost
exclusively with economics ? a
better distribution of the dol
lar. Now it b associated almost
exclusively with integration.
And It makes little difference
what yoa believe nowadays
about economics, yoa are a lib
eral no longer unless yon be
lieve in racial equality to the
extreme.
A. J. Fletcher was called a
liberal until the racial matter
came along. Dh I. Beverly Lake
was classed as a teacher at
Wake Forest College. Hiey are
both classed now as arch con
servatives. limes change!
We are persuaded that, to be
a true Liberal, you must ever
be the mental pioneer, ever
seeking the New Frontier.
CAR SALES . . . With new
?ar sales hi June of this year
outstripping those for the same
month I* 1962 by 11,992 to
11,17* all rfgtn continue to
point to a banner year on the
business tide at North Caro
Uml
Of the 3,638 foreign can
Mid in the State far the first
six months of IMS, nearly two
thirds ? 2,359 ? were Volks
wagens.
Other brands for the first
half-year rank aa follows: Chev
rolet. 18,888; Ford, 16,631;
Pentiac, 5,898; Buick, 4,5*3;
Oldsmoblle, 4,3*1; Falcon, J,
672; Rambler. 3,457; Dodge,
3,672; Corvalr. 2.089 ; Plymouth,
2,712; Comet, -1,661; Valiant,
1,456; Mercury, 1,621; Cadillac,
1,646; Chrysler, 868; Stndebak
er, 437; Lincoln. 177; Willys,
71; Imperial, 67 miscellaneous,
49.
TRUCK SALES ... A total
of 1,925 trucks were sold in
June, a slight decline from the
2,109 for June last year.
Ford led Chevrolet, 5,746 tb
5,439, in this category, with In
ternational coming in a poor
third at 1,481.
NOTES . . . There was some
disappointment among Lake
supporters at the Henderson
crowd out to hear him give his
foretaste of his Civil Rightk
talk in Washington. Only about
100 showed up, it says here . . .
A large radio station in Ra
leigh may soon be purchased
by the Belk family . . . which
seems to be acquiring some
DOG tfitftftJB sttfctfifc
Liege, Belgium ? Intent on
committing suicide, ? woman
tied her hands together with
her doc's leash to prevent her
from using her arms t* swim,
and jumped in the river.
Emile Casanova's dog was her
best friend, for he jumped in
with her and held her up until
rescuers arrived and pulled
her from the water.
CAED OF THANKS
We wish to express our most
sincere thanks to the many peo
ple who have so graciously
supported us with their pray
ers, time, generous donations
and their many expressions of
concern and encouragement
during the 8 months illness
and hospitalization of our son,
Benny Moretz. ? Hilton and
Edna Moretz.
stations . . . if tfce prlfce la
right ... in the Carounas.
Lewis Lawrence, former pub
lic relations man with the State
Ports Authority, has started a
new paper for Garner, Raleigh
suburb, and it said to be get
ting one for Cary, another Ra
leigh suburb, underway ... in
an area which has a half-dozen
radio stltlbifs arid two dkliy
papers . . .
Well, like it or not . . . fall
is just around the corner . . .
with the first football games
less than AO day* away . . .
Glad to se Harry Wettcott re
appointed head of Utilities
Commission . . . which reminds
us that former Chairman Stan
ley Wlnborne it in very, very
bad health here.
Restricted Mountain Home Sites
Park Dedicated to Resides ti
Paved Roads and Central Water System
1 can't understand it! Almost all the paleface farmers have <
electricity. And yet some of them still don't have
running water. This is IMS . . . High time these folks
woke np to the fact that a water system Is no luxury. It's a
machine that works and pays Its own way oa just about any farm.
I don't suggest giving the country back
to the Indians, but I do suggest that
these people And out how easy it M be
to put running water into their teepees.
We agree with this old brave. Wfrr rkft
give us a call and talk it over with us?
Come Mo one of oar offices and guess how fnuch electricity the pomp on
4bphy will use ia a month. Ask your pump dealer how yoar tfboperJflves
4% financing plan can help yon get a complete wnter system ii your hotdfc
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