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fcmrnl AsstmUy |? fan for Major Issvm I an there will be big Issues In the 1%1 aral Assembly which will obvious. A fourth, and in raspnets toe most sig lcant, will be apparent only i experienced observers. I Money Is always a big pro - lem, and will be this year. total amount at the bud et It a closely guarded set - et, but it Is cMnrnoaly known will be the biggest in hls ? going well aheve a llllon dollars for the bien lum, including Federal aid | Education, mainly the pub school system, will re Ire nearly two-thirds of the ^tal, more than 75 per cent J the general fund. The rest kill go to build and maintain ]ghways, law enforcement and Jurts, health and welfare, td general administration. [To meet the demands of ilucation a lot of new money 111 be necessary. Not all of will have to come from new because the advanc ny will afford more from current sources, some new sources must ! found. Most likely is eliml j idon of present exemptions (be general sales ux. The may be applied to many now exempted, and a ht three percent on auto- 1 les is not improbable. 1 r of the arguments sue fully used in the pastaga soft drink and tobacco have lost their force, i problem in some of matters is that the Fed 1 Government also is seek ew revenue sources, and is danger that dou i Impact may Invoke the law diminishing returns. That is ? Jcularly true with respect 'treses, liquor, and gas There will not be a t-levied property tax. but < e is danger that effort ~ll be made to shift to count s and cities larger share the total burden, requiring ?her advalorem levies. COURTS Government reorganization ?which the chief segment will . revision of the judicial t up. will be a major issue. ? may take a lot of time. it might be disposed of tther quickly, though not hour bitterness. There Is lort of tacit understanding * "court reform" efforts I I be limited to inferior I J s. It is conceded on all that the program presen r 1 1 years ago was too com ~ ? ? jSlve for one dose. mate money will figure i prominently aspub lio^y consideration of . and Insurance laws as < |T*~ect the small loan busi Y'rafflc safety. Including t.ie segments of com i-y insurance, scientific for drunkeness, and the system for revocation Iver permits will occupy ifM. ' RE -DISTRICTING Necessity for re-district ing the sute to afford ele ven Instead of the present twelve congressional dis tricts, and to re -arrange the Sute senatorial districts for more equitable represen tation. looms as the most bothersome aad time-consum ing problem to face Ike Legis lature. It is loaded with the dyaamtte of sectional )eal?usy. partisan polidcs aadpersoaal antagonism. There will be more "horse trading" on this Issue than any other, and deals made In this feild will affect voks on nearly every Mil of Impor tance coming before the Gen eral Assembly. In many re spects, re-dlstrtcting will be more Important to more in dividual members of the House anil Senate than the appropri ations and tax bills, or any of Governor Sanford's Ideas for quality education or gov ernmental organization. MAIN ISSUE Underlying all these sur face fights over money and organization and re-dlstrlct ing. and exerting more In fluence upon all decisions reached than casual observers can understand, is the basic struggle for control of the government. And. despite the Hisurge of Republican streng th this year, the terms are almost synonymous. The De mocratic party has control led North Carolina govern ment for 60 years, and chances ire it will retain control for nany years to come. But factions In the party are almost as clearly defin ed as the two-party system In other states. For most of the 60 years the so-called con servative element In theparty has been dominant ? but of ten by close margin. Notable ex ception was the election of Kerr Scott as Governor in 1948. Scott never did get con trol of the party organization or the General Assemblies which met during his tenure to the same degree most chief, executives did. Governor Saixford has de Jared by word and action his purpose to be the leader in Fact as well as in name, of the government and the party organization. He offers the type of leadership that has Teen missing for several years. But his claim will be .hallenged. A sort of hybrid combinat ion of oldtimers who resent being displaced by youngsters, ind disappointed supporters of other candidates in the late primaries, is beingorganized (7) to gi?* the new Governor as much worry as they can during the next few months. That background and under cover fight for control m*j well be the major develop ment of the 1961 General As sembly. hijor Issue Will Be [HHitoriol Re-Districting |? It might be interesting to He hundreds of people who Ave heard and talked and Kitten so much about "r c Kpordonment' ' of legislative ^presentation to learn that Eere ain't no such thing! Ruing to find the word In I ie office dictionary, your re yrter checked the big, fr-inch fiick book in the Governor's I ;fice. It isn't there either. I There is "apportionment," fifined as the result of ap I'pr dotting, which is defined k; dlvidinginjustproportion. the dicdonary has "re fepoint," "re-arrange", "re | ssemble," "re-assign" and Fre-district" ? butnot"re Riportion." K The primary definition gi |n for re-district is "to re jf.se legislative districts es pecially congressional." The ?institution definitely appor loned membership in the north Carolina House of Re Kvsematlves, but it left the > i-oblem of districting the state fir senatorial and congres onal representadon to the leneral Assembly. !. The state has 100 counties, *ith total population of about ur and a half million peo e. It has 120 representatives d 50 senators in the Legis ture, and eleven represen tees In the national Con fess . Apportionment of re -esentatives is purely mathe atlcal ? remaining 20 to i allotted strictly on basis ( population. Under that plan ime counties have two, some rae, some lour and perhaps )g? now entitled to five asters. Any "re-apportfon aet" which would change it set up violates the con IBltlon. So, the problem facing the (coining Legislature lssole ooe of re -districting - re Tanging the State senatorial d congressional districts so to give as nearly as pos Me equal representation to 1 citizens oi the state. I equitable The big quesdon is what nsdmtes equal represen ts. If only population Is to counted, each a I the ele n congressional districts krfd have about 409,000 peo e, and each of the 50 sena Hal districts about 90.000. |pt allocation could out three I. counties in some congres sional districts. 20 counties in some others. It could give one county three senators, and divide the services of one sen ator among eight or nine small counties. Such arrangement quite obviously cannot afford equal representation. The point is that qppordonment has been fixed; the need is for ar ranging the districts so as to meet the legal demands foi equality of representation. Similar problems of e quality occur in solicitorial districts. Some districts have only a few terms of crim inal court a year, whileothers have almost continuous ses sions of court. On basis of cases tried, the solicitor in the multicourt district would appear to have a much hea vier load than his colleague in the scattered courtdistrict. In practice, the small dis trict solicitor often has a harder time because he does not have the assistance of well organized and trained police and sheriff depart ments or a system of. in ferior courts. The committees seeking to ?work out the district lines will have to take into account both population and area in order to determine equality of re presentation. And, also, they will have to consider politics ? factional, partisan and per sonal . That means some lines will be drawn not on basis of e quality of population or ade quacy or representation, but on basis of political trades. That is where gerryman dering . comes into die pic ture. Experienced legislators and observers agree that while money will be a major pro- ? Mem as always, and reorgani zation of State government in cluding court revision, . will call for serious study, the problem of re -districting the state for senatorial and con gressional seats will likely ? be the most time-consuming and temper-testing issue fac ing the IWiGeneral AswmUy. A child drinks In the outward world through the eyes and rejoices in the draught. -Mary Baker Eddy Capital Clipboard by Eula H. Greenwood I NOT TUB TIME Terry Sanford Is Coventor of North Carolina. has been for some two weeks now. and will be , . . If he lives. , . for 206 weeks more. But since takiag office January 5. he has winged to Chicago and to Palm Beach. Fla. --- and so has hardly found dme to warm that big leathery chair In his office. After pii?glng hard for 12 Mild nwaths for the office (and the Democratic Party), you might tfclnk our Governor would be permitted two or ?hree weeks of peace. We recall the good old days when the first few days of a new official's term of office used to be called the "honeymoon period. "" No more. FANGS IN GREENSBORO With Governor Sanford. a new approach is being taken. Editorials lambasting him for some of his appointments have appeared. Letters - to - the editor have torn him apart. Nor would we label as al together pleasant for htm the conference he had with the media last Thursday evening In Republlcan-rtdden Greens boro. Fangs showed clearly through some of thequesdons. Viewing-with-alarm is the modem-day approach. It Is heck if you do and heck if you don't. We note that Governor Sanford has not complained --at least not out loud ? and has handled the ball very well in the press-radlo-televlslon sessions. SCATTtKfcU ih(JT Even though he Is fast-on his feet, Terry Sin/ord can look mostly for trouble for many months to come from erstwhile Lake-leaners and Gavin-gops. They will serve to keep him on the defensive. And the tight rope may be come a beaten path. There Is still much bit terness abroad: and the wounds are slow amending. But. viewing the scene with Socrabc eye. Governor San ford can see thatfor two weeks he had the full blast. Now he knows the critics must turn to Kennedy and the Washington scene. Then will come the Legis lature ? always fairgame ? and axes. The shot must be scattered In the months to come. This may afford the Governor sufficient time to stabilize his administration. CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT A study of the downtown problem In North Carolina cides was conducted by the Institute of Government with Ford Foundation funds last spring. Now in book form, some re sults of the findings will be available by the dme a 1 big meeting on downtown pro- < bions comes up at Chapel Hill on February 19-20. Mooresville, which we un- I derstand is In the running for 1 All -American City honors, ( will report on what it is doing ' about traffic congestion, park- f lng, etc. Downtown develop- 1 ments In Ahoskie, Durham, g WtRMM - Salem, and G rams bo ro. will alto be highlighted at th? meeting. Principal speaker! for the evenc Lt. Gov. Cloyd Phllpott of Lexington. RACIAL EMPLOYMENT Now feeling new strength throughout the South, Negroes have begun a quiet campaign to determine If they are being treated fairly on the employ - ?neat front. The whirlwind will soon settle over the offices of the Employment Security Commission throughout North Carolina. Look for this to erupt Into prominence anv day. Raleigh has had two pri vately owned employment age ncies for about three years now. A third one opened early this month. THE CHAMP ? When Kerr Scott, freshly sworn In as Governor, was having such a hard time with his 1949 Legislature ? he finally got all he wanted. In cidentally --- he singled out t the following lobbyists for spe cial attention: Sam Blount. Fred Bowman, Gilmer Sparger, and Harry Buchanan. The next morning out came the Raleigh News S> Observer with these Peck bad boys stand, grinning, arm-in-arm in a big three column photo. Thus they were recognized by none other than the Gover nor himself as leaders of the "Third House." Blount, who wis with the beer people, is practicing law In Washington, N. C.. his hometown. Sparger, originally from Mt. Airy, is sdll doing a first class job for the pet roleum people here. Harry Buck of Hendersonville. a theatre man. Is still going good for the theatres. We no longer look to them as a tax source ? television has seen to that. And Fred Bowman of Chapel Hill to this good day has kept the crown tax off soft drinks. There you have the quad ruplets ? the Martin, Bar ton. and Fish of the early days of Kerr Scott ? except that etch and every one of them were and are the hottest of Democrats. But there was more venom in FDR's attack on his bedevilers than In Kerr Scott's statement on Bowman, Buchanan, Blount, and Spar ger. If lobblsts want to learn lessons in iofulencing legis lation, they could do no bet ter than sit at the feet of Bottler Bowman. This will be his 20th session as a lob byist ? that's 40 years, 90 n ? and we are not In cluding the special sessions. He's probably the champ ? n years as well as resluts. FROM THE CLIPBOARD Meredith Vice President 3ob Deyton out with a heart ittack . . , and so is UNC Comptroller William Car nichael . . . and Banker Le !oy Martin recovering extre nely slowly from brain sur ery at Duke. December 27. SENATOR SAM ERVIN ? SAYS ? Washington - The 87thCon gress convened on Tuesday, January 3. 1961. Immediately after its opening, theso-called ultra liberals Initiated a fight to have theSenate Itself change Rule 22 of the Senate without any study being first given to their proposal by the Rules Committee ? a course of action required by orderly procedure. Fortunately, they suffered at least a temporary defeat when the Senate voted, 50 to 46 to refer their pro posal to the Rules Committee for study. The Proposal - It seems not amiss to indicate the im plications of the proposed change in Senate Rules. Under Rule 22, as it now stands, de bate in the Senate upon any pending measure cannot be ended unless two-thirds of the Senators present and voting so decree. The purpose of this Rule s to make it certain that any Senate minority shall be given a reasonable opportunity to persuade the Senate majority that a pending proposal Is un wise and ought not to be en acted into law. Use Of Epithets - The so called ultra liberals sought to change Rule 22 so as to provide that SI Senators shou ld have the power to silence the other 49 Senators. In ac cordance with the smear te chnique now practiced all too frequently . in public life In America, the ultra liberals say that the change proposed by them is necessary to si lence the "filibusterers." It would be equally as just for those who oppose the change in Rule 22 to say that the purpose of the so-called lib erals is to gag those who disagree with them. As a. consequence, anyone addicted to the use of epithets as a substitute for reason might well say that we have just witnessed a contest between the filibusterers and the gan gers. My Position - I favor Rule always liked the statement attributed to the French Phil osopher. Voltaire: "1 disa gree with what you say. but 1 shall defend to the death, your right to say it." 1 also agree with the observation made by W illiam S. White, one erf America's foremost col umnists who points out in his book on the Senate that it is well to remember that any rule devised today to silence troublesome demagogues can be used tomorrow to silence a brave man fighting a just cause." For children, there if nei ther past nor future and -what ao rarely happens to us - they, take pleasure in the present. -La Bruyere THE CHEROKEE SCOUT N.JERUEBABB, Publisher ... PHYLLIS B.B ABB, Editor Established' July, 1#89 Published E?ery Thursday - Second Class Postage Paid at 117 Hickory Street, Murphy, Cherohaa County, North Carolina. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Mailing address la Cherataaa, Clay and Graham Counties, N. C.; Towns, Union aad Fanaia Coundes , Ca.. and Polk County, Tena. I Year - >3.00 6 Mos. 91.73 Outside of Retail Trading Area - 1 Yr. >5.00 ; 6 Mos. *3.00 Editorial Hoggfef The Parkiig Murphy hog' ??? uptown parking ? paces to such an extent thai It loses thousands of dollars in trade during the year. This was parkcularly arue during (be holiday soaioa. Murphy poo pie monopolize so m?ch of the parting that the visiter at a mas has to play second fiddle. There If a view among competent observers (hat we use the*parklng meters Tor the convenience of ourselves rather than as a traffic control device designed to keep traffic moving thus allowing more customers to visit and shop la our o?o. Make a chock. Whoa you are In the business dlitrtct about 8: JO la the morning, notice how many atuomoMles already are parked. Notice that most of them are local cars. Notice that the shopper has not yet arrived and when be does he tabes second place in parking to the man who works in Merchants who park In front of their stores are actually running shoppers away from Murphy rather than attract ing them. Tlie same goes for a merchant that allows hi* help to park la front of his store. Nov this doesn't mean for the merchant and his help to park across the street or la front of his neighbor's store, tut find off street parking or park oat of the business district. It's a two block walk la any direction from the square to ample parking space that will not Interfere with residential or business property. There are even lots In downtown Murphy where parking space can be rented by the week, month, or year, and rates are as cheap as keeping the met ers well fed. Thoughts On Growing Old (From The Chinese) All of my Itfe has been quiet. The world roared by me; there were great things to he done. I thought long about them, and sat and listened To the sound that the river made, dashing against the boulders. All of my life has been dreams. The air from the busy concerns of men eddied and swirled about me. I dreamed about the quiet eyes of aface that lighted my heart. To the sound that the winds made, rusding magnolia leaves. All of my life has been music. A world of men went out to maim and murder each other, I turned my face away and heard the sounds that the stars made Moving, slow and sedate, in their courses. Andrew Johnson Republican Home Raleigh - Deep in the bo som of Andrew Johnson will sleep most of the 14 Repub lican members of the Gen eral Assembly during the 1961 session. If current Indications hold true to form. Those deans of the loyal opposition - Sen. B.C. Broclc of Mocksville and Rep. T. E. Story of Wllkesboro have already reserved their rooms again at the Andrew Johnson Hotel here. There, too, you will find most of their cohorts. This has been the main le gislative nesting place for Republicans for several ses sions now. Incidentally, Brock will be serving in his tenth regular session five in the House and five In the Senate, while Story will be in his eighth regular term, all in the House. House Seat No. 13 Goes to Rowan Solon Raleigh - A lot of friends of Rep. Clyde H. Harris of Salisbury wanted him to run for Speaker of the House last year. He considered it care fully, but finally decided not ro oppose Joseph H. Hunt of Greensboro. Hunt will sit in the Speak er's chair. Harris in Seat 13. That's the way he wanted it. PilASfSAYYtS TO IMF NEW mm s< ji* YfS mfsjt I 'jM From th? offlc* of . . . ?** Rap. Roy A. Taylor It has now be com* well known that one of the first and most controversial issues to come before the new Con gress will be a movement to change or Increase the per sonnel of the powerful House Rules Committee. Speaker Sam Ray burn al ready has announced his sup port of a plan promoted by Northern liberal Democrats to Increase the Rules Com mittee from Its present 12 to IS members, adding two Demo crats and one Republican. This plan was to have been pre sented to a caucus of House Democrats this week. The influence of Southern Democrats on the RulesCom inittee has been strong and the proposed changes would likely place the control of the committee In the hands of ? more liberal Northern and Western legislators. While 1 respect the great wisdom of Sam Rayburn. t must oppose any plan that would alter the personnel or operation of the Rules Com mittee. Apparently, those set on up Mttlng the Rules Cli? IWt have scrapped an earlier plarf to purge Party-golong ReP William M. Colmer (D-Mlss.) Mr. Colmer was first consid ered a suitable target for re moval from the CommiONaa grounds he declined to stupor t the Kennedy acket In Last fall's election. However, the move ment Is now, as made clear by Raybum. to e^aad the Committee In order CO shift control from Southern Demo crats. The rules of a game can not be changed merely to suit each player who Is disap pointed with the cosiest re sults. Again, 1 am convinced It would not be in the South's best Interest to tamper with the Rules Committee which has done so much for our region. Including the pre vention of the expenditures of funds for many unnecessary programs. I expect to Join with other Southern congressmen In a concentrated effort to keep this important committee la tact. Health Notes by W. S. Cann Health District Director Cherokee - Clay - Graham lnk(ti$vs Diseases Winter is the time of the year that many infectious di seases make theirappearance, especially those related to the respiratory system. Colds, tronchitis, sore throats, sin usitis, ear aches, and the pne umonia and influenza. Also, this time of the year dlptherla and scarlet fever and the streptococcal infections ap pear. Be sure your children are protected against dipthena. That their booster shots have been given (usually for diptheria, whooping cough, and lockjaw). Check that these bo osters are active, that Is, gi ven at the proper time to be effective. If not, get boosters. Whenever In a community where protection lags, and bo oster shots are ignored, dip theira makes its appearance. It is a very serious disease and when the child survives It so often leaves a residual impairment of the heart, pa ralysis of muscle groups such as cross eyes, throat and pa late muscles paralysed, even 'muscles of the extremities may be paralysed. Check those boosters! Cool weather Is the best time to get your smallpox vaccination. Also, polio being a warm weather disease, now is the time to get your shots to be fully protected. We be ? lleve four injections are nec essary and that every one from one year to forty-five years should have them. Insturctor Eu re To Have Large Class Raleigh - One of the bus iest men in the first few weeks of the coming legisla tive session will be Thad Eu re. North Carolina's veteran Secretary of State. Once again, in addition to his regular duties, Eure will conduct a class In legislat ive procedure for new mem bers of the House and Senate. It is all informal, but very informative, and usually w^Il attended. This time. Teacher Eure will have one of his lar gest classes ? 45 IntheHouse and 16 in the Senate who Till be serving first terms. Nowl Goodyear Auio Tires giv^you more protection than ever beforel SENSATIONAL GOODYEAR ROAD HAZARD and QUALITY GUARANTEE 1 Road Hazard Guarantee? All new Goodyear automobile tires are tuaranteed by written certificate against all Road Hazards-blowouts, fabric breaks, cuts-except repairable punctures. Guarantee limited to original owner tor number of months spaofied. 2 Lifetime Guarantee-All Goodyear tires art guar anteed against any defects in workmanship and material without limit as to time or mileage. AN adjustments kased on ?riginal tread depth remamiag and current "Geodyear price". 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