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? REPORT
TO THE PEOPLE 1
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Last week the Congress vot
i
ed to override the President's
veto of the McCarran-Walter i
Immigration bill. As you know
a two-thirds vote is required
in both houses to enact a law
over a presidential veto.
The House vote was 278 to 113.
The Senate vote was 57 to 26. Both
Senator Hoey and I voted to over
ride tiie veto.
This bill has been vigorously
opposed by certain left-wing groups
and so-called liberals who have
made vicious charges against it.
They have been all sorts of lobby
ing efforts against it, the likes of
v.hub 1 had not seen since I came
to the Senate 18 months ago.
There's no telling how many
"canned' editorials and distorted
news stories have been sent out
from Washington and New York,
particularly to the smaller news
papers of the country, designed to
ause the people to believe as the
. rbbyists wished them to believe
in spite of the fact that groups
like the American Legion, Ameri
can Federation of Labor, and other
patriotic organizations have favor
ed the McCarran-Walter bill.
As the votes were being cast in
the Senate last Friday afternoon
on the question of overriding the
veto. I noted that most of the same
Senator?, who voted to uphold the
president also voted last year
againsr the Internal Security Act
which was passed by the Congress
as a means of ferreting out the
Communists who are infiltrating
our nation.
Many of our people, even in
North Carolina, have been misled
by propoganda distribyted against
this hill. Some of our editors have
been critical of the bill. However
I am afraid that many of those
who were so outspoken took their
position without ever having read
the bill or knowing its contents.
TIIE BACKGROUND
The McCarran-Walter bill was
the result of more than three years
of work and study by a senate sub
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j committee and staff of experts,
not to mention the Stale Depart
ment, the Justice Department, and
the Immigration and Naturaliza
tion Service. Our Immigration and |
Naturalization laws were a hodge
j podge of provisions with loopholes,
inconsistencies and inequities. This
subcommittee undertook and com-1
pleted the job of revising and cod
ifying all those laws.
Scores of public hearings were
conducted. Views from all inter
ested persons were welcomed But
after all the work had been done
a great cry was raised by the so
called liberals and the left-wingers
and a substitute bill was introduced
in the Senate, and this bill was ref
erred to as the Humphrey
Lehman-Kefauver"*bill. The substi
tute bill would have us let down
the bars and admit hordes of for
eigners far in excess of what our
country could assimilate.
Several reputable groups rais
ed questions about minor defects
in the McCarran-Walter bill, and
changes were made. But it is sig
nificant to note that only two or
ganizations objected to the entire
bill?and one of those has been
repeatedly .cited by the Attorney
General as a Communist organiza
tion.
The working people of America
should consider the effect on their
own lives had the Congress failed
to enact the McCarran-Walter law.
If the substitute bill proposed by
Humphrey-Lehman and Kefauver
had been accepted, millions of
additional foreigners would have j
been admitted to compete with ourj
own workers for employment. The
result would have been more un-|
employment and lower wages.
\ REAL HERO
Last Friday I left the Senate
for about an hour to atend a cere
mony at the White House. The
President awarded the nation's
highest military honor to a young
North Carolinian Cpl. Jerry K.
Crump, of Lincolnton.
Jerry is only 19 new. but a year
ago in Korea, he almost single
i handedly heat back an enemy at
tack. On top of that, when a Chin
ese Communist threw a grenade
CHANGING CAUSES OF BLINDNESS
IN U.S. SCHOOL CHILDREN
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? KOHL m >- A? I t M.ilWu.. H?.r .y?
Improvements
At W. Pigeon
By MRS. HOMER H WEST
Community Correspondent
Many improvements are taking
place in West Pigeon.
A store has been added in the
community, known as the West ,
Pigeon Food Center which is own
ed and operated by Mrs. Hugh
Penland.
Two roads are being improved: ;
the load from Clifton Terrells to
the Stamey Cove section, and the!
Pigeon flap road from Walter Rus- \
sells to Mrs. tola McEIroy's.
The officers and teachers of the
Bethel Baptist Church have been
elected for the coming year with
Major Burress heading the group
as superintendent.
Other officers are Mr. Medford
assistant superintendent; Tulon
West, song leader for Sunday
School; Hilda Hargrove, and Pau
line Shepherd, pianists; Mrs. Hor
ace Peek, cradel roll superinten
dent; Van Wells, secretary-treasur
er with Pauline Shephard, assis
tant; Mrs. C. L. Bissett, vacation
Bible School superintendnt.
Mrs. Frank Amnions and Eula
Rogers, beginners' teachers; Gen
eva Sisk and Inez Riddle, primary
girls' teachers; Elsie Russell and
Tulon West, primary boys' teach
ers; Maurice Bumgarner and Frank
Amnions, junior boys' teachers;
Lena Wright and Mrs. Paul Shep
I hard, junior girls' teachers; Maude
Peek and Bob Burre,ss, intermed
iate boys' teachers; Mildred Bissett
(and Win McNeal, intermediate
girls' teachers.
The Rev. Mr. Bissett and Corbit
Wright, young peoples' teachers;
Edna Burress and Betty Cook,
young ladies' teachers; Raymond
Duckett and Horace Peek, young
men's teachers: Mrs. Medford and
Mrs, Cole, adult women's teachers;
Mr Medford and Marvin Long,
adult men's teachers.
Van Wells, church clerk; Marvin
Long and Raymond Duckett. ush
ers: Frank Hargrove and Billie
Burress, assistant ushers; Lillian
Stiles and Raymond Duckett. choir
j leaders: and Mrs. Bissett and
I Peggy Peek, choir pianists.
The community welcomes Gud
| ger Worley and Misses Pearl and
Maude Worley who have built a
new home on the Pigeon Gap Road.
Henry Garner of West Pigeon
spent the week-end in Columbus,
Tenn.
Mr and Mrs. Frank Amnions and
son. Dennis. Mr. and Mrs. Horace
Peek, and Mr, and Mrs. Homer
West attended church services at
the Telico Baptist Church Sunday
and were dinner guests of Mr, and
Mrs. Mingus Allen near Bryson
City.
Mrs. Rufus Russell, Mr. and Mrs
in the midst of several injured
American soldiers, Jerry threw
himself upon the grenade to protect
his comrades. He was seriously
wounded.
Last Thursday Jerry and his
family came by to see me. Mrs.
Smith and I were delighted to have
them for lunch in the Senate res
taurant Jerry and his family made
a fine impression on all who met
them. After lunch. I took them by
to see Vice President Barkley at
his office.
Jerry was very modest about the
honor which had come to him. I |
understand that he is the first Tar
Heel to be awarded the Congress
ional Medal of Honor in the Kor
ean conflict.
LAFF-A-DAY
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"It wh a burflar alt rlfhU-yw*
I fctUwtC"
THE YOUNGER SET
By
HOSE WOMACK
* * ? ?l?* bnnui 1
1 iliuugui yuu I1HEII1 itavr iu rhwti t
some ways on how lu lumbal the
lot weather these days. I have ask
FJmer Harris and Martha. Joe and
Freddie Russell recently visited
Mrs. Gene Lambert in Brevard.
Miss Peggy Peek is visiting Doris
Peek in Columbus, S. C.
. i
Walter Russell, son of Mr. and :
Mrs. Waller Russell, has landed
n Japan. He is on the USS Walk
;r. No. 723. 1
ed some of the people around Way
nesviile what they have found to
be the best remedy to keep tool
and here are some of their solu
tions. Perhaps >ou might try them
Harriett Gibson: "I just stand j
around and take it while I'm work
ing."
Norma Winchester: "I drink
sodas, orange ade, lime ade, milk,
shake, coke, and eat all the Ice
cream I can get."
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Nancy Bischoff: "I survived the
heat in Greensboro for a week, so
I guess I can take it here."
Judy Cabe: "Going swimming is
1 my only real remedy for keeping
cool." ??
Eunice Trantham: "I just try not
to notice it."
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Louise McBride: "1 go swim
ming."
Ted Owen: "Why I'm so much in
love I don't even notice the heat."
Jo Ann Frady: "It's cool in W'ay
nesviile after spending the winter
in Miami."
Peggy Mann: "I just drink one
"ice cold" coke after another."
Patsy Brendle: "I wear just as
little xlothes *? possible and try to
keep in the shade."
Freddy Mu c: I stay at the
Lake."
Peggy P.eeve* was hostess of a
slumber party i ne nit (it U. t week
at her home. She had as her
guests Mary Ker\e.- I'atie done
Dale Hall and Barbara Jones.
Y\ hen these five gal get togeth
er for any fonn of entertainment
you can he sure everyone will en
joy themsehe t
Although the e sals didn't get1
cry sleep they certainly had their 1
tun. Three of them land I'd better
not mention names i went for a
walk around the neighborhood a:
3:30 a. ni. while the other two gals
couldn't take it anymore ..r.d de
cided to stay home and try io gel
a little sleep.
Most of the evening was monop
olized by talking, ol which gals
nev*r tirt o,. y? l
funny books
Peg%\ wa- a gratJ
ever.vone lad a very]
IAUY-5 to.
"I d like some of
blank checks life |
writes. The kind ?
4* WE DECLARE
Let us all resolve to make this day of Independence a day of celebrating, a day of rejoicing, a day to be
thankful for the many freedoms we in America enjoy.
In our youth we celebrated the 4th of July purely for the significance it held in the heritage of a FREE
AMERICA ? mad free by the blood of our forefathers. And now, in recent years, it seems that we have
lost some of the enthusiasm that we once had for this day ? and with it some of our freedom, some of our
rights, and many of the privileges, which the founders of this nation intended that we should enjoy.
It appears then, that we should stop and consider again the true meaning of this DAY OF INDEPEN
DENCE . . .
This year again brings the responsibility of every citizen to participate in the selecton of our national
leaders. Let us on this Day of Independence resolve to prepare for the coming election by registering
early and voting.
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Canton Division ? Canton, N. C. ,
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