Short Circuit
(FROM: ROXBORO (NC) COURIER TIMES
1/24/56)
The U. S. Senate today was to begin
debate on Section MB of die Taft-Haruey
Act - the provision that enables 19 states
to ban ?P** shop contracts whereby union
membership or payment of union dues is
mandatory to Job retention.
The House has already voted to repeal
the measure.
Fortunately, die bill is headed for stiffer
competition in the upper chamber. Senate
Republican Leader Everette Dlrkesen is
ram-roddlng opposition to the proposal and
he and his forces will attempt to talk it
to death via filibuster. We hope they succeed.
President Lyndon Johnson has favored re
peal of MB, but has not given the bill
a high priority.
It seems somewhat incongruous to us that
while the President tells us our young men
are fighting in Viet Nam to preserve the
principle of self-determination, there ere
those who would negate a form of that princi
ple right here at home. Certainly the South
Vietnamese have the right to decide what
type of government they want. It Is not Just
as basic that the American working man
have the right to choose between joining
or not joining a union at his place of work?
Should he be forced to join a union and
pay lis dues when he has no desire to do
so? In essence, that's what would come
about with repeal of MB - either one joins
the union or loses the job. what about self
determination then?
It just doesnt Jive! Here we are In a
foreign land fighting to uphold a principle
while at the same time we're trying to
topple that very principle In our own back
yard!
Somewhere along the line the wires have
gotten crossed, it's the working man who is
Being threatened with the short circuit.
g A CALENDAR OF
l[actand?iil
'Opfnbnj^g
David Lawrence writes, in
U. S. News & World Report:
"There is every reason for the
establishment of competent tri
bunals of arbitration so that die
legitimate demands of labor
wQl be recognized and adequate
compensation will be paid for
die specific tasks set forth by
the city or State authorities.
Once this is done, however,
government must not be im
periled and its services in
terrupted Just because of the
stubbornness or misguided tac
tics of union leaders. Mem
bers of unions often find them
selves unable to restrain the
unwise acts of their leaders.
In private industry the calling
of a strike should be allowed
only when all members have had
a chance to debate the issue
and to vote on it by secret
ballot. But the calling of a
strike against any governmental
body should be banned in all
cases."
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As of a recent date, student
enrollment in U. S. colleges
and universities totaled some
5.5 million, of whom three out
of five attended public institu
tions and the remainder were
enrolled in private institutions.
All totaled, there were some
2,168 colleges and universities,
costing more than $10 billion
a year to staff, maintain and
operate. Tax money pays for
almost half of this annual cost.
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An editorial in the Rocky
Mountain Medical Journal says:
"U. S. drug manufacturers re
invest the equivalent of half
their profits?after taxes?in
research and development. Un
like such industry categories
as aircraft and missiles, or
electrical equipment and com
munications ? pharmaceutical
research is underwritten al
most entirely by the Industry It
self."
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General James F. Collins,
president of the American Red
Cross, has announced that first
aid training hit a new 22-year
high mark in 1965. Certificates
Issued for completion of ARC
first aid courses totaled 1,111,
230 in the fiscal year which
ended last June 30, the largest
number since the World War 11
year of 1942-43. A major area
in which the Red Cross greatly
expanded its teaching of first
- --
aid was In the building trade
unions, which are regarded
among safety experts to be
among the most hazardous
fields of work.
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Eugene P. Foley. Assistant
Secretary of Commerce, says:
"Depressed areas and regions
must become self-sustaining
economic entitles. They must
have the means to get In step
and stay In step--with the free
market system."
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From the Railway Employees
Journal; "Protection of public
right to transportation services
at low cost was a primary pur
pose when federal regulation
jfS railroads started, in recent
years. It has been employed
to Interfere with railroad rate
reductions to meet the compe
tition of competing carriers un
able to provide service at as
low cost...without revision of
regulations, recognizing cur
rent competitive conditions. It
will be Increasingly difficult
for railroads to regain the share
In the country's total freight
traffic to whlcn their efficiency
as low-cost carriers entitles
them.'
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According to the American
Gas Association, costs of dril
ling a gas well may run any
where from $100,000 to more
than $2 million, depending on
depth and the difficulties en
countered In drilling. The main,
cost stems from tne fact that
: only ohe exploratory well III
nine turns out to be a produ
cer?and only one In 44 even
tually becomes a profitable pro
ducer.
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In Barry Goldwater's vlew:
' 'When the economy is booming,
government should be taking
tne edge off Inflation by paying
its debts Instead of piling up
record-breaking new ones. '.
Although poles apart in con
cept. there is a great deal of .
similarity in the reasons why
the Federal Reserve Board is
independent of political con
trol, and high whiskey taxes.
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It is the theory that by keep
??V saxes
(MMunpUM
h*?Jnan
wn sown.
There is
? ?me |Hf*
Ilea hew
practical this
thssry Is hi
actaaiity. On
the ether
head, a
C. W. Harder
>l? * coffee cost* about the
aamc m the cost of distOHng
? gallon of booae. Thus, pre
sumably, If the price of a Jig
ger of red rye was the same
aa that for a cap of coffee, It
la a mite conceivable that there
wnU he substantial excesses
la the aae of alcohol.
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But human nature being
what it is, people can go on
credit binges to almost the
same extent as they go on al
cohol binges. And both alcohol
and credit excesses create a
feeling of well being,
ooo
Bat while politicians have not
yet advocated cheap boose to
gtvo the people, and primarily
the voting people, a feeling of
well being, they do Hke to he
la a position When there Is a
feeling of unrest among the
people to give them cheap
credit. This excessive ase of
cheap credit, of coarse, produc
es an excessive amount of
paper money la circulation
which result* in inflation.
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The Federal Reserve Board
was set up independently to
minimize to some degree the
proclivity of politicians to ere
a Jtfjst InsMl Ff^ffsi log pf Iwlspsfidsist Bustntss
ate among the people credit
jags. By controlling the rate of
interest charged for credit,
the Reserve can exercise some
degree of control over poli
tical spending.
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The system is probably not
perfect. Few things in life are.
The biggest drawback to the
Reserve interest rates is that
H makes it difflcnH far inde
pendent business operations to
expand. And if they do not ex
pand, employment lags.
? * ?
According to year long sur
veys conducted by the National
Federation of Independent Bus
iness. many independent firms
can borrow the money to ex
pand, but do not do so be
cause of the interest rates that
prevailed even before the last
hike in interest rates.
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On the other hand, there is
no question that if permitted
to invest a portion of their
earnings Into expansion, they
would not hesitate.
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This is why the independent
business proprietors of the na
tion back by a majority of close
to 90 per cent the so-called
plowback allowance as intro
duced into the Congress by
Rep. Charles Chamberlain.
Mich., and Abraham Multer,
N.Y. This measure was pre
viously introduced by Senator
Sparkman of Alabama,
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Basically, the measure would
permit a business to invest
back In the business, tax free.
Ml of a year's profits up to
S34.0M. This is only leaving
some seed corn in the business.
Unfortunately too many bu
reaucrats have no more under
standing of this principle than
the crow who eats die seed corn
and then erases and flaps his
wings wildly when no new crop
of corn is grosen.
Bible History
THOSE TO WHOM JESUS AP- ?
PEAKED AFTER HIS RESUR
RECTION.
h Mary Magdalene In Garden i
(Mark 16) gain 20).
2. The women who came to seek {
Him (Matthew 28)
3. Two disciples on the road to
Emmaus (Mark 16-Luke24). 1
4. Simon Peter (Lake 24 and ^
PApostles except Tho
ark 16-Luke 24-John
1. After eight days to the eleven
(John 20).
f. Seven disciples at Sea of
Galilee (John 21}.
I. Seen of about 500 brethernat
once (1 Cor. 15:6)
i. After that He was seen by
James. (1 Cor. 16:7)
JO. Eleven disciples on the mo
untain (Mathew 26).
a. His disciples on the Mount
of Olives from which place
he ascended into heaven.
(Mark 16-Lake 24-Acts 1).
i
IVORY STATUS This
Ivory statue by an unhaoaa
French artist is considered an
outstanding example of reli
gions sculpture of the 14th
century. It is among works
of art assembled at the Phila
delphia College of Art to dem
onstrate to students the chang
ing trends in art through the
centuries. The statue was
loaned to the College by the
Pier* Teal Galleries In New
York.
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SENATOR
SAM ERVIN
? SAYS * [
W ASHINGTON - Reappor
tionment of State legislative bo
dies continues to arouse Con
gressional feelings which began
In 1962 when the Supreme Court
broke the long upheid-prece
dent against Federal involve
ment in representation pro
blems.
Since then Senate debate has
been recurring with major
Court implementations of the
original decree, Jn 1964, follow
ing the party national conven
tions, the Mansfield-Dfrkseh
reapportionment rider was of
fered to the foreign aid bill.
That effort to halt court or
ders on reapportionment ran
into a Senate filibuster and no
action was taken. Subsequently,
Senator Dirks en and others in
troduced s. J. Res. 103 on Au
gust 13, 1965, and that bill is
presently on the Senate calen
dar after another filibuster
stalemated it last fall. The
Dirks en proposal would amend
the Constitution to permit the
States to apportion one legis
lative house on a non-poupla
tlon basis, subject to approval
or rejection by a vote of the
people in a state-wide referen
dum.
The battle over reapportion
ment will probably be a major
legislative issue again this ses
sion. There is a general feel
ing that the Court went too
far in setting up its "one
man, one-vote'' rule for State
reapportionment problems, and
that the Federal courts have
fulfilled the prophesy of justice
Frankfurter. In his dissenting
opinion in the Baker Case,
Frankfurter said that once the
courts attempted to determine
such matters they would enter
a "political thicket." The peo
ple of oar State have recently
learned that the Justice was
imminently correct.
Even SO. as a nrartlral mat.
. ?- ??
ter the passage of a Consti
tutional Amendment overruling
the court's opinion on reap
portionment is a slow and frus
trating task. The actions of the
Congress and the President are
constantly criticized and re
viewed, out the same objecti
vity does not always extend
to decisions of the Supreme
Court. There is a considerable
body of opinion that the Court's
opinions are sacrosanct.
Reapportionment presents
the most crucial questions of
Constitutional government and
representative democracy. Th
ere can be no doubt as to die
general proposition that legis
lative bodies should be repre
sentative. How to achieve this
form of government becomes
the real question. The imple
mentation of court decrees to
achieve Court doctrines on the
subject of representation
thrusts the Judiciary into the
thick of political decisions. At
the same time, the "modelState
legislature" now must run
counter to the Federal plan for
Congress. The states are no
longer permitted to pattern
their legllsatlve bodies after
Congress, Le., one house elect
ed on he basis of population
and the o?ter house elected on
die basis of geographical units.
A bicameral State lagislature
must conform entirety to die
"one-man, one-vote*' theory,
indeed, the Mea^of "one
. .. > v
lenged in a dissenting opinion
by Justice Harlan in the Gray
decision. He said that the idea
has "never been the universal
ly accepted political philosophy
of England, the American colo
nies or the United states." He
commented that this concept
overlooks the need of rural
areas to have a voice in go
vernment.
When all is said, however,
other problems confrontingCon
gress are likely to work a-'
gainst Congressional action on
reapportionment. Considering
all the factors involved, it is
difficult to believe that any
Constitutional Amendment in
this field will pass at this
session.
IQSkv H? iiMlii.'.. ? y M
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Action Urged To Stop j
: " Family Breakdown
B y Louise Chase
Women's Medical News Service
Chicago, I1L (WMNS) - Teen
age marriages have increased
greatly in the past 20 years
with "disastrous consequen
ces," Dr. Harold I. Lief re
ported to pnyslcians attending
the American Medical Associa
tion's 62nd annual Congress on
M yd leal Education.
The Tulane University psy
chiatrist noted that more than
40 percent of U. S, brides are
teenagers; that in a recent year
more than 600,000 babies were
born to mothers between the
ages of 14 and 19; that one out
of every three high school
brides Is pregnant when she
marries (and one out of six
brides generally:; and that ap
proximately half the teenage
marriages end in divorce. Dr.
Lief urged more active and
intensive counseling of young
people to head oft the "indi
vidual waste, pain, and lives
irreversibly scarred or wreck
ed."
Giant strides will be made to
halt family Breakdown, Dr. Lief
observed, when physicians and
other adults assume responsi
bility for a broadened concept
of family planning. Young peo
ple must be guided not only in
contraception, but in such mat
ters as wnen to marry, when
to have the first child, child
spacing and the desired size
of the family.
He noted that the general
marital and sexual adjustment
of parents must be among the
prime concerns of physicians
and others Interested in the
health of the community as
well as of individuals.
Why Adolescents Marry
The physician said that while
not all teenage marriages are
poor risks, many young people
are motivated to get married
for such essentially unsound
reasons as the search of illu
sory security, to achieve sta
tus or sexual pleasure, or to
make a pregnancy legal, some
times such marriages repre
one of the crowd, or a wish
to attain independence before
being emotionally ready for it.
While many of these moti
vations occur later in life as
well, by that time the indivi
dual has usually developed cer
tain firm values and beliefs
that are less likely to change.
An older person is also likely
to have a sense of certainty
about who he is, Dr. Lief saia.
The personalities of adoles
cents, on the other hand, are
in the process of change, and
adolescent husbands ana wives
may grow at different rates
and in different directions, and
in a few short years become in
compatible.
Helping Young People
What can the physician and
other adults do to help young
people to postpone marriage
for a few years, and that mean
ingful pre-marital counseling
is a must. Such counseling
should include not only a blood
test for venereal disease, a
complete physical examination,
and contraceptive advice, but
also the following:
. Sound information about sex
to overcome fears that can in
terfere with a healthy relation
snip.
. Consideration of the timing
of the first child. Postponing the
arrival of the baby untif the
bride is in her early 20's
will give the couple a chance
to see if the marriage is solid
enough to sustain a child.
. Child spacing. Dr. Lief
notes that "sowing the seeds
too rapidly may sow the seeds
for eventual family disorgani
zation." ho points out that chil
dren coming in quick succession
can be emotionally and econo
mically burdensome for the pa
rents , leading to emotional pro
blems in the children. Child
spacing should be discussed be
fore marriage, during preg
nancy, and six weeks after de
livery when a woman's moti
vation for contraception is
nlgn.
. Number of children, while
no one can say for certain what
j Chittlin Switch |
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
The fellers at the countty
store Saturday night was all
taking turns using the crying
towel. Ed Doollttle started tt
off by announcing he was aim
ing to make a deal with one of
them new departments Lyndon
has invented and git out of the
farming business complete and
entire. First off, said Ed, In
these times of full prosperity
and fuller taxes, they was more
profit In It fer a farmer t
federalize than to fertilize.
Farthermore, allowed Ed, It
was gitting along toward plant
ing and plowing time and a far
mer didn't have nothing to go
by. He said he used to depend
on the moon and signs In the
heavens fer planting but all
them sat allies they got floating
in orbit has upset the signs and a
feller didn't have nothing but
the calender to go by. And he
reported he ain't never know
ed a calender farmer that had
good crops. And, incidental,
Ed blamed them sat allies on the
Democrats, claimed Lyndon had
got moon struck.
Zeke Grubb was agreed with
Ed, said It used to be they
wasn't but Just one middle-man
between the farmer and the
market. Now, claimed Zeke,
they got a middle-man, a dou
ble- middle-mail and a triple
man cutting In on the profits.
He said ne was reading a
article about how the Farm Bu
reau in some town was holding
a supper to show how much pro
fit a farmer nits fer the food
he raises. They was charging
far the meal exact what the
farmer's profit was. He said It
come out that a meal of roast
beef and two vegetable* that
cost >1.50 at a cafe come to 13
cent at this special supper, in
cluding the labor for serving it.
Personal, Mister Editor, I
think they might be a lot of lit
tle expenses at the care that
wasn't included In that 13 cent.
Fer Instant, I recollect reading
about a sign they had in a cafe
at the World Fair. It sald:"Don't
confuse our silverware with
medicine. Please dont take any
after meals."
Serious, I think the farmers
would be better off It they would
quit leaning on the Guveramem
and git down to plowing, either
by the signs or the calender.
When Ed says he's going tt
federalize instead of fertilize
he's been bit by the Guveramem
bug.
n is my general opinion. Mis
ter Editor, that Guveramem is
like germs, it grows where peo
ple was weak and their resls
tence was low. When they git
sick and can't come up with a
home remedy right quick, they
take a stiff dost of Guvernment <
aid. Pritty soon, reaching fer
the Guveramem medicine bot
tle gits to be a habit hard to
break. Ed wouldn't admit it
but he's gittlng his eye more
and more on that Guvernment
bottle.
Yours truly.
Uncle Pate
fTmT 9
Minister's (j
Desk |
(By; I). R. P a rk?'rson\|
Warsa* (|
The one Justifiable reason
for entering the sanctuary of
God Is to seek a strong re
lationship with Him and to pre
pare for service In His King
dom. Many Insignificant trifles
and hindrances prevent us from
accomplishing that objective. I
should like to suggest a few,
as I see them. Tney are ex
pressed both positively and ne
gatively and will, I trust, be
helpful to each of you as you
enter the sanctuary of the ch
urch of your choice next Sun
day, to worship Gait r chobse
to call then "Ten Command
ments of Worship."
The Morehead Foundation at
the University of North Caro
lina in Chapel Hill is now worth
$34,000,000 and the number of
all-expense paid Morehead a
wards have been doubled, so
that 100 new freshmen are ta
ken each year, with 400 In
school at once. Graduate More
head fellowships are also being
awarded In 1966 In law, medi
cine and graduate school at
Chapel Hill.
"A fool asks more questions
In an hour than a wise man
can answer in a week," '
will mean to them personally
in terms of highter taxes, over
crowded cities, diminishing
open spaces for relaxation, air
pollution, Joblessness.
Such counseling, the physi
cian believes, will help reduce
illegitimacy, abortion, indivi
dual breakdown - - and will
thus contribute to the health
of the entire nation.
THOU SHALT:
L "Keep In mind that the pri
mary objective from the mo
ment you enter the sanctuary *
is to find God and totally sur
render your life to Him.
2. "Enter in the spirit of
repentence, asking for God's
forgiveness of your sins."
3. "Possess a spirit of gra
titude for all the manifold bless
ings of God; for God is the gi
ver of all good things."
4. "ask God for specific
blessings and express to Him a
willingness to work for each of
them In concrete ways."
5. "Remember tnat no man
has any righteousness of his
own ana that we are all sinners
saved by grace and therefore
brothers and sisters in Christ.''
6. "Seek diligently and with
a sence of urgency for strength
to do. thy .dapy tasks in sueh
a way that your lives will re
flect glory upon the King of
kings and Lord of Lords."
THOU SHALT NOT:
7. "Spend the time talking
about others and their sins?
you have too many of your own
to be casting stones at others."
8. "Be overly conscious of
the kind of external apparel
worn by others, for this makes
you forget that the kind of dress
that redly matters Is that which
adorns the souL"
9. "Possess a heart full of
pride and supra-piosity, thank
ing God that you are better
than that poor rotten reprobate
sitting in the next pew." f
10. "Talk business affairs
with others while in God's san
ctuary." Ordering oil from the
oil distributor, having a medi
cal consultation with the doctor,
etc. detracts from the joy in
worshiping. They have come to
get away from their responsi
bilities and to worship God too.
Respect this fact. See them In
their office.
Crossword Puzzle _J
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queen
14. Aerial
15. Moving
upward
17. Mistake
18. Those in
power
19. Vision
21. Before
22. Water
rock ridge
24. ?Durocher
25. Insects
26. Exists
27. French
"the"
29. Not urban
31. Morals
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note 48. Improve 58. Beauty 25. Foundation
40. Greek letter 50. Little piece lover 28. Deed
41. Armed 51. Worthy of 58. European 30. Groove
conflicts imitation native 32. Most solid
43. Macaw 53. Lively 33. Asian
DOWN country
1. Grassland 35. Aroused
An"r? *?*?!? 2. Serious 36. Severe
? sf,rb , 38. Fold
4. Thing: law 41. Forgo
8. Hawaiian 48. So. Amer.
wreath* mountain*
6. Small * word 44. Girl'? nam*
7. Not out 46. Degrade
8. Let It *tand 46. Toward
8. luropean sheltered
nation: abbr. gida
10. Unwind* 49. Submerge! /
11. Sleeping briefly '
sound 83. Tree
13. Gross 64. Cut grass >
weight 56. Military
deductions rank: abbr.