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Current Session BY SENATOR SAM ERVIN Washington—Repeal of Sec tion 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act, which authorizes the States to enact right-to-wprk laws, is dead for this session. Defeat came when the Senate split al most evenly, 50-49, on whether debate shohld be shut-off. Con gressional attention now turns to the problems involved in waging the Vietnam War with measures coming up on supple mental appropriations and taxes. Clearing the Senate calendar of this issue means that em ployees in 19 right-to-work states can continue to decide whether they will join or re frain from joining a union and pay or refrain from paying un ion dues. Had Section 14(b) been repealed, a basic right would have been taken away from the American worker. The discussion is over for the time being, but it is foreseeable that the fight will be renewed in the future. For this reason, 1 think it is important that em ployees be aware of a major fal lacy inherent in the arguments advanced for repeal of right-to work laws. When all is said, the repeal porposal begins and ends as a call for compulsory unionism. Foremost among the arguments advanced is the un ion contention that workers should pay for benefits of bar gaining and no one should be a “free rider.” Stripped to its barest essen tials, the so-called free rider argument affords no justifica tion for compulsory unionism. In a sense all of us are free riders. We receive the heritage of the put without paying any thing for it. Other voluntary associations carry on activities which benefit a great many of us who do not contribute any financial or other support-1 to them. It is absurd for any par ticular voluntary organization which may happen to benefit any group of people to demand that such people be compelled to support it against their will. Yet, this is essentially what unions do when they demand compulsory unionism. One of the great friends of unions of by-gone days, the late Justice Brandeis, said that un ions hindered their own pro gress by insisting upon the pow er to draft unwilling men into unions. He said that to compel people to join any organization against their will is un-Amer ican and is in irreconcilable con flict with the fundamental prin ciples for which this country was established. I think that unions insult themselves when they say that they cannot get members to support them without having the power to draft men into membership. Any worthwhile organization, and most of the unions fall within this category, can obtain sufficient members by peaceful, voluntary persua sion. The churches have thriv ed upon this principle, and un ions can too. The retention of Section 14(b) as part of our labor-management law simply means that workers will still have freedom of choice, a most precious possession, in right-to-work states. Jordan Notes New Law In Behalf Of Veterans BY SENATOR B. EVERETT JORDAN Washington — Congress has approved legislation which will be of tremendous benefit to veterans who have served in the Armed Forces since the Korean War. The new “GI Benefits Bill” Hamer To Direct State’s Newest Outdoor Drama Joseph Hamer of New York will direct North Carolina’s new outdoor drama, Day Break. The production is Winston-Salem’s entry into the symphonic drama movement and will open on Tuesday, July S of this bicentennial year. Hr. Hamer has been associat ed with Network television on the Defenders, Naked City, and Play of the Week. Another high point in his career occurred in 1962 when he joined noted playwright Gore Nidal as co producer and director of the Hyde Park Playhouse in New York. Till The Day Break will play in a 600-seat amphitheatre lo cated on the Salem College campus near the Old Salem Restoration. The production will open on Tuesday, July 5, and will ran nightly, Tuesday through Saturday, for eight weeks, ending on Saturday, August 27. There will be an in door matinee each Sunday after noon. lUbber Changes Mind Lincoln, Neb. — Robert M. Gordon, manager of a store, said a young man came in look ing-for a gpn anji nqJ findjnjg one he liked left to look else where. Soon he returned to look at the guns again. He strapped one on and demanded money. The gunman then changed his mind, returned the $66 and said, “It’s just not worth it.” will make all the persons who have served in the Armed Forc es on active duty since Febru ary 1, 1955, for a period of 180 days or more eligible for bene fits under the program. T': program is not limited to servicement who have served or are serving in Vietnam or other areas of combat. Instead it covers all of these service men plus any others who have been on active duty in any of our armed services. The primary purpose of the program is to encourage and Hthe education of ser and veterans in instiitu higher learning. The new law provides that educational assistance will be provided"for ■np«ie*3fr-calendar mumiis ui scnooi or training. The assistance rates for full time training or education are $100 per month for a single veteran, $125 for a veteran with one dependent, and $150 for a veteran with more than one dependent. Proportionately lower rates for less than full time training or education are also provided. Another key part of the new program is a GI home loan pro gram which was so popular and beneficial among veterans of World War II and the Korean War. Under the new program, the Veterans Administration may guarantee as much as $7,500 of a loan made by a pri vate lender for a veteran’s home. The new program also pro vides for nonservice-connected medical care for veterans in V. A. hospitals and preference will be given to veterans in oh taining employment with the federal government. There are many, many thou sands of veterans who have served since the Korean War who will be eligible for the first flme'to obtain" benefits un der the new program, and more detailed information will be available in the near future from the various V. A. offices | and veterans service offices lo I cated throughout the Nation. Beaver Dam 4-H Qnb Starts Safety ^Pirogram The BeaverDam 4-H Club is starting a, safety program. All families in the commun ity are asked to co-operated by filling out a paper a 4-H boy or girl will bring them. Greater scrutiny of C.I.A. is urged in Senate^ H Co-Editors Are Named For College Publications Co-editors have been named for both student publications at Appalachian State Teachers College for the coming year, according to action by the Stu dent Council. Norleen Ann Kester of Salis bury and Harvey Lineback of Walkertowo have been appoint Sl /Bv ed co-editors of The Appalach ian, student newspaper, and Ro berta Gae Nelligan of Charlotte and Evelyn Edmisten of Boone have been named co-editors of The Rhododendron, student an nual. , Joe Marshall of King has been appointed business manager of the student newspaper aqd Mary Parlier of Piney Creek will serve in the same role with the annual. For the first time in the col lege’s history the chief student publications posts were filled without the process of a popu lar election. Only one candi r\ date filed for each of the posi tions and upon recommendation of the college’s publications committee the officers were fill ed' by acclamation. Lewis Gaston of Belmont has served as editor of The Appa lachian for the past year and Jane Davenport of Mount Airy ha* edited the annual. 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