LOCAL EDITORIAL COMMENT
And Now It's Up To You
A hush tails over America
today. Politicians, who have
provided about as much noise
as the citizenry can stand, have
finished. All the ballyhoo is
behind. Today is the day of
decision.
The 'pollsters would have us
believe that it has already been
decided. Don't you believe It.
It will not be decided until YOUR
vote is counted tonight. It is
YOUR vote that will decide.
That's why it is YOUR vote that
is so important. Be sure YOU
use it. If you have not already
done so, GO VOTE.
It Is Not Over
The great strength of America
is its people. It is their willing
ness to abide by the decision of
the majority, and even more,
to cooperate with the winners
when they themselves are among
the losers. Under our system
of elections, every American is
a winner, even though his or
her favorite candidate might be
the loser in a particular race.
Most of us keep abreast, of
what's going on in our country
during a political campaign.
This may be because we cannot
escape the complete domination
of our lives during this period
by the oratory from the office
seekers. Nevertheless, the fact
that most of us do turn our at
tention toward our national and
local government is good.
The point is that with the com
pletion of the political cam
paign today, we should not feel
rthat "it is all over." We
should keep ourselves informed
constantly, and participate ac
tively in the affairs of our gov
ernment regularly and not limit
it only to every four years.
An enlightened electorate is
our best safeguard for free
dom. Even if yoi}r man wins,
and you are convinced that all
our problems will be properly
solved by him, keep yourself
informed. If not for you, do it
for those whose man did not
win. They are concerned. Make
your government's business
your business, every day, not
only on Election Day.
NATIONAL EDITORIAL COMMENT
FBI Statement
Editor: The following is a
letter sent to Law Enforcement
Officials by FBI Director, J.
Edgar Hoover. We believe it to
be timely and of interest and
present it here in the hope that
our young people will take note.
WANTED: YOUNG PEOPLE
TO HELP BURY AMERICA.
OPENINGS FOR PALLBEAR
1 ERS OF TRUTH AND GRAVE
DIGGERS OF DEMOCRACY.
NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE NE
ESSARY.
If communism advertised its
true aims in this manner, it
would become a dusty, cobweb
covered doctrine untouched by
young Americas steeped in a
heritage ofliberty andfreedom.
But the treachery of commu
nism does not permit such a
factual recruiting poster.
A record number of young
people are now entering college
classrooms to engage in one of
man's most noble pursuits: the
search for truth through the
acquisition oL knowledge. In
America, this endeavor is as
honored as thevfreedoms which
make it possible. It is an un
deniable fact thatunder commu
nism these freedoms do not
exist. Communism stipulates
the "truths" its scholars must
embrace and spreads- lis ven
omous lies and distortions
through any available medium.
This academic year will un
doubtedly see intensive Com
munist Party efforts to' erect
its newest facade on the Nation's
campuses to draw young blood
for the vampire which is inter
national communism. In its
continuing drive to attract young
Americans, the Communist
Party, USA (CPUSA), spawned
a new Marxist youth organiza
tionln June, 1964 ? the W. E. B.
DuBois Clubs of America.
Top Communist Party func
tionaries decided in October,
1963, that additional measures
should betaken to recruit young
citizens. Now, one year later,
by mandate of CPUSA General
Secretary Gus Hall, the true
face of communism has another
mask to wear--a new disguise
calculated to dupe unwary youth.
As an example of communist
deception in action, the DuBois
Clubs chose as their official
insignia a half white, half black
circle encompassing a white
hand and a black hand under a
dove. Thus the symbols of unity
brotherhood, and peace w^ve as
a banner for an ideology that
countenances discord, hate, and
violence.
This organization and Its com
munist parent would have us
believe that communism has
only one hand--the extended,
open hand. But a look over
their shoulder sees the other
hand claspi g the Berlin wall
and squeezing freedom's breath
from enslaved millions. It is
this duplicity that! is difficult
for young Americans to com
prehend. If our young citizens
turn an objective, analytical
searchlight on this ideology and
its organizational arms, they
will understand communism for
wh*tK is--a materialistic, god
less dogma dedicated to world
domination.
By spreading its-' poison
through young veins, gangren
ous communism is attempting to
render the future America a
quadruple amputee--a nation
without freedom of speech,
press, assembly, and religion.
The youth of this Nation, armed
with the scalpel of truth, can
and must cut this disease from
the body of America.
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OPINION
BRIGHTON, MICH., ARGUS:
"Of all the grim records of
violence and death down through
mankind's long history, perhaps
the strangest and most tragic
Is the story of the automobile
ind Its annual army of vic
tims. Since the first horse
less carriage chugged noisily
down cobblestone streets, more
than 60 million Ameri
cans--killed, crippled and
maimed- -have inscribed their
names on what has been aptly
referred to as 'the* dishonor
roll'. By whatever name, the
yearly casualty count con
tinues its shameful, sense
less growth."
YORK, NEBR., NEWS -
TIMES: "The precocious po
litical plans of some Massa*
chusetts teen-agers appear to
have been nipped In the bud.
The youngsters? including a
girl?decided to run for the
state's House of Representa^
tlves on the basis of a loophole
they found In the law which ne
glected to place an age limi
tation on Independent can
didates. . . State officials have
been notably Ill-humored about
the whole thing, regarding it
as a particularly embarrassing
bit of teen-aged prankish
ness. ... .It seems these kids
ought to be praised rather than
censured for taking such an ac
tive interest in (politics. How
many grownups have ever stud
ied. their state statutes? How
many don't even bother to
vote?"
BURLEY, IDAHO, HERALD
BULLETIN: . .we are still
tree people. . .we still hav?
a choice In selecting our re
presentatives. . .and. . . as
long as this condition contln
ues to exist, we can always ac- I
complish with ballots?instead
of bullets? whatever changes ,
In government may become I
necessary."
HALLETTSV1LLE, TEXAS, I
TRUBUNE: "Our 'most out
standing domestic problem' is ,
created by controls driving I
small farmers out and piling
them in the big cities.*. . . I
Must not, therefore, our nation- '
al policy be to help those peo
ple stay on the farms, instead i
of driving them out? There '
is no greater fallacy in that
respect than that farming I
should be left only to the big I
farmers as more efficient?
so forgetting that farming is I
also a way of life. What must '
count above all are not the
machines and efficiency but the I
people."
Organist 70 Years {
Atlantic, la. ? Clara Otto
played the organ for a wedding '
at the Zlon Lutheran Church ,
when she was only 9 years
old. She did so well that she '
was asked to play regularly. .
A special service at the church
honored Clara, now Mrs.
Schelm, for 70 years as the
church's organist.
Plenty Of Time |
??Hello, hello, is this the navy
dispensary? Say, my wife has i
Just dislocated her Jaw. if J
the doctor should happen
be out this way next week or
the week after he might drop
in and see her."
News Report From Washington
A Quiet Inquiry ?
Overseas Rights- -
Basis of Probe
A Partial Answer
Washlngton, D. C.? Escaping
notice amid the fanfare and
hullabaloo of the election cam
paign, a Congressional Inquiry
Is being quietly pursued on a
facet of the Issue which was
In the forefront of the Johnson
Goldwater battle? that of civil
rights.
It does not deal, however,
with the question of alleged
discrimination against Negroes
or other minority groups. In
stead It turns on the question
of whether Uncle Sam is giving
his employes a fair shake In
certain overseas areas.
The study was ordered by
Chairman Sam Grvln (D.,N. C.)
of the Senate Judiciary's Con
stitutional Rights subcommittee
on the basis of complaints from
civilian government workers in
the Philippines, Okinawa and
the Panama Canal Zone alleging
mistreatment and denial of
rights by their superiors as
well as by the U. S. military.
Among i the allegations
prpmpting the study was the
complaint by four government
workers that they were har
rassed, beaten and illegally
confined by Air Police in the
Philippines and not afforded
the normal protection of civil
law.
Another instance Involved
the claim of illegal discharge
on the part of the Panama
Canal Company.
As a result of these and other
Incidents, the subcommittee
wants to find out If there is
any sort of pattern of admini
strative discrimination de
veloping at overseas posts.
As a starter, It has asked
Civil Service Commission
Chairman John W. Macy, Jr.,
for complete data on the num
ber of U. S. civilians working
In foreign countries or terri
tories and for what agencies.
In addition, Macy has been
requested to furnish a complete
breakdown on rules, regulations
and directives now In "force
to govern conduct of such work
ers, and particularly the ex
tent to which they are subject
to restrictions not applicable
either to other citizens of the
same area or to federal work
ers In the continental United
States.
In the case of the Philippine
incident, Ervln reportedly has
already been assured by the
Air Force that It Is reviewing
Its regulations and procedures
"to assure that the rights of
no individual are violated
while, at the same time, legiti
mate government Interests are
protected."
That, however, Is only part
of the answer the subcommittee
Is seeking and the Indications
are It plans to pursue the whole
Issue further before dismissing
It.
Falls 3 Stories
Pittsburgh ? Falling head over
heels , Harrison Jones fell
three stories and landed un
hurt. The 83-year-old man top
pled from a window, landed on
a second-floor porch roof,
bounced off and landed in thick
shrubbery. He was examined
and found to be unhurt.
The Reason
A young woman took a Job
as a governess, then suddenly
left It.
Asked why she resigned, she
said: "Had to. Backward child,
forward father.
Senator Sam Says
i
Washington -- Since Its adop
tion by the requisite number of
States in 1788, there have been
twenty-four Amendments to the
Constitution of the United
States. The most recent, the
24th Amendment barring poll
taxes as a condition for voting
in Federal elections was rati
fied in January of this year.
Eight other Amendments rang
ing from the provision to au
thorize Income taxes to the
right to vote In Presidential
elections by residents of the
District of Columbia have been
added since the turn of the
century.
It is significant that so few
Amendments have been adopted
with the passage of time, wars,
and crises. After each such
event, the Constitution has stood
the test and enabled the nation
to meet the demands of the hour
At the same time, there has
been a constant desire to im
prove almost every major pro
vision of the Constitution. A
study compiled by the Senate
Library at the conclusion of
the 87th Congress shows that
there have been a remarkable
i number of proposals to amend
this document. During this
period of time from 1789 to
1963 there were no less than
5,392 proposed Amendments.
2,340 of these came in a 37
year period which ended with
the opening of the 88th Con
gress in 1963. And following
this, in the Congressional ses
sion Just concluded, some of
the paramount issues were over
the suggested Constitutional
amendments involving Presi
dential succession and disabili
ty, public school prayers and
Bible readings, and reap
portionment of State legis
latures.
Easily discernible in the Sen
ate study are the great con
cerns of this era. Until the
repeal of the 18th Amendment
in 1933, there were 53 propos
als to modify and 47 proposals
to repeal that Amendment in
a seven year period. During
those same years and in the
.>
late 1930's, there were numer
ous proposals to modify the
Constitution on such Issues as
Isolationism, the prohibition of
war, and the declaration of war
by referendum.
Congressional powers and
procedures and the terms of
office of members have pro
duced the largest number of
proposals for Constitutional re
form In the last generation.
Thasfi subjects brought forth
some 316 proposals, and anoth
er 79 separate resolutions dealt
with the proposed Item veto
by the President on appropria
tion bills.
More than a hundred proposed
Constitutional amendments
have dealt wltb the Federal
courts In the last four 'decades.
These concerned the appoint
ment of Federal Judges, the
composition of the Supreme
Court, and the power of the
Supreme Court to declare acts
of Congress unconstitutional.
Another long standing reform
issue has been over how to deal
with the nomination and elec
tion of' the President and Vice
President. Between 1826 and
1963 this subject brought more
than 150 resolutions to amend
the Constitution. <
In like manner, the Electoral
College has been a subject of
many Congressional hearings
which urge that this Constitu
tional provision be abolished or
modified. In the 87thCongre$s,
I Introduced one such reform
resolution to require fraction
al counting of Electoral College
votes for President and Vice
President on the basis of the
percentage of popular votes cast "
for the candidates In each State.
In my judgment, this Is a Con
stitutional provision which
merits reform.
As the Senate study shows,
the Amendment process Is not
often used, although the pro
posals are many. It is well
that this Is so, even when sound
Amendments are delayed, for it
also insures against unneces
sary changes.
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"Management can push labor just so far."
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