LOCAL EDITORIAL COMMENT _
It9 8 Not The Heat
In answer to the inquiry "Why
are you picking on the South," a
Washington spokesman told a
group of Franklin Couftfy school
officials, a few months ago,
?'What's going on in the South
right now will look like a tea
party to what's going to happen
In the North."
It would take some stretch of
the Imagination to move the City
of Lofi Angeles to the northern
part of the country, but It is In
a part of the country other than
the south. This Is most signifi
cant.
In Its wildest moments, the
Incidents in Selma, Ala., and
other Southern cities were in
deed "like unto a tea party" in
comparison to the deplorable
Anarchy now going on In Cali
fornia.
Quickly, the Administration
denounced this violence. "We
mustget at the cause," says the
President. Indeed, we must,.
But, there seems to be a dif
fering of opinion as to the
cause. The stated reasons, such
as hatred,, poverty and the sum
mer heat, is hogwash. Every
community in the country has
some hatred, some poverty and
it's hot, right now, in practi
cally every spot In the country.
Yet, the rioting is in Los An
geles.
To many, the reason is so
simple it would hardly occur to
federal authorities. Given an
inch, these people have taken a
long mile. The federal govern
ment has stood by, unconcern
ed, while sit-ins on private
property, obstruction of public
streets, even invasion of the
White House itself has taken
place. Washington has done
nothing but aid and abet such
actions, Any grammap gride
child could have forecast the
future of the movement. In light
of the permissiveness from
W ashlngton.
The riots in Los Angeles, re
portedly started as they did In
New York last year, with the
arrest of a negro, charged with
drunken driving. Some negroes
' V~. t
have taken the federal attitude
oil their actlpns as a license to
do as they please. Some believe
TharTBfey "are uot^subject-te-law
or orders given by duly author
ized local policemen.
This has nothing to do with
the heat. This Is strictly po
litical, and If the President
really wants to "get at the
cause," let him (Jo some soul
searching. Federal troops have
been used to bar local authori
ties from carrying out laws,
ordinances and orders of many,
state and municipal govern
ments. It fell the lot of the
State guardsmen and local po
lice to try to hold the line in
California.
All over the country, these
people are shouting "police
brutality." This is done in
almost any minor arrest. The
federal government, executive,
legislative and Judicial, must
share a large portion of the
blame for this attitude. They
have usurped local authority and
replaced It with nothing bjgjpex
cuses , for the violent J^llon
which follows any time, any
place where duly delegated au
thority is not recognized.
This country is in bad shape.
Never, in its history has the
man on the street been so con
cerned. Never in its history
have the federal authorities
seemed as little concerned.
There have been very vivid
omens flashed, across the hori
zon for many months. Who can
see them aiyi, more important
ly, who wll'l come forward to
defend law and order?
Something must be done. It
must be done immediately. It
can only be done in Washington.
Let's stop blaming it on the
heat. Enforcement of the law
must be returned to local au
thorities. Washington psust
support local actions. It Is
time Congress, the President
and the Court began doing
something for the protection of
the ath^r 90% of the people.
Andf'even that tffoe is running
out.
NATIONAL EDITORIAL COMMENT
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Beneath The Ocean
Man can bum in at least two
directions t<> satisfy his urge for
new adventure and exploration ?
upvard into space ortdownward into ?
the seas.*
The United States is beginning to
look both ways.
President Johnson has asked the
Navy to design a submarine capable
of pioneering the ocean bottom at
depths never reached by man before
and of operating under the surface
for almost unlimited lengths of time.
What would it hope to discover?
According to scientists! it would
veiy likely find unkiiown forms of
plant and animal life which survive
under tremendous pressure, a vast
mineral wealth, and the answers to
countless questions.
In the past, underwater explora
r tion has been comparable to a
prospector who, after five or six
hours in the field, has to haul his
jeep to New York for repairs.
And when he dees get a chance to
prospect, tBe area-' is constantly
covered by a thick smog.
' The .President's proposed mini
sub, which would cany a crew 'of
five or six, would overcome these
limitations tb a large degree, ex
erts say. . -
The craft would be limited in time
beneath he .surface only by the
endurance of the crew and the food
carried. It would be equipped with
floodlights, television cameras and
mechanical arms.
TV- effort would represent a major
step forward in man's ageless strug
gle to learn the secrets of the
oeeans which lie below the surface.
What Is Dignity?
It is sometimes difficult to main
tain one's dignity, in fact, it is
even hard to define the word. What
exactly is dignity?
Hie genera I ly-accepted definition
of the word is that dignity is a
quality of character which wins the
admiration and respect of others. It
is also associated with being noble.
We might all do well to keep in ,
mind <he dignity and character which
weshould li ke to exemplify. Whether
we be a simple laborer, or a wealthy
executive, we can walk the streets
with head high, a noble bearing,
and conduct our lives with' dignity
and principle. And if we do this,
with faith, and dedication to what
onfc believes right, the storms and
bitter blows of life will come and
go and nothing can destroy that
hard-to-define quality -the dignity
of the individual human being.
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"A Jug Of Wine, A Loaf Of Bread?
-And Tliou Besiile Me In The Paddy Wagon"1
<3-U6EK>?8oRo PA?CN ViEu)^
, Viewpoint
Are They Satisfied Now?
By JESSE HELMS
From time to time, we are
reminded of that long stretch
of years when The News and ,
Observer constantly attacked ,
one of the best men North
Carolina has ever sent to \
Washington. But the news- (
paper's attacks worried nobody ,
less than the gentleman at whom ;
they were directed. Congress
man Graham Barden brushed
aside the attacks, and the vot
ers In his district would Ju$t :
chuckle. Thirteen straight
times he was elected to repre- ?
sent North Carolina's Third
Congressional District in the
U. S. House of Representatives.
But, in 1960, Hap Barden an
nounced that he had had enough.
Privately, he confided in his
friends that the character of the
Congress, and particularly <Jhe
men in charge of It, had changed
so much that he no longer rel
ished being a part of It. The
spirit of compromise had grown
too great, he said. There were
too many men willing to sell
trie nation's birthright for a
mess of political porridge. He
forecast that the deterioration
of principle in Washington would
become even greater with the
passing years. So, home he
came to a retirement that no
man can say he had not earned.
At the end of his career he
was chairman of the House
Committee on . Education and
Labor. In that capacity, he had
restrained many matters of
legislation which he considered
unwise and dangerous for the
nation. He was despised by
Walter Reuther and Jimmy Hof
fa, and other men of power lh
the nation's labor unions. Those
who called themselves "liber
als" In matters of economics,
government controls, federal
spending, and civil rights pas
sionately yearned for the day
when Hap Barden would no long
er be In Washington. It wa^s
a chorus in which The News and
Observer Joined repeatedly.
They wanted a new chairman
of the House JSducation and La
bor Committee.
In 1961, they got their wish.
AFMOIma. i
With the retirement of Con
gressman Barden, the Con
gressman from HarLem, Adam
Clayton Powell, succeeded Hap
Barden In the chairmanship of
the House Education and Labor
Committee. Sitting in the den
af his home near New Beruf
shortly thereafter, Mr. Barden
reflected upon all of this.
"Well," he said with a chuck
le, "I know The News and Ob
server is happy now."
All of ttiis came to mind last
week as we read the transcript
of last Wednesday's activity in
the House of Representatives,
just prior to the vote torepeal?
by federal law ? all of the state
rlght-to-work laws in effect a
round the^country, including
North Carolina's. The vote was
221 to 203, meaning that just
ten Congressmen voting the oth
sr way would have preserved
the American working man's
right to decide for himself
whether to join a union. The
labor union chieftain, George '
Meany, makes no bones afctfut
the fact that in 1964 J^yndon
Balnes Johnson pledged to la
aor leaders that^in exchange
tor their fin^rfcial and politi
cal support, hfe would see to
it that the Congress repealed
Section 14-B of the Taft-Hartley
Law. Last Wednesday, the
rubber-stamp on Capitol Hill,
n fulfillment of Mr* Johnson's
iromlse, took a giant stride
:oward obliterating another
right of the people.
In the pages of the August 28th
issue of Congressional Record.
he arrogance of Congressman
^dam Clayton Powell was
hreaded into every bit and
>iece of the action by the House
)f Representatives. As chair
nan of the Hou$e Education and
Labor Committee, he success
fully throttled debate. He
irould listen to no plea and no
suggestion. By prearrange
nent with the presiding offi
:er of the House of Represen
atlves, he allowed no votes on
suggested amendments. Onthat
lay, he was the emperor of the
louse of Representatives. He
LJIC III
was doing Lyndon Johnson's
bidding.
In another day, Congressman
Barden would have been the
man in charge of the legisla
tion. He would fiatf e been criti
cized, of course, for refusing
to be the messenger boy for
the White House. There would
have been scornful editorials
about him in the morning paper
serving his district. But, had
Hap Barden been there, the
working man of America wpuld
have had his right of free choice
protected.
Those who so intensely dis
liked Hap Burden had their man
in charge last Wednesday. A/
good many pafnful analogies
come to mind, and allpfthem
are apparent. Oim/can only
wonder about the/future of the
nation when ytuen like Adam
Clayton PoxfeU are allowed to
prevail/tfi their attitudes, their
ide^s-; and their methods of
government. But it is a situa
tion that some have demanded
years, and we suppose they
will now make the most of it.
SENATOR
JORDAN
REPORTS
By Sen. B Everett Jordan
Washington- -A great deal of
work Is now going on In the
preparations being mad* to ad
minister thenewandfar-/each
lng medical care program for
the aged recently enacted Into
law. .
The program will 6e admini
stered by the Social Security
Administration, and w411 go into
effect July 1, 1966.
In the meantime, a great many
questions are arising among
many people as to Just how the
program will work. It Is a
complicated program and It will
require some time to get all
of the administrative machinery
Involved Into full operation.
However, the Social Security
p
>Vr
"COME
THINK
OF IT..."
frank count
Things are so quiet around here you can hear the tobacco
priming But, nobody better think it's going to stay this way
It won't be long before the youngins will be off to school... (most
have been off all summer one way or another, anyway), .the
tobacco market will b& open., .the college will be took in,.,
and "football will be a qoming...to say nothing of all the new
TV programs... and ice and snow. ..and slush Don't you wish
it were summer already?
A friend of ours reported seeing a numberof young tfoys (?) ,
at the beach with hair-dos that would mak? atyrrie of the girls
swoon with enVy Npw, we've seen some doozies ' around
-here... but curled, waved and sprayed, we h$ve missed
Something is wrong, wrong, wrong Beatle haircuts are
enough to make a Jbody wonder... but these more elaborate
styles oughta go..... But then... that's the beach... and there
are all kinds of sights to behold there We know one fellow
whose eyeballs are still out-of-socket from viewing the bikinis
Speaking of these crazy haircuts on boys... (no comment on .the
crazy hair-do$ of the girls)., and we seldom do speak of such
things, we agree with the fellow who wrote those i mortal
words, "A good way to knock sense into a youngster's head
is to start at the bottom" And somewhere, somehow, too
many folks have been missing that bottom
Of course, we can't be too critical of these newest crazes.. T
'cause most of us _can remember that the crowd that were
eating goldfish did pretty well Irt winning World War II... and
the telephone booth stuffers hung Jin there like men in Korea.!,
and even though it might souijd far fetched. ..who knows, these
hair-do boys might pr&ve to be something better . -..Come to
think of it, those goldfish tasted pretty good.
Administration Is anxious for
the public to know what im
mediate procedures should be
followed.
Most people who are sixty-five
or over will not be required to
go to the Social Security office
to qualify for protection under
the hospital and medical insur
ance program. It will not be
necessary for people to make
any special registration at this
time if they are now receiving
social security, railroad re
tirement benefits, or Federal
Civil Service retirement bene
fits. Neither Is it 'necessary
for those people who are re
ceiving state public assistance
payments to register at this
time.
All of the people in the above
categories will automatically
qualify for benefits under the
program and application cards
for the medical insurance bene^
fit program will be senfrtoth^m
some time after September 1
of this year.
There are two /Categories of
people who should contact the
nearest Social Security office
after September 1, 1965. These
are the people who are over
sixty-five years of age but are
not eligible for social security
benefits, railroad retirement
benefits or Federal Civil Serv
ice retirement benefits. In ad
dition to these people,' those who
have social security credit but
who have never applied for
benefits because they have con
tinued working should also con
tact their nearest SocialSecurl
ty office after September \y
In an effort to be of assist
ance to those who are ^eligible
for 'benefits under tl^program,
the Senate Committee on Fi
nance has published a booklet on
how it wUHvork. I have in my
office a/fimited number of these
.boo)rt?ts, and I will be happy to
^jrake them available to those
who are interested if they will
write me ai my office, 6225
Senate Office Building, Wash
ington', D, C.
Notice Of Sale Of Real Estate Taxes
/** ?
Btfrsuant to an order of the Board o"f Town
Commissioners, for Town of Youngsville,
N. C., and as by law provided, I will sell at
public outcry to the highest bidder for cash
at the Town Hall Door, in Youngsville,
North Carolina, beginning at 12 o'clock
NOON, E. S. T., or* September 16, 1965,
the liens for 196.4 taxes on the Real Estate
Property described below, and the amount
which is shown opposite the names of the
taxpayers owing said, taxes, and which
amounts do not include penalties and
cost on the property set forth as follows:
This the 13th day of August 1965.
J. A. Green, Tax Collector for the Town of
Youngsville, N. C.
White
Esther Green, 1 Main Street
J. E. St Lucy Jones, 1 Persimmon Street
Edwin Keith, 1 Cross Street
Mrs. W. J. Lindsey, 1 9?Hege Street
G. E. Pearce, 1 Winston Street
Corbie Perry, 1 East RR Street
Clarence Scarboro, 2 Persimmon Street
B. F. WoodllefJ 1 Main Street
Colored . , i
t - .
Vernon Dunston, Estate, 1 Nassau 7.08
Mary Ora Harris, 1 Lot 2.10
Matthew Jeffreys, Estate, 1 Pine 10.94 x
Rastus & Maybelle Joyner, 1 Nassau v 1.75
James Kearney, 1 Pine 2.18
Martha Smith, 1 Nassau 1.75
Adelli Louis Williams, 1 Pine 23.49
Cleveland Williamson, 2 Nassau v ? ' 35.83
William Winston, Estate, 1 Splvey 5.25
$31.94
59.72
46.68
57.49
20.48
23.32
29.62
35.11
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