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,™~ NBUN6UP ; N1X0K (HtDNWOOD " - • • '-i - -. - ■•Id last week that Robert R Reynolds la having a ear painted a Mating red for «ae la hto cam palg* to prevent Prank Graham from returning to the U. £L Sen ate for another four yean. The npert also declared that Rey aolds to having a suit made whteh win he Just as ted as the ear. •,. < M: If Boh goee through with these plana, he wflft attract more at tention than Candidates Willie Smith and Frank Graham. The car and salt, it Is presumed, will he employed by Reynolds to add emphasis to his charge that Gra ham has permitted hto name — the good name of Frank P. Gra ham -— to be used la Communist front organisations. The Senator must soon decide whether he will deny these accu sations or merely Ignore them. II he denies them frequently enough, he will constantly be on the de fensive. If he Ignores them, a lot of people will jump to the conclu sion that the charges are true. Reynolds has accumulated most of his ammunition and to ezpeo ted to start blasting at Smith and Graham within the next two or three days. THE BOSS . .. Although Demo cratic National Committeeman Jonathan Daniels has been too buay on btis Truman book to make many public utterances within the past two or three weeks, it becomes more apparent every day that Daniels to the boss of the Democratic Party In North Carolina. He is calling the turn. TWo years ago he was a writer, a scribbler of articles for national publications, and a man who was regarded as more of a resident of Washington than of Raleigh. He was a citizen of the U. S. A. No more. Now he is captain of the team. Within the short space of 24 months he has moved ahead of men who for years have looked to the day when they would be in the front ranks of the Party. He is the man chiefly responsible for persuading Frank Graham to give up the presidency of the University of North Carolina and go to Washington. One cannot help admiring his rapid ascendency. Where. are the leaders of yesteryear? Where are the up-and-coming young men who showed such promise? Where are the Democratic lead ers In the counties? They seem to be still scrambling around tearing their shirts for the Demo cratic Party. Meantime, however, Jonathan Daniels strides ahead. They merely follow in his train. If there is a boss, he's it. COUNTY MANAGERS . . . Now that Charles P. Geen of louis burg has been named campaign manager for Willis Smith, the drive is on for county managers throughout the State. Smith, who was a strong Kerr Scott man two rears ago, believes in speed and it now looks aa if he will go into April with more than half his county managers nam ed. Manager Qteen's first task "fcad to do withgotng through the hundrdes of names coming to Smith from all areas. In some oounties it is going to be impos sible to name one person aa man age, so committees will be used, (t now looka, also, as if women will play a tremendous role in the Smith campaign. Manager Green is 39 years old, to a leading Baptist layman, was • colonel in World War II, is an stttorne/, and is an alumnus of Wake Forest College. THE NORTHEAST . . . While Northeastern North Carolina Is not noted for its voting strnegth and heavy population, it Is al ways a section to be reckoned with In any campaign. The odds seem to be that Smith will take it this time, for; Smith himself is a native of Pasquotank County; his wife's sister, Mrs. Frank Wood, lives in Eden ton; and his campaign manager's wife is the former Mollie Holler of Gatee ville. NEUTRAL. . . . Drew Perason aaid in a recent Issue of Wash ington Merry-Go-Round that: "Secretary of th« Army Gordon Gray, who will replace Graham as president of the University of North Carolina, is staying neutral in the North Carolina race, but his family Is backing Smith." ADAMS . . . Hoover Adams, 10-year-old Dunn newspaperman, was called to Raleigh last Friday March 10. on the matter of hand ling Willis Smith's publicity. He said neither yea nor nay, bat ! Smith made it clear this hell-for- j leather and whip-smart reporter sd ft If can gst Smith In the headlines to tie skiue extent that he has HanftU County and Dunn. eftjr. v -• NOTES . . . Merrr-Go-Roundex Drew Patmni uji Senatoi Frank Graham "face* a, tough reelection battle" . . . John Tem ple Graves, Birmingham wrltei and lecturer, will be the featured speaker at the N. C. Merchant! Association convention to be held in Soutttern Pines *t the Holly wood Hotel on Mar 8-# . . . Thi State Highway Patrol will plaoc crosses at spots where fatal high way accidents occurred , . . Indi cations are that State employ ees are taking with a grain ol salt Got. Scott's advice to them to stay out of the forthcomlnf battles . Last Friday, Got. Scott had a long two-hour lunch eon with/ Jeff Johnson, who is managing Sen. Frank Graham's campaign . . . They no doubt talked only about the weather. . J While Statewide attention is turning swiftly to the Smith-Gra ham-Reynolds battle, there are a number of local battles which will prore mor« exciting . . . Be lieve it or not, some of the most bitter, root-hog campaigns, in volving charges and counter charges, have involved candi dates running for seats on the Superior Court bench . . . KICKBACKS . . . Every couple of years or so while Kerr Scott was Commissioner of Agricul ture came word from the front office that employees of the State Agriculture Dept. should kick in with funds to further the cause of the Democratic Party. There was no . . . "or else" con dition attached to the request which came from Democratic Headquarters down through Commissioner Scott's office to the employees, but the "or else" wasn't necessary. Everybody . . . or almost everybody . . . wanted to stay in good with the "higher up's" so they kicked in. If Kerr Scott- objected, nobody beard aboat It. This "kickback" bumnnaa which is now being "investigated" by the SBI should be nothing new to Governor Scott. State employee* hare done It for y*n. The Gov ernor "revealed" that he had af fidavits and checks to Prove that in some sections teachers are told to "pay op or get oot." His state ment made headlines . . . and was just more hopla, to use a gentle term. Of coarse this kickback practice Is bad, bat it's as old as politics — and If the teachers' or ders were not as smooth as vel vet-gkrve-on-the-iron fist follow, ed on the State level, it was pro bably due to tbe fact that local politicians are not quite as easy on the aptake as these at the top. The teachers kickback situ ation, according to the Governor, appears to prevail on conntywide basis in three or four counties and in some other counties on a smaller scale. It has been pret ty general in Raleigh jobs with the State, and nobody would he surprised if thie SBI Itself has not in times past done a little klcking-back, kicklng-up, and klcklng-around. The whole rac ket is part and parcel of politics, whether teachers or other State employees are involved; and a large percentage of teachers and other State employees now have their Jobs through political con nections somewhere. They Just love politics when it helps 'em, but yell to high heaven when they are called upon to pay the fiddler. OFF THE CUFF . . . Sanford Publisher B1U Horner is still be- j ing urged to pull 'a Willis Smith on Congressman C. B. Deane . . . but has not yet decided whether to take on ttye Rockingham na tive ia another of those Eighth District heav-ho's . . . ... A recent issut of CIO News says: "Danger (1950) Ahead" and points to the fact that in off years labor usually loses out ia Congress. In 1938, 71 labor-lov — I—I..... ■ I ■ > - ing Congressmen wart defeated; in 1941, a toUl of SI friendly-to labor Congressmen went to de feat; and in If 46 '49 liberal Con gressmen were returned home (and the Taft-Hartley Act was passed) . . . and so labor 1a pro fessedly worried abont I960 . . which Is an off year . ... That ia, not a general elections year . . . SECTION 20 l-» . Despite the f*ct that the past Legislature appropriated more for education thfcn ever before, the Otrtoton of Classroom Teachers of the N. C. Education Assn. in session with th« parent organisation here last week asked for still higher pay for teachers ( a starting salary of $265 per month) . . . and they can't get it without higher taxes. That's the way it looks now. This is closely tied to Section 20 1-2 of the past Legislature's Appropriations Bill. The section provides if there is ftny General Fund surplus at the end of this fiscal year (June SO) it must be used to Increase salaries of tea chers up to a maximum of $2,400 to $2,600 per year ... or about $265 per month for beginners and $400 per month for exper ienced teachers. So, unless the ■■ ■■■■■■-inTTTnTr "'l ruiee ouerwiM on the law, all the surplus — if anr — will go to the teachers, to ward what the Classroomers re quested last week, and the State will so Into the new fiscal year on July 1 aa broke as the prover bial conrtet. - " The Production and Marketing Administration has announced tint surplus stocks of nonfat dry milk solids and dried eggs, acquired by the CCC under priee-eupport pro* grams, are now avilable for do nation to) private as well as to public welfare organizations for the relief of needy persons in this country and to private organiza tions for the relief of needy per sons abroad. ■ COAL! COAL! For any heating pur pose—delivered in any quantity. Lowest Prices M Vannoy's Coal Co.j Telephone 113 1TTEMTIAM MIIAVCN DlMElil ATTENTION CHICKEN RAISERS! Let us explain the tine MTkf, work Baring Hd money saving featares of hcssrting with PYROFAX GAS The only method of brooding known with all the work pickod out of it. Set the Thermostat and forget it. No fires to make, no ashes to empty, nothing to spill. Brcn temperatures at all times day and night. BE THRIFTY IN 1950 BRIOD WITH PYROFAX GAS DICK'S GAS & APPLIANCE CO. HAST MAIN ST. NORTH WILKESBORO, N. G
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