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These Days |
Or - Behind The News
From Washington
By -
John Chamberlain
Galbraith and Bob Taft's Clothes
President Lyndon Johnson's
. indication that there will be a
Pfew increases in his upcoming
budget for certain “pilot” proj
ects in welfarism is another vic
tory for that most supple of ad
visers, Professor John Kenneth
Galbraith. For it is Galbraith
who, on trips down from Cam
bridge, Mass., has been suggest
ing around Washington that the
way to promote Welfare in an
era of frugality is to put on in
expensive showcase demonstra
tions in carefully chosen areas.
Ken Galbraith is always a de
light to this columnist because
of his uninhibited approach to
things. In India, which needs
free enterprise, Galbraith, as our
Ambassador, talked to Indian
professors as if he were an econ
omist from the era of Calvin
Coolidge. Now he is busy giv
ing President Johnson some ad
vice which he has taken from the
book of no less a person than
“Mr. Republican" himself, the
late Senator Robert Taft. It was
Bob Taft who, to the consterna
r tion of some of his Republican
colleagues who resented any
spending at all, first proposed
that such things as federal aid
I to education should be channel
ed to the neediest counties in
the nation, on a demonstration
basis that would show local com
munities everywhere the value
in trying to satisfy a few crying
reeds.
This was the Bob Taft who
was called a “socialist” by a few
bead-shaking friends. But, to
the extent that a frugal “demon
stration” tyDc of State Welfar
ism is preferable to blanket, or
blunderbuss, federal outlays.
Bob Taft is to be commended for
conquering the Democratic Par
ty through the medium of his
new disciple, Ken Galbraith.
I am net trying to kid Pro
fessor Galbraith. Kc enchants
me precisely because he is no
hard-and-fast stick-in-the-mud as
a Leftist. lie is amenable to
compromise. He can see that
federal pilot spending might re
sult in local emulation at local
expen-e. As an economist he is
willing, on occasion, to forget
John Maynard Keynes. Nobody
has yet caught him hobnobbing
in New York City with the dean
of free enterprise economists,
Professor Ludwig von Muses, but
that might even come lo pass
some day.
The nice thing about Galbraith
is that he can kid his own pro
fessional kind. He is, so I am
fold on the good authority of
infernal evidence, the author of
a recent spoof called “The Me
I. undress Dimension.' written
under the pseudonym of Mark
Lpernay. Professor MeLandress
i- a Whiz Kid to End All Whiz
Kids;, one wlso has managed to
carry statistical methods to every
logical absurdity that can be
conceived by the mind of man,
Galbraith - Epcrnay has denied
lh: ‘ lie invented MeLandress one
morning while busy shaving in
front of a mirror.
The MeLandress test of objec
tivity in statesmen is beautiful
to behold. In consists of calcu
lating. on the basis of the num
ber of se'f references in a
speech, a co-efficient which • is
“the arithmetic mean or average
of the intervals of time during
which a subject's thoughts re
main centered on seme substan
tive phenomenon other than hi-;
own personality.'' According to
the MeLandress Co - Efficient,
Professor J. K. Galbraith him
self has a low rating of “one
minute fifteen seconds." Rich
ard Nixon's rating is a bit worse;
'Jmonal
^Bumm
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MODERN DESIGNERS LOOK
UPWARD—A new concept in fun
nels is introduced by the Italian Line
in Turin for the new 4:5,000-ton sup
erliners Michelangelo and Raffaello.
Both ships will have two stacks of the
type shown at left, with a latticed
outer shell over a thin pipe and a
tilted aileron to carry aw ay smoke.
Also cutting a pattern in the skv
(right) is Milwaukee's WITI-TV sig
nal tower, 988 feet high and four
feet taller than the Eiffel Tower.
1 >resser-ldeco (Hinpanv used 750 tons
of steel for the tower compared fo
the 8,075 tons of wrought iron used
for the Eiffel Tower.
he checks out at “only three
second.'." The late President
Kennedy had an excellent on
efficient .of twenty-nine minutes,
which is exceedingly good for a
public figure.
\rnied with a McLandress cal
culator, the general public might
think, it had something depend
able to go on in this business of
rating the objectivity of public
servants. But alas, like all our
learned Herr Doktors who sub
stitute statistical analysis for cri
tical insight, McLandress has
missed the point. The number
of self-references in any speech
by a modern public figure do
pe nds not on the public figure's
own self-importance but is en
liiely due to the Flattery-Co-effi
cient of the chosen ghost writer.
For example, the late Franklin
Roosevelt's McLandress Co-effi
cient, as judged from his collect
ed speeches, would measure the
self-importance, not of himself,
but of an average composite of
Judge Rosennian, Archibald Mac
l.eish, Raymond Molev, Tommy
C orcoran, Adolf Berle, and Rex
ford Tugwell. So where do we
go from there? Isn't it up to
Galbraith - Epernay to write a
spoof of his own spoof? He hasn't
kidded the statistics manipula
tors half enough.
NOTICE OF
ANNUAL MEETING
The annual membership meet
ing of the Brevard Federal Sav
ings and Loan Association will
be held on Wednesday, January
15th. 1904, in the office on Cald
well Street, beginning promptly
at 2:00 p.m.
Jerry Jerome
President
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Balsam Grove
Community Has
Christmas Party
(Omitted Last Week)
ISy SUSAN PHALLI!
BALSAM GROVE — The an
nual Christmas program was held
this year on December 23rd at
the community center. Despite
had weather, a large crowd was
present. The program was open
ed by J. !!. Batson, president,
Miss Gerena Owen recited a
Christinas poem. This was fol
lowed' by a reading of the Christ
mas story by Miss Joetta Owen,
while young people of the com
munity provided background
music. Christmas bags contain
ing nuts, fruits and candy were
then distributed to all present.
Edwards Owens and his band en
tertained and refreshments of
cake, cool-ade and coffee were
served.
We are saddened at the pass
ing of Willard 0. Baker, a mem
ber of our community. We wish
to extend our heartfelt condol
ences to his widow, Mrs. Doris
Baker.
.uiss Juanita Batson visited
Mrs. Margaret Owens in Easley,
S. lor three days.
Rev. and Mrs. Cody of Hen
dersonville were luncheon guests
of Mr. and Mrs. James Singleton
on December 21st.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Owen. Mr.
and Mrs. James Trill. Mr. and
Mrs. Dewey Galloway vi-Ued Mr.
and Mrs. L. C. Owen on Sunday.
December 29th.
John C. Brown is convalescing
at home alter an appendectomy
performed at Transylvania Com
munity hospital.
Mrs. Peggy Cowart served a
ham supper to several guests i n
Sunday night. December 22nd.
Mr. and Mrs. Elzie McCall and
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Lee Owen and
family, of Marietta, S. C. were
guests of M*-* 'da Chastain and
ramily on Sunday.
Ingomar McCall and daughter.
Deris, visited Mrs. Clarence Mc
Call ami daughter, Dianne, in Sil
versteen community Sunday.
New officers and teachers
were elected at Shoal Creek Bap
tist church on Sunday, December
291 h. James Singleton was elect
ed superintendent; Dan McCall,
chorister, and Clara McCall, pi
anist. Visiting minister was
Lloyd Brown, cf Jackson county.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. McCall and
daughter, Charlene, Mr. and Mrs.
Phillip Owen, Richard McCall,
Ed Owen and Loonie Sisk were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Owen Sunday.
ADM IMSTRATIUX NOTICE
State of North Carolina
County of Transylvania
Having qualified as the Ad
ministratrix of the Estate of
Claude Alexander Jones, dc
seased, late of the county of
Transylvania, North Carolina,
this is to give notice that all
persons having claims against
the estate of the deceased to
present them to the undersigned
Administratrix at Box 60. Ce
dar Mountain, N. C., on or before
the 19th day of June 1964 or
this notice will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery. All per
sons indebted to the said es
tate will please make immedi
ate settlement.
This the 11th day of Decem
ber, 1963.
BONNIE BATSON JONES,
Administratrix, Estate of
Claude Alexander Jones,
deceased.
12-19-4tc
JANUARY 1964
S M T W T F S
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Jail. 7, 178!) The first elec
tion for a president of the United
States took place throughout the
nation.
Jan. 10, 1901 The striking,
of oil in Beaumont, Texas, mark
ed The start of the great Texas
oil boom.
Jatt. 15.11)4!! -— Workmen Com
pleted the Pentagon building,
the headquarters of the U.S. De
partment of Defense and the
world's largest office building.
Among other .staggering dimen
sions. the building covers thirty
four acres and has seventeen
miles of corridors.
Jan. 28. 1902 — A gift of SL
CiOO.OOO from Andrew Carnegie
established the Carnegie Institu
tion to "encourage in the broad
est and most liberal manner in
vestigation, research and discov
ery. and I he application of knowl
edge to the improvement of man
kind."
Jan. 29. 1900 — Baseballs
American League was organized
at Philadelphia, composed of
eight teams.
NOTICE
Stale of North Carolina
County of Transylvania
The undersigned, having qual
ified as Executor of the Estate
of CARROLL ATKINS CART
WRIGHT, deceased, late of Tran
sylvania County, State of North
Carolina, this is to notify all per
sons having claims against the
estate to present them to the
undersigned, at the Office of
Hamlin. Potts, Ramsey & Hud
son. Attorneys at Law, Brevard,
North Carolina, on/or before the
19th day of June, 1964, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery.
All persons indebted to said
Estate will please make imme
diate payment to the undersign
ed.
This the 19th day of December,
1963.
S/ Zack L. Cartwright
Executor of the Estate
of Caroll Atkins
Cartwright.
12-19-41C
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NOTICK 01 SALK
Slate of North Carolina,
l ounty of Transylvania
Pursuant to the General Sta
tutes of North Carolina and a
resolution adopted by the Board
of Aldermen of the Town of
Brevard, the Town of Brevard
will offer for sale at public auc
tion, for cash, at the City Hall
on Monday, January 27th, 1964,
at 12 Noon, the following de
scribed tract of land:
Being all of Lot 85 of Hie
Franklin Park Improvement
Company, plat of which said sub
division is on file in Plat Book
1, page 71. and Plat Book 2, page
6, reference to which is hereby
made for a more complete de
scription of the lands hereby
conveyed.
The Board of Aldermen re
serves the right to re ject all bids
for this property. This the 27th
day of December, 1963.
B. W. Thomason
Mayor
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Dunr/s Rock
Lodge No 267
A. F. & A. M.
Stated communication of the
Dunn's Rock Masonic Lodge will
be held Thursday night at 8:00
p, m. in the Masonic Temple,
211-215 Ka-l Main street. Ail
members are urged to attend
and an invitation is extended to
visiting Masons.
Harvey Souther. Master
Henry Henderson. P.M..
Secretary
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