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Bravo, Congressman rongressman Roy A. Taylor a letter mailed to House Speaker Carl Albert has, in effect, accused the lawmaking body of which he is a member of laziness in a critical year when something has to be done about inflation, joblessness, and other ills. A schedule of nine recesses during the year has been proposed by the House leadership with approval of each recess subject to a prior house vote. In his protest letter, Rep. Taylor criticized the proposed schedule as “excessive and uhtimely. “In my district and area, Congress is being severely and bitterly criticized both by the press and the people because of the recent Lincoln week recess and the thoroughly advertised recess schedule announced for the rest of the year,” Mr. Taylor said. Continuing, Mr. Taylor ad ded: “I have found it difficult to explain to my constituents why Congress plans so many recesses (they call it vacations) this year in the face of the most serious economic problems that ihe people have faced in three idecades.” (Incidentally, Mr. Taylor says he remained in his ^Washington office during the Lincoln recess.) | Taylor said: “The people say 4ve are not trying, not working Sand refer to the many vacations planned. I believe that the 1975 ;recess schedule is excessive and 4m timely. jj | “The President and the press are hitting us over the head each ^day for lack of effort and lack of action. They use and will con tinue to use the recess schedule as the most damaging evidence jof a do-nothing attitude by the Congress. f ; “This is a difficulty year and the worst may be yet to come. People want congressmen to remain in Washington, at tacking the problems here rather than being in their home districts listening to the people and making speeches.” In summary, the congressman said: “Con sidering the economic and political climate, I recommend that the House abolish the proposed recess schedule, and publicize its action and that a more modest recess schedule, similar to the one followed last year or the year before, be planned. I belive that this would be in the best interest of Congress, and especially us Democratic members to whom the people are looking for positive leadership.” You’re right, Congressman Taylor. It has been increasingly evident in the first weeks of the new Congress that all of the campaign oratory and promises made prior to the 1974 elections comprised mostly a lot of hogwash. Now that the oversized group of newcomers has qualified for the large salaries received by Congressmen they’re more interested in living it up than in working. It is a sad fact that a sadly disillusioned electorate in 1974 sent only 38 per cent of its members to the polls. Perhaps Congressmen figure if voters can be lazy, why can’t they? Sad thing is, if so many voters hadn’t been lazy last fall, we’d probably have a much harder working Congress right now when so much hard work is needed. Anyway, thanks for the letter, Congressman Taylor. If enough of you and your colleagues write them, it will do some good. Step Toward Unity ; We’ve received word from K. ’fidward Green of Dunn, f%hairman of the North State | Caucus of the state’s Democrat 3 Party that his party has been | working diligently in an effort to ] devise a Fair Campaign j Practice Code. ! The hope of the caucus is to ; eliminate the mud-slinging, and > knock-down, drag-out battles in : the primaries which divided the | party for general election time. The caucus is recommending that the State Democratic Executive Committee adopt a Code of Fair Campaign Prac tice; and that every Democratic candidate in the state be requested to execute the Code of Fair Campaign Practices. The code is a step in the right direction. Dirty campaigns have always appalled us. But things are going to be hard to change. We may have lived too long with the old saw: “Everything goes in love, in war, and in politics.” mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmSSmm The Transylvania Times 100 Broad Street Brevard, N. C. 28712 The Transylvania Pioneer, established 1867; The French Broad Voice, established 1888; The Brevard Hustler, established 1891; The Sylvan Valley News (later Brevard News), established 1896; The Times, established 1931; Consolidated 1932. A STATE AND NATIONAL PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED MONDAY, THURSDAY ED M. ANDERSON—Publisher—1941-1958 JOHN I. ANDERSON-Editor-Gen. Mgr.-1941-1974 MRS. ED M. ANDERSON, Publisher CLYDE K. OSBORNE—Editor BILL NORRIS, Assoc. Ed. and Adv. Mgr. MRS. MARTHA STAMEY Office Mgr. DOROTHY W. OSBORNE, Women’s Ed. ESTON PHILLIPS, Printing Dept. Head GORDON BYRD, Prod. Foreman D. C. WILSON, Printer f DAVID METCALF, Compositor PAM OWEN, Teletype Setter CINDY BYRD, Teletype Setter JULIE LINDGREN, Clerk-Typist SUBSCRIPTION RATES PER YEAR Outside the County $15.00 $9.00 Six Months Inside the County—$12 year $8 Six Months MEMBEROF National Editorial Association North Carolina Press Association New York—Chicago—Detroit—Atlanta NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE American Newspaper Representatives the stone. Surveyors' marker* on the lawn in front of the County Commissioners' office* uJdS Once, used to esTablish the official Compass sotting for lahdL Surveys )n tran~ Sylyama. Surveyors set up their instruments over this. stone and sighted, on an other stone. no a rher that used to be on the Brevard College campus. In those days that, was an unobstructed View. The compass u>as adjusted to this reading So all surveys agreed In earlier Times, Surveys mere not exact hater cn, this led to endless dis putes over property foundries and He.pt the County lawyers busy. - ihtf it w, '&>»* /<9j/y-£ / '^That'«n ry;t W/r V w // Tbanfo ' s ( to 3)// heomr/ 1 / I Report To Hill Country | BY CECIL HILL State Senator During the week of February 24, many bills af fecting many subjects were introduced in both houses, but the principal interest in the legislature centered around two subjects — utilities and appropriations. Already there have been over 20 bills introduced in the two houses dealing with public utility rates and how the commission should control them. Most of the bills speak to the method of selection of the members of the Com mission, the size of the Commission, and the procedures of the Com mission. The bills introduced by Representative Hyde in the House and Senator Webster in the Senate, as amended, seem to receive the most favorable i attention. I know that utility com panies would prefer not having the law changed at all. The general public, for the most part, would like to have the law changed almost en tirely. Both the Hyde bill and the Webstar bill seem to impose reasonable restrictions on the companies as far as rate making procedures are concerned. I believe that the citizens can live with the law which these bills would establish. The right to raise rates without a hearing has been eliminated in both bills. On the other hand, an op portunity for a quick rate making hearing before the Commission would be possible. This should protect the utility companies. . We have a real clash bet ween the State Budget Office and the Fiscal Research Division. The budget Office estimates that the State’s economy will drop only two per cent in 1974-57 and one per cent in 1975-76 followed by a two per cent rebound. In spite of the revenue lost, the amount estimated to be collected would support the present recommended budget and the repeal of the sales tax on food in 1976. However, the Fiscal Research Division estimates a 33 million dollar deficit for 1975-76 and over twice that amount in the next fiscal year. The Senate Appropriations Committee is talking about a 40 million to 50 million dollar cut in the Advisory Budget Commission’s budget. The House leadership is recom mending 300 million dollars. None of us will know how deep the recession is or how much revenues will be af fected, and the Appropriation Committees are whittling away at every opportunity. It probably will be about May 1 before we know about what we may expect for the next fiscal year. I don’t know of a single member of the General Assembly who wants annual sessions of the legislature, but it is becoming apparent that we must come back next spring to pass a budget for the following year. Among the bills receiving 1he 0(d 1onm. pay * complj expect a re considerable interest is one to assist the collection of tax on mobile homes. Anoher imposes tax on motor vehicles to be paid at the time a license tag is secured. This would be in lieu of the ad valorem tax at present collected by counties. EDITORIAL PAGE THE TRANSYLVANIA-TIMES (Editor’s Note: Letters most be brief, signed typed or written legibly on one side of paper. We reserve the rigjit to reject, edit, or condense. Letters should be received by The Times by Monday mornings.! Editor Osborne, Transylvania Times: Remember two dates if you do not want a national unisex society under ERA and many years of legal conflict: March 4, at 3 p.m. Legislative Bldg. Auditorium, Raleigh, open hearing, speakers for the mis named Equal Rights Amendment; March 11 at 3 p.m. same place, speakers against ERA. Professor Kurland, University of Chicago Law School says primary beneficiaries of ERA are men. Prof. Paul Freund, Harvard Law School, studied ERA for 25 years going back to its shady beginning following the Wall - Street - financed Bolshevic Revolution. In March ’71 Civil Rights, Civil Liberties Law Review, he published: “every wife and mother will lose her right to be supported by husband.” Dr. Johnathan H. Pincus, neurology professor, Yale Medical school, predicts: “ERA would bring increasing divorce, desertion leading to alcoholism, suicide, sex deviation, downgrading women to where Russian women were 50 years ago.” Many of the Phyllis Schlafley national STOP ERA reports show states would lose control of homes and children. Never again coifld state laws be made, for jurisdiction would be entirely under the Federal Daddy. Haven’t we given up enough State Rights? Libbers are financed in the hundreds of tousands by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Playboy Foundation, plus improper use of Federal employees and expensive Government pamphlets paid for by your and my tax money. Neither STOP ERA nor North Carolinians Against ERA have anything but the 25 cents to a dollar gifts by people like me, and our own postage writing to legislators. Write to them quickly, men and women alike, to save Christian civilization! Friends have cut out legislators’ names from my letter of Feb. 13. Those who phoned me about mistakes and omissions, I corrected. For other concerned citizens, here is correct list: chrm., A. Hartwell Campbell; vice chairmen, j.P. Huskins, Robert A. Jones; other members: Samuel D. Bundy; Ruth E. Cook; John Ed Davenport; Judson D. DeRamus, Jr.; Thomas Odell Gilmore, Sr.; W. S. Harris, Jr.; Fred S. Hutchins, Jr.; C. Kitchen Josey; H. M. Michaux, Jr.; Mrs. Mary C. Nesbitt; Hector E. Ray; Bobby Wayne Rogers; Wade Marvin Smith; Carl J. Stewart, Jr.. Besides Mrs. Nesbitt our local represen tatives are Herbert L. Hyde, Claude DeBruhl, and John S. Stevens. Mrs. Roy J. DeLong 107 Maple St. Brevard, N. C. Mr. C.K. Osborne, Editor The Transylvania Times Brevard, North Carolina 28712 Dear Mr. Osborne, I would like to take this opportunity to reply to the letter from the Transylvania County Board of Education members of Feb. 20, 1975. First, these people were elected to serve at the will of the people and the choice was made by the people after considering the promises and the pledge of each of the candidates, not from what they thought they would learn or be influenced by other members. If they are doing they job they were elected to do, they would be re-elected. Are the members worried about being re-elected? Second, why should we not have a complete change of members if we disagree with the policies and programs in our schools? What better v£ty can the voice of the people be heard? Considering some of the programs, policies and personnel being used in our schools today, maybe a complete change is a good idea!! May I remind these board members that the President of The United States is elected for four years and wouldn’t it be a shame if it took him two to four years to learn his job!!! Sincerely Yours, John Dills, Jr. Route 1 Box 41 Pisgah, Forest, N.C. * Share Your Ideas on Fighting Inflation By Bernard E. Nash You will probably find this as hard to believe as I did, but there are a surprisingly large number of people in this country who are enthusiastic about the prospect of the present recession deepening into a full-fledged de pression. These people entertain no hopes of profiting from our economic doldrums, their curi ousity it peaked by thought of experiencing first-hand the struggles and austerity inspired virtues of the 1930s. Bernard Nash Of course, they weren’t here during the Great Depression, and their knowledge of that period is re stricted to what they have gleaned from nostalgic books, movies and television programs like "The Waltons” which candy-coat the hard reality to make it more palatable. Most who lived through the Great Depression—and I think that might include many of this column’s readers—are hardly anxious to repeat the experience. Instead, they are concentrating on getting through the current crista—or perhaps crises would be more appropriate—in hopes that this too shall eventually pass, leaving their lives and fi nances as unscathed as possible under the present difficult dr cumstaoccs. As I’ve traveled serose, the* country, listening to people talk ing about whatever concerns them most, I can report to you that, for the most pert, Ameri cans of all ages are not antici pating any massive disaster, but they are worried about coping wim today s various economic fluctuations, and are quite anx ious about what the immediate future holds in store. Older Americans are particu larly concerned—and with good reason. They remember the hardships of the Great Depres sion, and fearfully wonder if they are still as capable of cop ing with them as they were then. After ail, many of their genera tion's present financial problems have their roots in the fact that their prime working years were disrupted by the economic up heaval of the 1930s, and then by the sacrifices necessitated by World War II. There are now government programs for helping people during times like these which didn’t even exist back then, but there has been talk of reducing their scope—and this worries them. It is doubtful if Congress will go along with President Ford's proposal to limit the Social Security cost-of-living in crement to five percent this year when inflation is likely to take its toll at twice this rate. Social Security is, after all, practically sacred to our nation’s legislators and President Ford is likely to be overruled. But the White House has also proposed reducing Medicare benefits, and has already acted to raise the cost of food stamps which have meant the difference between salvation and starvation for some two million older Americans. Perhaps the Congress will not allow this to happen, but there is still considerable reason for qpncem—and it has led many persons to write a letter of pro test to their Congressman and Senators for the fint time in their life, it is reported by Con gress. _ It is still possible, however, that^compromises may yet^be necessity that would result in some of the aforementioned re ductions being instituted—al though they probably won’t be as great as when originally pro posed. Fortunately, most people realize that, no matter how great a role government plays in deal ing with the economic situation, a great deal is going to depend upon our efforts to cope as indi viduals. During previous times of trial, Americans have learned that survival for all frequently de pends upon sharing and coope ration. From what I’ve heard recently, I’m convinced that that spirit is still very much with of, and that we Americans can st^l depend upon each other during hard times. Sometimes, the most valuable commodity that can be shared fe ideas, so I'd like to suggest ft way in which this column cap help you share with other read ers your ideas for coping with the current situation. If you wgl share with me the ways in whidh you've managed to cut costs and stretch your budgets, I will glean from them novel or representa tive ideas and pass them on in futuid columns. Thus, yotir mast interesting ideas can be shared with other readers—and they, in turn, will be sharing theirs with you. Please send your ideas to me, care of “Coping,” AARP/ NRTA, 1909 K Street, NJfi Washington, D.C. 20049. TT| One small hint; By keeping your ideas brief enough to lit cp> the back of a postcard, you cap save on postage and stationery. It’s only a few pennies saved, | know, but it’s a start.
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