Al REPORTER
Raleigh, N.-C., Oct.— Associate
Justice A. A. F. Seawell’s death
Saturday brought a long-simmer
ing State Supreme Court situation
to a boil.
At least three of the Justices,
including Mr. Seawell, were eli
gible for retirement. All three
wanted to retire, but wflen Gov
ernor Scott was elected did not
do so. They felt that occupation
of the State’s highest tribunal
ceiled for men of dignity with
tile highest concept of their du
ties. They did not retire because
tkey were afraid of the type of
l&n Governor Scott would name
t^. replace them.
'*These three Justices, according
tJB members of the. bar; felt that
!»preme Court Justices should
men of conservative leanings
afith the utmdst respect for the
Swte laws. They were afraid that
the Governor would name as their
successors men with too liberal
^viewpoint. They felt, too, that
3fott might select their succes
Ws from a political standpoint
nether than giving what they felt
vfps due hi consideration hi their
legal abilities.
«<In other words, from a State
standpoint they were afraid that
their retirement would put the
Governor in a position of “pack
ing” the State Supreme Court,
much in the same manner that
President Roosevelt sought to
handpick members of the nation's
highest tribunal.
Thus the Governor’s appoint
Iment to succeed Justice Seawell
will be given the utmost scrutiny,
if the Justices are displeased with
the appointment, feel the Gover
nor has done just what they fear
ed, there will be no retirement
uhtil after the next campaign
for a conservative governor in
1952. However, if Scott names a
conservative, or even a “conser
vative liberal,” two of the remain
ing justices likely will go ahead
and retire if they are convinced
Scott will do likewise in naming
their successors.
The new appointment probably
will be made by the time this
reaches print. But there is no
dearth candidates for the Supreme
Court seat. Among those seeking
the spot are (or were) Attorney
General Harry McMullan; Jeff
Johnson, campaign manager for
Senator Frank Graham and who
has been classed as a conservative
but is more liberal than some
folks think; Superior Court Judge
Hurt Parker; and Allan Lungston,
Raleigh attorney. Those are just
a few of those who wanted the
job.
Jeff Johnson, at this writing,
apparently had the inside track.
But some Scott supporters felt
that appointment of McMullan to
the bench would be the smartest
political move that Kerr Scott
could make. McMullan, a conser
vative who has fought Scott in
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'Israel Revisited' Meaningful
Answer to What Motion Is Like
-By BILLY ROSE
Early in 1949. my missus and I took a trip around the world,
md one of the countries we got to see was Israel. At the time,
nany of the streets of Tel Aviv, Haifa and Jerusalem were still
triss-crossed with barbed wire, and the roads leading through the
villa of Judea were littered with burned-out trucks. Nevertheless, thanks
o an old C.ievvy ar.d a pair of even older legs, 1 managed to see most
>f this tiny country, and when I left it a few weeks later I was pretty ex
ited about what I bad seen.
When we got back to New York,
ny old boss, Bernard "M. Baruch,
■ sked me to put my enthusiasm ’in
ny pocket and try to estimate la
bel's chances of survival in this
tighly competitive world. I told
*im that one swing around the
{lob* wisn t enough
o m«k* an eeono
nic expert out of a
iroadway jumping
■ack, but that 1 had
:om« away from 1s
*ael with the gen
eral impression that
,t« people were
(a) intelligent, (b)
lough ai nails, and Billy B«m
fc) prepared lo work like all get
»ut to make a go of their new lives.
"A business or a nation with those
jimlities usually gives a good ac
count of itself." said Mr. Baruch.
SINCE MY VISIT. I've heard
luthing to change niv snap ap
praisal of Israel's chances. On the
sther hand. I've read darned little
an the subject which could be
,'lgssed as good objective reporting.
Most of the favorable stuff was too
favorable — obviously the work of
men who were out to make as good
3 case for the new nation as possi
ble. And as for the dissenters —
well, as was to be expected, most
of them sounded as if they were
carrying a 2,000-year-old chip on
their shoulders.
Recently a copy of a new hook
' liy Ralph McGill— "Israel Rt
tilled," published in Atlanta,
Ga„ last month hy I upper and
I oi t—showed up on my desk
and I began to thumb through
it out ol a sense ol duly. Hut
uhat started as duty quickly
became compulsion, lor McGill,
oditor of one of the South's
-Ml.
most trustworthy papers, The
Atlanta Constitution. had obit
ously font to Israel with on
op tn mind snd crammed it
with facts and figures before
making it up.
I've met Mr. McGill once or twice,
end before I was halfway through
his book I found myself wondering
how this soft-spoken and hard-head
ed gentleman from Georgia had
come to write such an incisive and
insightful commentary on the com
plicated events now shaping up at
the far end of the Mediterranean.
• • •
I GOT TO THINKING about It
and, as I hunch it, tlse answer is
triple pronged: First, McGill is an
Irishman, which means that while
he has a lively sense of justice in
general he has no axiom to grind
about Israel in particular. Second,
he is first, foremost and fastidious
ly a newspaperman, avaricious for
facts but plenty leary of special
pleading propaganda. And third, he
has a long record as a fighting
Southern liberal, and once he's got
ten his facts straight he's not one
to by-pass those touchy areas where
even angels fear to tiptoe.
IThen 1 finishid trading "Is
rael Revisited.” f was, of course,
tickled to find that McGill's
conclusions jibed with mine,
but that's neither here nor
there. The important thing is
that, without pulling any punch
es, he has written a book about
this controversial little country
which one can read without
prejudge or without tus peel
ing the author of same.
Here, at last, Is a meticulous and
meaningful answer to the often-ask
ed question, “What’s Israel really
like?" |
many matters—particularly the
Smith - Graham primaries—.has
the knowledge of the law that is
needed. He would satisfy the re
maining court justices. And his
appointment would give the Gov
ernor the chance to name his own
man as Attorney General. Some of
McMullan's rulings have been ad
verse to the Scott administration,
and since a ruling by the Attor
ney General stands in lieu of a
Supreme Court decision, it could
be very important for the Gov
ernor to have his own hoy in that
job. f
Some of the official^ of the
Forestry Division of the Depart
ment of Conservation and Devel
opment do not particularly care
for Kerr Scott a»id that feeling is
echoed down in District 7 of the
Forestry Division.
Some time ago, I reported a
district meeting near Little Wash- |
ington on August 18 at which
forestry men reportedly said
"Whose afraid of Big Bi^d Kerr
ScotLX
As nil reporters do, I made
some mistakes. That meeting was
not District One, it was District
Seven. And it was not near Lit
tle Washington, it was in Wash
ington County. And no one now
remembers singing of any such
song.
But here’s a statement made by |
one of those present:
"At one table was the Washing
ton County Warden and others, 1
some of whom were plenty high.
A friend of the Wurden made a
a statement speaking of Kerr
Scott and said he ((Scott) is 'just
something they pulled from a
mule’s tail, sent to Raleigh and
made governor’. To which many
applauded and the wife of a Ral
eigh Forestry official, whose name
does not muttei, went so tai a,,
to reach across the table and
shake his hand in gratitude. This
mun made many nasty statements
about Governor Scott and some of
those at the central office (Ral
eigh headquarters) seemed to cn
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Things To Watch
Tor In the Future
A gunge that checks the num
ber of miles to a gallon that a car
gets on gasoline ... A pavement
cutting machine that slices
through concrete at three times
the speed and less, cost than ex
isting methods ... A liny spot
light to shine on telephone dials
at night ... A crankcase oil test
er that checks the oil in your car
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A spray gun that doesn't splatter
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Forest fires have been know i
to overtake running deer and men
on horseback.
joy it. Governor Scott was cursed,
damned and belittled beyond hu
man decency.”
Following publication of the
original story, 1 was asked to
cheek the facts. No one seemed a>
be worried about the reported
mis-use of State property in Dis
trict Seven, but some of the Ral
eigh brass was unhappy about
the reported singing of a song
derogatory to the governor.
That story was used only be
cause 1 though it was funny.
Folks who fork for the State have
a perfect right to like or dislike
their governor, just as everyone
else does.
A check showed that after the
story came out in Capital Repor
ter, meeting of all District Seven
county wardens was called on
September 20 at 10 a. m. in Eliz
abeth City. The meeting was held
at the District warehouse. Nipe
wardens were present one. from
Martin county, being able to come
because he was appearing in court
as a witness. The session was call
ed by V. W Herlevitch, district
forester.
Herlevitch said that there had
been a lot of undue publicity
about the August Hi party, that
he was going to get to the bottom
of the matter and that it would be
just to bad for the man who talk
ed to this reporter, lie said every
one would be interviewed and
that they had better tell the truth.
If it will make Mr Herlevitch
any happier, the original story:
did not come from one of his war- '
dens, nor did it come from Ral
eigh.
And nobody cares whether tie i
WILLIAM TANNEN and RICHARD TRAVIl
William Tannrn and Richard Travis in a scene from “ALASKA
PATROL" which is showing al the Marco Theatre Saturday.
A MAItKIAtiE ('KKEMONY takes place against the background of
t humic lint; artillery in this scene from Itert (iranet’s "The Torch."
romantic drama which opens Wednesday at the Watts Theatre
through Eagle l.ion Kilins release. Hrilij) Aimendariz and Paulette
(■oddard co-star.
or anyone else likes the sovernur
Hut hojv about checkins up on
the report—-that has been turned
in to Raleigh headquarters that
one man hauled away State prop
erty tor Ins own use, and used a
State-owned truck to do the haul
ins?
Now Is The Time
to go to
COURTNEY’S
For
FURNITURE
NOTICE
In He Establishment of Martin
County Driiihni*e Oistrict Number
Two.
All pursuits interested in the
establishment ...f Ann fin County
Drainage District No. Two wift’
t', one t'.7S,‘f-T"; n !■■■' th. FA.ar'1
of Vifvvei heretofore uppoiiiu < i
bv the Court have filed their te
port in thi office of the Clerk of
the Superior Court of Martin
County, North Carolina, ami that
said Report has been examined
and found to be regular in all re
spects: and you -.vill forth: , i.,i;e
notice that a hearing upon on
Report will be had bef .re the in
dersigned Clerk of the Superior
Court ot Marlin Conroe it die
Courthouse in WiR.iat . 'or ,-th
Carolina, at tla iif.er .>( o.n
o'tloek, A. M„ on tin 14td d;,v of
November, 1950, at which i m. all
mterest'-d persons nav he pre
sent and file objections n . and be
beard upon said report if ,• hey
care to do , m
This notice is given pursuant >.
Section l5o-G4 of the Goner.,| y.;a.
tides of North Carolina of 19!:;
This 7th day of November, i't'O
L Bruce Wynne.
Clerk Superior Court.
Martin Countv
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