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No One Wins
It is regrettable that the misunder
standing between employees and man
agement of the Sylva Laundry has caused *
a ripple of discord in the long-standing
good record of labor-management rela
tions in Jackson county at this time. Our
citizens, the ^workers, and their employ
ers have been able to boast of such splen
did cooperation up to now. The Herald
hopes that the strike, now in progress,
can soon be settled to the satisfaction of
both parties concerned. Should there
develop a long strike in which tempers
grow hot and strife occurs, no one will
gain very much in the end.
Missing Number
"McGrath handled himself pretty
well," said Governor Cherry of the con
ference in Washington between Southern
governors and the Democratic national
chairman. We think so, too. We think
also that the delegation of excellencies
put a good front on their argument. And
if "there was just a lot of talk, talk, talk,"
as Mr. Cherry, adds, why then a ventila
tion of viewpoints hasn't hurt anybody.
However, question No. 13 in the
lengthy colloquy is somewhat revealing.
"Will vou, as chairman of the Democra
%/ 7
tic national committee," asked Governor
Thurmond, "use your influence to restore
the two-thirds rule in the 1948 Dem
ocratic national convention?"
Senator-Chairman McGrath said no,
but the question gets us down to hard
pan. It is the two-thirds rule. And that,
perhaps, is the missing number in the
whole equation of the Southern revolt.
The two-thirds rule provided that "two
thirds of the whole number of the votes
in the convention shall be necessary to
constitute a choice." This language was
written long ago, as the Baltimore con
vention of 1832 when Andrew Jackson
sponsored it to give added weight to the
naming of Martin Van Buren as candi
date for Vice President. It was abandon
ed in 1936 at the instance of President
Roosevelt, who met no party opposition
that year and who opposed it on the
grounds of majority rule.
But it is the two-thirds rule which was
the traditional veto available to the South
in naming a candidate. For the sake of
political realism there is some defense in
this veto. In the past it has served as a
sort of reward to the solid South for re
maining solid.
We suspect that this is, in reality, the
issue behind the issue of 1948 as raised
in various guises by certain politician.
Whatever may be said for or against it,
that issue has now been clarified. There
is all the more reason rrow for heeding
the calm counsel of the moderates, such
as Governor Cherry, who are not disposed
to work themselves into a lather for rea
sons heretofore deviously designated.
?Asheville Citizen.
Political note: Some of the profession
als now think that, with Eisenhower out
of the running, Taft and Dewey will dead
lock at the convention, and open the way
for Stassen or Warren. There. is also
more and more talk of the merits of Van
denberg.
When the colored preacher said to
Brother Jones that he should give a small
donation for a fence around the cemetery,
Jones replied: "I don't see no use in a
fence around the cemetery. Dem what's
in there can't get out, and dem what's
sho doan wanna get in."
INSIDE WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON ? CIO and AFL po
litical leaders are expected to avoid an'
early commitment for President Truman
and the Democratic party such as was
voiced by A. F. Whitney, president of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
Ultimately, the two major labor groups
are expected to support the incumbent ad
ministration, but they are likely to de
lay such an announcement for bargaining
purposes. They want a hand in writing
the 1948 Democratic platform.
Whitney showed no such reluctance.
Almost a full 11 months before the elec
tion. he plunged wholeheartedly into the
Democratic camp and pledged his or
ganization's support in re-electing Pres
ident Truman. ^^
CIO leaders showed great interest in
Whitney's move because the railroad la
bor chieftain has worked very closely
with the CIO Political Action Committee
in past political moves.
BETTER .PAY FOR EXECUTIVES?
President Truman may ask Congress for
emergency legislation permitting him to
pay government aviation executives as
much as $25,000 a year to avert a threat
ened collapse of federal aviation control.
Two men are trying to handle a volume
of work with which a fve-man Civil Aero
nautics Board admitted it was unable to
cope, and the- director of the Civil Aero
nautics Administration has resigned.
CAB is responsible for allocation of all
airline routes. CAA is charged with sup
ervising the operation of all the airways.
The President's dilemma is caused by
unwillingness of capable executives to
go broke slowly in the expensive nation
al capital on $10,000 a year. Every res
ignation from both organizations has had
as a prime or contributing factor, a flat
tening purse.
Mr. Truman thought he had found a
way out of the problem of the CAB chair
manship when he nominated capable Maj.
Gen. Laurence Kuter, but Congress
would not allow Kuter to retain his mili
tary perquisites white in the job.
Only former Senator Josh Lee and Os
wald Ryan remain on the CAB. Both are
conscientious, but neither is outstanding.
PROFILE OF A DIPLOMAT ? Un
dersecretary of State Robert Lovett, a
New York banker, may be denounced any
moment as the Wall Street representa
tive in American diplomacy. He has
been so called by the Moscow radio, but
it is doubted that even such a denuncia
tion by someone closer home would both
er him much.
Actually, Lovett's associates find him
the most democratic of the brass hats in
the State department. He himself makes
no bones about being overwhelmed by
the splendor of the private office he oc
cupies.
Built for War department bigwigs be
fore hostilities made the Pentagon neces
sary, the offices of the secretary and the
undersecretary would overawe any but
the most profligate of industrial tycoons.
Lovett laughs about the heavy drapes,!
picture windows, private baths, high
ceilings and panelled oak walls. The Un
dersecretary dresses neatly but unosten
tatiously, works night and day and in
dulges in salty, homespun Americanisms.
When minor lights about the depart
ment call his office and ask for him the
secretary switches them through im
mediately if Lovett is not actually tied up.
When word is left for him to call back,
he does so promptly and usually opens
the conversation by saying, "Hello, this
is Bob Lovett."* Lesser State department
executives, by contrast, are approachable
by appointment and after long explana
tions of the why and wherefore of the
conversation.
After looking over the prices at the
New York motorboat show, Sadok Dum
kopt says he will continue to confine his
yachting to sailing a half-a-walnut in the
kitchen sink.
In England there is a controversy over
what sort of facial contortion a night owl
makes when it lets out a cry. Who gives
a hoot?
The man at the next desk says he knows
a millianaire who has just returned from
a Florida vacation with a beautiful coat
of tan. Cheap, . o. .illi 1.1 iJO
a square inch.
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The Everyday .Counsellor
By REV. HERBERT SPAUGH, D. D.
By the clock of destiny, it is la
ter than we think. According to
one of America's top ranking psy
chiatrists, this nation is on- the
blink of disintegration. His rea
sons for making this statement are
the increase in divorce, juvenile
and adult delinquency. Dr. Edward
A. Strecker, chairman of the psy
chiatry division of the National Re
search Council addressed a "post
graduate assembly of gynecologists
and obstetricians in Los Angeles.
According to the Associated Press,
which reports on his address, he
blames mothers for the growing
tendency to cling
to the maternal
apron strings long
after they should
rqgease th,ei^
children as inde
pendent indivi
duals. He indi
cated fathers also:
? ??? -it;, 4 Fathers are loo
inclined to neglect the psychologi
rearing of their children. After
\:w socnnd chiId- a father tend, to
se:'t bis wife emotionally."
The doctor acknowledged that
people are basically the same to
as they were years and years
ago when family ties were strong
er. "but forces outside are at work
nn them. artcKn the most material
istic civilization the world has ever
known, spiritual values have been
swept away." He referred to the
divorce rate of one to three mar
nages and in some densely popu
lated areas, one to twp marriages,
lax marital relationships, falling
birthrate and soaring delinquency
of adults and juveniles, which he
classified as "surface symtoms of
national decay".
In an interview with the press,
Dr. Strecker said that as parents,
most Americans are failures. They
fail to instill self-reliance in their
children. Children grow into emo
tionally immature adults, unable
to meet responsibilities. "Some
where along the line," he declar
we have lost our spiritual
values. Through technological ad
vance we have achieved a highly
materialistic civilization, but un
derneath we are straw."
Ministers, priests and rabbis have
been warning the nation of this
Ella Mae Masingale
Has Birthday Partv
The doctors and nurses on the
staff of the Harris Community
hospital gave a birthday party
Thursday, February 19, at 2:30
o'clock for Ella Mae Masingale, a
young girl from Argura, who has
been a patient in the hospital for
about three months recovering
from burns.
Ella Mae, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Whitney Masingale, was cele
brating her 8th birthday anniver
sary. The birthday cake was dec
orated in blue and pink and had
eight blue candies.
C|t^eir children attending the
party were Lois Slagle, Billy Kil
patrick, Michael and Bucky
Stiong, and Sheila Ann Kirchberg.
SAVANNAH NEWS
Guy Sutton, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Dave Sutton of Gay, and Miss Mar
gie Green, daughter of Mr. and
Mr. and Mrs. Leman Green of
Green's Creek, were married Sat
urday, February 4, in a quite cere
mony performed at Clayton, Ga.
Tney will reside at the home of
the bridegroom's parents, at pres
ent.
Mrs. R. O. Higdon a- d daughter,
Jo ' nno. we: t to F;\r.- '.in Sunday
t- ? : 1 "i fami! v of
a !i " :'c John
Murr v. He was 83 yoa-s old.
growing spiritual decay. Now psy
chiatrists are sounding the same
alarm. Dr. Stanley Jones quotes
one prominent west coast psychia
trist as saying that most of his pa
tients needed the mourners bench
and God far more than they needed
him.
All the while we seek substitutes,
and look for scapegoats. We blame
prohibition for national corruption,
and now drunkenness is at an all
time high since we have dispensed
with them. We say we must have
more recreation, so we are gradu
ally giving over Sunday, the Lord's
day, to commercialized recreation,
Sunday picture shows, Sunday
commercial gamesv'are being Ac
cepted over the country. Saturday
night dances are running well over
into Sunday morning. Now public
dances on Sunday night are being
offered. Truly, like Nero, "we fid
dle while Rome burns."
This nation came to greatness on
the home, the church and the school
?no amount of military prepared
ness will suffice if we continue our
course of spiritual decay which
leaves us morally weak and unpre
pared.
PERSONALS
Mrs. Bill Wilson was taken to
Asheville Tuesday where she en
tered Mission hospital to receive
treatment for a broken vertebra
which she received in an accident
last week.
T Mrs. Lucile Painter will arrive
Friday from Greenville, S. C., to
spend the week-end with Miss
Beatrice Cagle.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Walker and
children will return.the latter part
of the week from a two weeks va-'
cation with relatives in Tifton, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Garrett of
Louisville arrived Saturday to
spend a few days in Sylva. Mr.
Garrett is a student in Radio
Radar Training school at Louis
ville. Mrs. Garrett is the former
Miss Joyce Chester of Sylva.
Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Beacham and
children spent the week-end in
Greenville, S. C., on a combined
business and pleasure trip. On
Sunday Miv Beacham was guest
speaker and soloist at the Pres
bytevian church.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Erwin and
daughter, Jane, Mrs. Deitz, and Mr.
and Mrs. O. E. Montiethr were in
Gaffney, S. C., Sunday attending
the funeral of Mrs. Laura Williams.
Patrolman and Mrs. W. T. Houser
went to Rutherfordton last Satur
day to attend the funeral of his
nephew, Gerald Houser. They re
turned to Sylva that night.
HOSPITAL NEWS
Mrs. Mar>^ Buchanan, Greens
Creek, recovering from operation.
Miss Julia Davis, doing nicely
after appendectomy.
Mrs. Mildred Shuler. Tuckasei
gee, recovering from appendec
tomy.
Mrs. Evelyn Turpin, Sylva, Rt. 1,
recovering from operation, doing
nicely.
Mrs. Lewis B. Allen, Sylva, re
ceiving treatment.
Miss Betty Cable, Tuckaseigee.
appendectomy, doing nicely.
Mr. Robinson Cagle, Sylva, Rt.
1, recuperating after operation.
Mr. Nathan Ward, Whittier, Rt.
1, in for treatment.
Richard McLean, Cherokee, re
covering from burns.
Ella Mae Massingale. Argura.
recovering from burns.
Dan Phillips, Dillsboro, im prov
ing following an accident.
Presbyterian Church
Plans Being Drawn
Rev. W. H.- Wakefield, pastor of
the Sylva Presbyterian Church has
been in Salisbury for the past sev
eral days consulting the architect
employed by the Synod in regard
to plans for the Presbyterian church
soon to be erected in Sylva. It
is hoped that construction of the
church may be started immediately
after the plans have been approved.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Doyle
i Thomas, Bryson City, a son, on
February 21.
Mr. and Mrs. Payne Jones of
Cullowhee announce the birth of
a son on February 24.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Melton of Sylva a son, on Feb. 21.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Dillard of
Cashiers announce the birth of a^
son on February 22.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Dil
lard of Webster, a son, on Feb. 18.
Mr. Austin Hooper, Tuckaseigee,
improving following an appendec
tomy. ?
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