THE SYLVA HERALD Published By THE HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Sylva, North Carolina The County Seat of JacksOn County J. A. GRAY and J. M. BIRD Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Entered at the post office at Sylva, N. C., as Second Class Mail Matter, as provided under the Act of March 3, 1879, November 20, 1914. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year, In Jackson County $2.00 Six Months* In Jackson County 1.25 One Year, Outside Jackson County 2.50 Six Months, Outside Jackson County 1.50 All Subscriptions Payable In Advance 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. 1 ?? O'n HOME TOWN -? By STANLEY ANOTHER <3AS STATICA4 OA1 ^OUTE" 9 CHANGED HANDS AC3AIN LATE LAST/4I6KT ? H !?^ 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. ? Self Service Laundry Complete and ultra modern in every detail. Now doing steady profitable business. For complete information contact: FIDELITY BUSINESS BROKE Fidelity Business Brokers, Inc. Jackson Building. Asheville.N.C. Phone 3166 QUALITY PRINTING OF ALL KINDS ? By expert Printers. A variety of new face types from which to select. WE CAN EASILY SUPPLY YOUR ENVELOPES LETTER HEADS STATEMENTS RULED FORMS OF ALL KINDS WEDDING ANNOUNCE. 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