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Per Year - S4.00 6 Months - S2.25 J Months - 51.25 PAUL DICKSON . . Publisher-Editor ?W ' .i'V'f- . ? . .e? '-v. - i . t ? SAM C. MORRIS . ; .V^ Y%,.......General Manager LAURIE TELFAIR >jT.'jjfari Reporter MRS. PAUL DICKSON .. .. .... Society Editor Second -Clan PosUfK Paid at Raeford. N. C. Your Award - Winning Community Newspaper 1 -1 ?. . "?1 i. l "It is better to light one candk than to-eune the dirkness" THURSDAY, JUNE 4. 1970 F orced unionism AFL-CIO President George Meany calls the Nixon administration's postal service change plan "one of the most significant events in the history of collective bargaining." That is probably no exaggeration. If approved by Congress, the postal reorganization plan will give unions a power superior to that of the government itself: he power to forces' person to belong to a union to hold a government job. Until now, federal employes have been shielded against all forms of compulsory unionism. President Kennedy formalized this policy in a 1962 executive order giving federal employes the right to join or refrain from joining a union. President Nixon reaffirmed the policy in an executive order issued last Oct. 29. But now, less than six months later, the Nixon administration is proposing to scuttle the policy by authorizing the union shop in the postal service. Thus every one of the 750,000 employes of the government postal service would have no choice but to jqin a union or lose his job. The reorganization is being presented as a plan to make the postal service patronage free. It might remove most of the political party patronage free. If might remove most of the political party patronage involved. But will it be any better to replace that with the patronage of monopoly union politics instotd? Hardly. It promises to be Other problems loom. The Hatch Act limits/political activity by federal employes. Yet postal workers will be compelled to pay dues to unions which we connected with political activities - mainly in support of the Democratic ftrty^' It if passing strange, therefore, to sec a Republican president rushing into a situation- that a Democratic president had the sense and prudence to avoid. As Arthur Goldberg, when he was secretary of labor under President Kennedy,, said to members of the^ American Federation of Government Employees, "I know you Will agree with me that the union shop and the closed shpp are inappropriate to the federal government." Congress should reject the union shop provision of the postal reorganization pbutj if-hot the whote package. If it does compulsory unionism for the pos|gi)-%orkers, it will be only a matter Of "time until all the rest of the two railHon gftus federal employes will have . to follow suit. Then it will be Meany or his Successor or his equivalents, not Cpqgress and the president, who will be running the country. Or is that the way it is' already? --The Milwauke (Wis.) Around we go again Proposals are in the works for another increase in the federarminimum wage from SI .60 to S2.00 an hour. BuJ, at the rate inflation has been moving,, accompanied by wage settlements that reach into the stratosphere. Congress will have to move fast to keep up with the bandwagon of those committed to the futile race to stay ahead of inflation. ?Competent studies have shown that each increase in the federal minimum wage has been followed by a rise in unemployment among teen-agers and unskilled workers who are deprived of 'jobs that can no longer be economically justified on an employer payroll. Thete Is no, reason to expect the consequence^ of another minimum wage boost to be any different. And, in spite of inflation, the escalation effect of a forced increase In the wages of the unskilled would be repeated as those higher on the economic ladder moved upward another rung to maintain relative pay scales between the skilled and the unskilled. v And 90 Congress prepares to give another fillip to the inflationary merry - go - round to the detriment of all of us, including workers the minimum wage law is supposed to benefit. Browsing in tli*files ' w " ? ;> of Th# News-Journal 25 years ago May 31, 1945 Several Hoke County men are members of tlie Eighth Air Force, which was commended on VE Day for their part in the defeat of Germany by Lt Gen. James H. Dooli-ttlc, commander, according to dispatclies received this week from England Those mentioned include T-Sgl. Robert T Veasey, St. Sgt. Claude D McNeill. Cpl Walter Howell and T-5 Harry L. Reynolds. Pfc.Clinton F. Half who has been a prisoner of the Na/.isat Stalag 7 A. was liberated on April 29, according to a letter received from him by his mother, Mrs. Ada E Hall. Atvis Dickson, Harold Keith and Ed McNeill have had a reunion in the South Pacific. Alvis is in the Navy, Ed in the Army and Harold in the Air Force. Alvis writes that they had lunch together and talked long and lovingly of Raeford/ fried chicken, watermelons and Rock fish Creek. Pvt. Roy W. Jones, son of T.C. Jones of Raeford, has recently been awarded tl.e Bronze Star medal for meritorious service in Europe, He fought with the 69th Division, a part of the First Army, in the European . to keep their hogs and cattle out of pastures containing cockleburrs. *?*? With Make McKeithan sharing honors wiQi Hamp Coleman on the tnouhd,.aiw ' Floyd Keith sharing the backstop 'position- with Algft Beck, tne>1tad Springs Junior American Legion baseball team defeated tfie Fayettevtfle team, 7-2, in a Memorial Day game at Robbins Park yesterday. ???? Mr. and Mys. Xlydy Upcljurch and family W < received inflations tof attend > tire commissioning ceremonies for the cruiser, Champtaki, j/mdtisjfaJtos hie l h r istencil at PertsmoutJu-Navy Y?*4 i Sunday. Joe^pduircfc'''*?# ' member of the crew, r' . - , 15 fiairman and is bringing Dr. ake to Raeford. W.A. McDonald, operator of iaeford Cleaners & Laundry erviee, announced this week iat loa company would clean fl American flags free of barge from now until June 14, J* Day, if the owners will rem be to fly them on Flag Home Food Super Market iaertnaa a carton of six Cokes Hr 19 cents and hamburger at 9t?ntta pound. Johnny McPhaul and Bruce Mttjil of ECC, Greenville, are r home for the summer. | * rs ago ?5for the past on June Federal It's a cartoon world ?Trtmsmisi f BbaMa thrives >. i ^ ontmiwm ff \\l'/ ** Ow'T tbu mm MOW business swnnua from -me. WA*~ J/- tffi'U. BE OMY ft? SOON ft? TUB WAR. IS OVER f kK Tl?Ck^&> Sinn, jA?'U Visit To District Court Is Educational Pasttime By Laurie Telfair Recently Judge Joseph Duprce had a class of high school students visiting during a session of District Court. They arrived about 11 a.m. and, for a change, the session was almost over for that week. But they did get to see one case in which the defendant pleaded guilty to several driving offenses and received a stiff fine and a probation judgement. Also while they were there a man who had previously been placed on probation was taken off probation and given an active jail sentence. So, perhaps the visit was instructional. Judge Duprce was also kind enough to review some of the cases that had been tried in court that morning and to explain some of the factors that enter into deciding a sentence for each offense. Going to District Court is a very interesting way to spend a Friday, especially if you have never been to a court before. One of the Raeford police officers said he thought everyone should go to court once just to observe the proceedings on the chance that if he should be unfortunate enough to come before the court on official business, he would have some idea of what would take place. I agree with that. One of my first impressions of the court was that it wasn't at all like Perry Mason. I was surprised at the commotion, with lawyers, law enforcement officers and various courtroom personnel moving about the area while persons were being tried. This is usually done as unobtrusively as possible, but it is not the rapt attention to the bench that I expected. A second surprise is the number of children in the courtroom. They are usually not directly involved in the cases but are there with parents or relatives. Sometimes, during lengthy sessions, infants are there most of the day, drinking their bottles and sometimes becoming fussy and noisy until they arc taken from the courtroom and amused in the hall for a few minutes before being brought back in. One mother brought her baby with her inside the railing and sat bouncing the infant on Iter lap until it was time for her to testify on the witness stand. She was sworn in with one hand on the Bible, her right hand raised and the baby, bottle and blankets tucked under her arm. When she went to testify, she handed the youngster to her husband to hold and then retrieved the child when she had finished giving her testimony. I've often wondered why parents don't find someone to keep the children while they are in court. A third surprise was the large number of domestic argumciis that end in court, usually with the wife or girl friend charging assault. Most of the time the case is tried, the couple is back together with no hard feelings, and usually there has been very little, if any, injury done. Bui once the warrant has been sworn to, the case begins it's legal journey and it is too late then to withdraw the charges. Often the prosecuting witness comes to court and asks not to prosecute the case or not to testify ?in it. For this, she is usually charged the court costs for frivolous and malicious prosecution and on at least one occassion recently, a woman was jailed until 5 p.m. that afternoon for bringing charges and then not testifying. The courtroom itself is impressive. It is a large room with a lofty ceiling two stories high. The windows stretch to the ceiling and let the sunlight into the room. The impressive dimensions also contribute to terrible acoustics in the room, which often leads to the impression that trial in open court is actually being held in secret sessions as it is often impossible to hear from the audtence or the jury box what -v. is being said on the bench or at the witness stand Both are equipped with microphones but if the judge turns his head away from his microphone to dictate the sentence to the court clerk scaled at a desk at his right, the sentence is completely lost to anyone sitting on the left of the court room. The air-conditioner contributes to the noise and also keeps the temperature at about that of a meat storage cooler, so if yotf go to court in the summer. Id advise that you take a sweater. Inside the railing, the court room looks very much like a .movie or television set, with the two globe lights flanking the raised judicial bench and the tables for the prosecutor and defense attorneys. Some of the courtroom traditions, the robes, the title of solicitor and the opening and closing of the court session by the Sheriff, are reminders of the judicial customs that dale back centuries. One of my favorite moments comes when the Sheriff opens or adjourns the court with the plea that "God save the State and this Honorable Court." And he sounds as if he is not at all sure God is going to bother with either one The Chief of Dental Service at the VA Center in Wadsworth, Kansas, Dr. Dayton D. Krajicek, was recently named Assistant Chief Medical Director for Dentistry for the VA. Creek" Philosopher Dear editar: Now that me and the college students have found out what the word means - you print something often enough in every newspaper and magazine in the country and say it often enough on television and nearly anybody can catch on -? ecology has become a major issue in this country. Everybody is using the word, saying this or that will upset the ecology, or the balance of nature. For example, according to an article I read !? a newspaper tail night which somebody on Ids way to sn anti ? litter r meeting threw out of his car near tUs Bermuda gran farm, there's a gnat protest by some - to bstid an Thay Alaskan ecology will be shot. Another thinker is denouncing electric light poles, saying they're a desecration the natural landscape. I don't know about the moose in Alaska, but one of the prettiest sights I've ever seen is a line of light poles marching across my pasture bringing electricity to this farm. For a man drawing water with a bukcet and rope, an electric light pole with wires leading to an electric pump is a thing of beauty. Some people ay yeah, but they could be Kotit of sight underground, all right with RW, but where are you going to put your television antenna? If something sticking up is unsightly, nature sure made a bust when *g made giraffes .?y I'm lam they don't seem to be outraged by the poison some snakes and all wasps use against man. The way it looks to me, it's time the insects and assorted animals started studying ecology along with the college students. Come to think of it, there are times when some college students ain't doing too much to balance the ecoolgy themselves, unisss you happen to think un ? smashed windows are contrary to nature. Understand, I'm all fdr the real an it ? pollution movement, but you can carry ecology to soma pretty r>dicuk>us ends. I , don't care If it does upcet the , ecology to soma ecology to soma pretty ridiculous ends. | don't care.if l H does upset the ecology and the entire cempus woekf. when a fly gets In range of Vm going to swat him. I Just One Thing A Iter Another rtv t'arl Gocrch . Nut much publicity was given to this item oi' news so we are taking the liberty of calling it to your attention: "The North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South, yesterday adopted the following resolution: " 'WHEREAS the game of football is destroying the lives of our young men. " 'BE IT RESOLVED, that we earnestly beg that the game be reformed or discontinued in all the schools of our country - ended or mended. J.N.Cole, R.F. Bumpas, E.R.Welch,J.M. Lowder, A.D Belts.'" Maybe one reason that you don't know about the adoption of the resolution is due to the fact that it was passed November 28, 1909, when the Methpdist Conference was held in Raleigh. Want ad under tire FOR SALE columns in a recent issue of The News and Observer. -2 GOOD SINGERS, slightly used, $65.00 each Guaranteed 5 years. Archie Johnson. We might be interested in one good Singer, but not two. Send along the Tenor on approval. This was sent by Mr. C.N. Hardy of Littleton: "Some time ago a lady from Norfolk visited in my home. Her name is Mrs. Ella Jarvis, and she is known by everyone as Aunt Ella. Site lives with my daughter, Mrs. Edna Hardy Capps. While here, she told me this: "Her great-grandmother had 14 children and only raised her grandmother. Her grandmother had 12 children and only raised her mother. Her mother has 7 children and only raised herself. Sl?e has five children and all died before tlrey were four months old. Of these five children, four died on the 15th of the month. She was married three times, and all three of her husbands died on the 15th of the month. Mrs. Jarvis is K5 years old, and she says if she gets sick around the 15th. she begins to feel a little worried." Somebody was telling us the other day about a conversation which took place on a ship which carried the lawyers of Norlh Carolina to Bermuda a number of years ago. The trip was in connection with the annual convention of the North Carolina Bar Association. A few hours after the ship sailed, one person aboard ship spoke up and said: "I was just thinking. What a terrible loss it Would be to North Carolina if this ship sank and all of the lawyers were to do down with it!" Another person spoke up and said: 'True, very true! And what a terrific congestion there would be at the gates of hell, too!" To supply the Ninth Carolina troops during the Revolutionary War, each county was required to furnish a given amount of linen and cotton cloth: this war material was grown on the farms or garden plots of villagers and spun and woven by hand in the homes of the people. CLIFF BLUE... People & Issuesl Charles Dunn...SBI Director Charles Dunn is doing an outstanding job in fighting the narcotic drug business in North Carolina. In carrying the message of the drug evils to the people of North Carolina Charles has developed into a hard-hitting and much sought-after speaker. He has a message that every person interested in cori^tting the illegal drug traffic should hear and heed. Probably the greatest threat to law, order and a healthy society comes through and with the illegal drug traffic. The innocent victims of narcotics need help and compassion, but it is to be hoped that an aroused public will see to it that the criminals who are pushing the sale of narcotics will not be let off with powder-puff sentences and that North Carolina shall not become a haven for dope peddlers ana* those without regard for law and justice. Attorney General Robert Morgan and SBI Director Charles- Dunn are to be commended fdrvtheir diligence in working to uncover and bring to justice the peddlers of dupe and narcotics. DEMOCRATS...This summer the Democrats will be embarking on something new in North Carolina -- holding the precinct, county, congressional and state conventions after the primaries. Will the attendance be more, or less? We suspect that it may be less, and that the tension under which they are held will also be less. When the meetings were held prior to the primaries, the supporters of the various candidates were often concerned lest the opposition might be shown some favor or granted some advantage. This will be largely gone, and with it interest in attending the conventions may also be less. It will be interesting to observe the results.' The precinct meeting will be held on Saturday, June 6 at 1 p.m.; the county conventions on Saturday, June 20 at I p.m,; the congressional convention! oft. Saturday, June 27 at I pjtt.-.'with the State Democratic Convention being held on Tuesday, July 14 in Raleigh at 11 a.m. With Ihu hem* .in "off year" don't expect too much in the way fireworks at these - * DUKE W, hive feel that he understands them and will do a good job, and this attitude may go a long ways towards enabling Terry to have ?hm?IeJ^r<'er'y administration man did his predecessor. BILL FRIDAY & UNC...At Chapel Hill President Bill Friday of the UNC has taken a i J"iP ''legal and unlawful demonstrations. On May 25 in a report to the UNC Trustees President Friday said: At all times we have sought to nuke clear that the University is going to remain open; that the laws of the state will be enforced; and that the obligation ol any administrator under such circumstances is to ?h'S best lo Prevent unnecessary direct confrontation. We will not engage in an effort to buy peace at any price." People over North Carolina will applaud President Fiiday's firm stand^on how a university must be run if it js to measure up to its obligations and responsibilities. DISSENT...The right to disagree and dissent is fundamental. It is fundamental to the same extent that are the freedoms granted in the first amendment of free speach, free press and the right to assemble peacefully. But there is a legal way and an illegal way to dissent. When dissent turns into violence it is completely out of order. One of the most effective ways to dissent is at the ballot box Here the people can re-elect, or elect a new U.S. House of Representatives each two years. One third of the U 5. Senators can be elected changed or reelected each two years, and each four years the pet/pie can re-elect, or elect a new president. MOOD OF THE ;Er?fLE...w.k, c defeat of a S29 million school bond issue last Saturday, after campai?n ,n Its behalf, again at tents to the people s negative feeling towards the manner in which many of the public schools are ^LTrared ,oday M?ny people also feel that they are ?*M"*?d and are Wi'h ,he Federal Sri'"".. U?der whlch the *re h,,,n?10 Earth-based observers ~ ?PPWrs a hundred "Kt Uims brighter than any r^UtioMl Geographic ">e sun would ' at the