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eu?4 - journal NATIONAL NEWSPAPER tftttllTW M K "??"i m SUSTAINING "" m MEMIE1 ? 1IJJ Qxbo&tui RESS S O C I ATI ON Published Every Thursday at Raeford, N.C. 28376 119 W. blwood Avenue Subscription Rates In Advance Per Year - $5,00 6 Months - $2.75 3 Montis - $1.50 PAUL DICKSON PuNWier-Editor SAM C. MORRIS General Manager MRS. PAUL DICKSON Society Editor MARTY VEGA Reporter Scoond Class Postage at Raeford, N.C. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 4. 1975 Powerful (Union) People WASHINGTON-Some gallant and virile words have been said in San Francisco, that gem of a city. They were spoken by one John Jacobs of an urban renewal association, and they should be chiseled in stone: "In talking to community people, 1 sense a real mood that this city is ours, by God. and we're going to prove it." Jacobs was talking about a settlement negotiated by Mayor Joseph Alioto to end a strike by the city's police and firemen. He spoke of a "sense of outrage and betrayal... running so deep that it will bring to the fore a reform movement that will be a direct confrontation between the citizens who live here and the public safety unions." 1 don't know John Jacobs, but whatever his personal faults, he is-by God -a man. There are, of course, others like him in New York and other cities harassed by power-greedy labor union leaders, but he stands as a symbol of what all of us should hope is a national awakening that will release people eve-ywhere from the burden of working for their unionized public servants instead of vice versa. "This city is ours," said John Jacobs, and one wonders why no one had put it quite that way before. "This city is ours." Its simplicity is superb. Every city in the truest sense belongs to those who constitute Jacobs' word, "ours." Every city is public property, which means it may not be ruled by any one person or any one syndicate. It may be governed and operated only with the consent of the governed. That's what the Constitution and various laws say. Yet in San Francisco and New York and other cities, public employe unions have imposed government by men instead of law. No one in New York has yet been punished for its recent illegal garbagemen's strike. Indeed, no one has been punished for the illegal nationwide postal workers' strike several years ago. Thus, it passes understanding that certain members of Congress beholden to labor unions for campaign contributions should be seriously considering legislation which would make the entire country subject to rule by labor unions. It is frightening. There are 11.6 million state, county and municipal employes in the United States today. About four million arc union members. Legislation before Congress would make public employment dependent upon union membership. Government employes, hired by the community or the federal government to provide services for the people would either join a union or lose their jobs. Don't let the labor Mafia kid you. They keep hammering out statements that the issue is merely: "Should federal, state and local employes have the right to unionize?" Of course they should. The Firs! Amendment guarantees each citizen the freedom of association. It already gives federal, state and local employes "the right to unionize." No one can quarrel with that right, however it may have been abused in recent years. So the issue is not that right. What the legislation actually would do is grant to the bosses of public sector unions the "right" to compel public employes to "accept representation" from unions they do not support. If that "right" is granted to the labor union syndicates, what happened in San Francisco and New York then can happen everywhere in the country. Any citizen, even a union member, who doesn't believe that total unionization of the nation's public employes would be merely a form of "protection" for those workers is out of his cotton-picking mind. San Francisco and New York have discovered that absolute power in the hands of the labor Mafia corrupts absolutely. Take your choice of quotes: "This city is ours, by God," said John Jacobs. "We're going to close this state down," said Gerald Mcl ntce. boss of Pennsylvania's state and municipal employes. -"Free Choice" Andrew Tully Browsing in the files of The News-Journal 25 years ago Thursday, November 30, 1950 The Raeford Fire Department "was turned out in the cold at about 11:00 o'clock last Sunday night when a blaze and some smoke developed at the county jail. Mrs. Christiana Catherine Blue. 74. widow of the late W.M. Blue, died suddenly at her home here at six o'clock last Sunday night. North Carolina's cotton crop this year is a colossal failure and up to November 14 the Tar Heel State had ginned only 163.000 bales. 15 years ago Thimdaj, December 1, 1960 Dr. Marcus R. Smith, Raeford dentist and ruling elder of the Raeford Presbyterian church, is to be installed as President of the Synod Men's Council of North Carolina in a ceremony at the Raeford Presbyterian Church Sun day morning, December 4. From the Rockfish News: As far as I can find out Sam Morris didn't even stop in to chat with the Nail Keg group when he came to get the news last week. There seems to be no very lively session of the club since election day. Maybe some are out helping the Republicans recount the votes. 1973 Tk?ft?9,i?, ond SyndMO't CMwmi i 0*>r ~, bf Marty Vega Plans Go Awry The month of December has rolled around again, as it usually does once a vear, and with it comes the BIG question, what are we going to do for Christmas this year? For four years we have gone through this foolishness, a charade, really, because in four years we haven't really DONE anything for Christmas. We didn't start out beine so unAmerican about it all, it's just that the first year I was on unemployment, the next year he was unemployed, (too proud to draw unemployment, though too proud to eat, too. ha. ha) and then next year, well that fell during the beginning of the period which 1 will someday write a book about called simply "The Army". Great De fender of Freedom of Democracy and Destroyer of Marriage", if you get the idea. "Well, do you think we ought to get some Christmas stuff for the house?" "Okay". "Well, what do we want to get?" "You decide." "Well, do you want to put a wreath or something on the door?" Puppy Creek Philosopher Dear editor: While it's unarguably true that this country was founded 200 years ago by the best brains it had, it doesn't follow that the best brains have continued to operate it. I mean, you don t see anybody going around saying: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that even' town selects its smartest man for mayor, that every county selects its smartest man for judge, that the Governor is always the smartest man the state's got. that Congress is the nation's foremost brain bank and things like that. Therefore it's incumbent on the country's citizens occasionally to make suggestions to its leaders. For example, although I wouldn't bail out New York unless the Gallup poll showed I should, take the matter of that city's being on the brink of bankruptcy. There's no excuse for it, if we'd follow the system used in England. According to a television documentary I saw the other night British cities aren't in the shape New York is because large portions of their expenses are borne by the British government, such as large parts of police costs, welfare, libraries, firemen, etc. So you see, British cities aren't in the red, only the British govern ment is. That's the way we should handle it over here. There's no use having cities all over the country operating in the red; let's put all the deficits in one basket, namely Washington, which has had years of experience in that line of work and thinks nothing of it. It's like my theory about the railroads. There's no use having five or six bankrupt railroads. Merge them all into one and we can then announce we've reduced rail road bankruptcy by 500 per cent. The theory can be used in all directions. Too many college drop outs? Transfer them to one central college, let them drop out there, and keep every other college's record clean. Too much crime in the streets? Abolish the streets. Kids can't read? Turn on the television set. Can't add and sub tract? Teach them to stop losing their pocket calculators. This letter wound up in a different direction from the one it started with, but when 1 got up to Congress and brains I figured I'd better not go any further. Yours faithfully, J.A. "Yeah, okay". "Well, do you want to buy a tree for the living room?" "That'd be okay." "About what size you think?" "Oh. you know, not too big, but not real small." "1 think the ceiling is about ten feet. What do you think?" "That'd be okay". "You think we should get a real one. or one of those fake jobbies?" "Okay". "Okay, what?" "The wreath." "What wreath?" Report To The People On December 1975, in Raleigh, hearings wilT be held by the Small Business Subcommittee ot the Senate in an efYort to learn if North Carolina residents are having any problems with the Small Business Administation. These hearings will be held in the Century Post Office on Fayetteville Street and I hope that businessmen from our state will come forward if they feel that the policies and activities of (he Small Business Administration need revision or change. This is one of a series of hearings that this Subcommittee of ihe Senate Banking and Urban Affairs Committee is holding in various parts of the country to gather information. In November, a hear ing was held in Utah. As chairman of the Subcom mittee. I will preside at the hearings and will be joined by other senators who are members. We plan to hold both morning and afternoon sessions and will hear as many businessmen as possible. These hearings are a very real effort by members of the Senate Subcommittee to get some real input from the operators of businesses that are regarded as small. And I think this is important because while it is the large corporations which get the publicity and the headlines, it is the "small" business which is the real backbone ot the economy in a state such as North Carolina." This type of business is Ihe principal employer in our state and in many other states and in today's economy, many of them simplv aren't making it. The Small Business Administration was created to help small businesses, and if there are wavs this help can be improved, then the Subcom mittee wants to get the facts. If government regulations are too stifling or if the need for additional capital for further growth and development is hurting North Carolina s small businessmen, the senators on the Subcommittee w ant to hear the details from sworn testimony. After ten months as chairman of 'he Subcommittee. 1 am convinced of the importance of the survival of the small businessman to the national economv. The December hearings hopefully will provide a vehicle for finding ways to strengthen the role of these busi nesses in the state and nation. The hearings are to be held in the old Federal Courtroom on the second floor of the Century Post Office. Any person wishing to testify that day can have his name put on the list of witnesses by getting in touch with Tom Adams a member of my staff, at our Raleigh office, P.O. Box 27)9, Raleigh, 27602, telephone 919-755 4236. CLIFF BLUE ... People & Issues UNORTHODOX ?? We note (hat some people are attacking Dr. Leo Jenkins, ECU Chancellor for what is called "political games manship" at a university. Well, politics may have hut little place at a university but Woodrow Wilson made it to the White House by becoming president of Princeton University, then as governor of New Jersey and ending up in the White House for eight years. After retiring from the Army following World War II General Eisenhower also made it to the White House by serving as presi dent of Princeton University. Now, our own Terry Sanford. president of Duke University is campaigning hard for president while still Duke president. Oftentimes what attracts the attention of the people is taking the unorthodox course. The late Kerr Scott once remarked to me that he was "unorthodox " in politics which served him well as he moved up from Commissioner of Agricul ture to Governor and later United States Senator. But. what is good for one person may prove fruitless for another with a different personality. Leo Jenkins might well be called "unorthodox" when it comes to operating a university, which he has done in a very successful way. despite critics at his heel during the past several years. COURTS -- The reason given by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for granting a new trial to William Williams of Atlanta. Georgia for the abduction of Reg Murphy, editor of the Atlanta Constitution in 1974 could be a pretty good example of the reason so many people have such a low opinion of our court system. Now , editor and publisher of the San Francisco Examiner. Murphy was held 49 hours and released un harmed after the Atlanta Con stitution owners paid S700.000 ransom, later recovered from Williams' home. The court granted the new trial "because of pretrial publicity and prejucical errors by the government." despite the fact that Williams admitted abducting Murphy, but maintained he was insane at the time. This is iust another good reason why Federal judges should not be appointed for life: at least they should have to be confirmed again after a stated period -? say eight years. 1948 & 1966 -- it just might be that the 1966 presidential election could be a repeat of the 1948 election when President Truman who trailed in most of the polls was elected President over Republican Tom Dewey. Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond and Progressive Henry Wallace. Sometimes the "underdog" gains the sympathy and support of the people. At least that is what many people say happened in Truman's case in 1948. It is altogether possible that we might have one or two extra parties in the presidential field next year competing with the Democrats and Republicans. ^ George Wallace may head m Third party. Former Governor Connally has hinted that he might also consider running on a "Third party" ticket and again we read * that Senator Charles McC. Math ias. liberal Republican of Maryland is talking about running for president on a "Third party" ticket. With a couple of "extra" of "Third party tickets, it would work to the advantage of Ford as the two "extra" candidates did for Truman in 1948. OVER ANXIOUS -- Sometimes it appears that House Speaker Jim Green and Lieut. Governor Jim Hunt are over-anxious to get the General Assembly into session to attend to budget matters which could possibly run shy of sufficient funds. One thought is that the governor is responsible for balancing the budget when the General Assembly is away and that as director of the budget he has ample authority to deal with it. If necessary the governor can cut salaries across the board to keep the finances in balance. INVESTIGATING -- In general the FBI and the CIA arc investi gating agencies, but now the tables seem to have been turned w ith both the FBI and the CIA under investigation by the Congress. Yes. Ihc worm sometimes turns, and rightly so. larlwel Spot light 'Heritage Room' Set The black presence in American - a part of our history too-long lost, ignored or repressed -- will be spotlighted early next year when the nation's largest black ? owned insurance firm opens a "Heritage Room" in downtown Durham. The firm is North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co., founded in Durham in 1898. Honoring a commitment made 10 years ago. NCM will dedicate a portion of the top floor of its 12 - story home office building as a' shrine to the black presence." Appropriately, in these bicen tennial times, the room will feature an exhibit on "The Black Presence in the American Revolution." This series of 237 silk - screened panels, on permanent loan from the Smithsonian Institute's National Portrait Gallery will depict black colonists' lives and social situation. because so many ot the artifacts that usually are displayed in historical exhibits have been lost in the case of black history, such an exhibit is difficult to create. But the Smithsonian -- lacking, in some cases, real pictures or belongings of the people involved -- has compiled "portraits" of histori cally important blacks by using their writings, their speeches and other documents. The Heritage Room's 2,000 square feet of space will also house temporary historical exhibits about famous blacks and an extensive business library- focusing on North Carolina Mutual (NCM) itself. "We propose to have one of the most complete black history libraries in the country." said Murray J. Marvin, NCM vice president and director of the Heritage Room. "In addition, business students will have access to video tape recorders for a detailed review of our departmental operations." Other permanent features of the Heritage Rom will be a "Wall of Fame." bearing likenesses of famous blacks in American history, and an NCM Heritage Wall, focusing on the company's history. The architectural design for the project was submitted by Isham Baker and Ron Battle, black architects associated with a Wash ington, D.C., based firm. NCM made a promise to con struct such a "shrine to the black presence" when the home office building was first dedicated in l%6. But the commitment was not See TARHIl-l. SPOTLIGHT, page 15* Letter To The Editor To: The Editor: I recently heard someone say he didn't like Terry Sanford because he imposed the food tax. He finally admitted, though, that Sanford was the best Governor in his lifetime. This tax was essential to the quality education program that brought improved educational opportunities for our children. Among other things, the community college and technical institute system is a result of that program. Has anyone in your family attended a community college or technical institute0 If so, aren't you glad the legislature passed that tax? Why would a man intelligent and popular enough to be elected Governor do such an unpopular thing0 He knew it would fciake him unpopular. But he also knew it had to be done. The explanation is guts. This is a man with real courage. He did something that hurt him but helped the people. He knew it would help the economy and bring jobs to North Carolina and u did. lie said when wc did not need it, il could be repealed. Governors Moore. Scot!, and liolshouser could have sought repeal, but didn't. Governor liolshouser first wanted it repealed after he left office, but then changed his mind. So. to be fair, this is the liolshouser ? Scott ? Moore ? Sanford tax. Or even fairer, it is the people's tax. for the people have received the benefits in so many ways. We saw real courage in 1961. There isn't much of that around anymore. Politicians protect their own hides. They're concerned with their popularity rather than people. We need leaders of courage and vision who will put the good of people ahead of their own popularity. Think of that the next time you want to blame Terry Sanford for something, and be thankful wc had him when we needed him. We still need him ? the whole nation does. Alvis Carver Dunn, North Carolina
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