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Scene From Top 0’ The Hill
By: Jack Kelly
The big question around
Washington these days con
cerns the ’6B elections. Who will
run? Everyone agrees that if
the President "decides to go for
it, he can not be beaten. There
are as many l'sts of pros and
c r ns on the subject as their are
Washington columnists. Each
list, regardless of the side tak
en, concludes gleefully or re
gretfully that Lyndon could not
lose. So, why should there be a
question, you might ask. The
answer to that one is that His
tory refutes the noton that
President Johnson will run
again.
In this Century, only three
men have entered the Presi
dency through the death of the
President: Theodore Roosevelt,
Calvin Coolidge, and L. B. J.
Teddy Roosevelt served out the
term of McKinley and then suc
cessfully ran for the Off ce on
his own. At the conclusion of
that term, he backed Taft, and
did not attempt to run on his
own. Cal Coolidge served 'out
Bardins's term and made it by
1) mself. Then, he announced
"I.do not choose to run.” This
gave the Country the much be
leagured Mr. Hoover. Now we
have the th rd Vice President in
the offing. What will he decide?
Will he run? History says no.
My personal guess would be
The Presidency •• an utterly
thanW"*’ f ct) ’ at the time. His
trry has dealt khdly with a few
of our leaders. In the main, trey
have been given a once-over
lightly treatment. President
Johnson has secured himself a
place in our History. Whether
it be a large place or just a
niche rema ns for time to tell.
Which brings us to the sixty
four dollar question of why
'should he want to run. There are
several reasons, not the least
of which might well be that the
Democrats can’t win with any
one else in ’6B. This might well
be the deciding element. After
all, L. B. J. did great by the
Democratic Party and the De
mocratic Party did great by
him, so, if it is decided that he
is the only one who can lead it
to victory, he has no choice ex
cept to do so. Personally, he
couldn’t win anything. He put
the ent re Country in a croker
sack in ’64 in a spectular win
that probably will never be
equalled in our time. Times
being what they are, and LBJ
be : ng the master pol tician that
he is, he must recognize that,
where he couldn’t lose the elec
tion, he certainly could not win
it the way he did the last time.
Every Pres dent has to be
aware of his place in History,
and presently, LBJ knows that
his is secure. He must ponder
on whether to gamble that se
curity against the unknown four
years facing the next incumbent
in office. Such pondering would
make any reasonab'e man sit
back and take another look at
the situation. If the War situa
tifn is straightened out and we
have placed our man on the
moon, I don’t think there would
be a pcssib lity of getting the
President to run again. The set
tlement of the War alone, would
place him in the position where
he could name the Candidate to
the Convention, and I bel'eve
he would do it. However, if the
War is not settled, since he
knows mere) about it than any
one else, he could not afford to
allow the reins of Government
to pass to some untrained
hands. He would owe it to his
Country to run for the Presi
dency once mere.
LBJ would face two huee, but
not insurmountable, stumbling
blocks in the race. Those would
be the Negroes and George Wal
lace. This would doubtless mark
the only time that those ingredi
ents would fnd themselves on
the same side of any discussion.
How' serious would these blocks
be? Wallace would be the grea
ter of the two. He just might
carry a dozen or more States,
sufficient to throw the election
into the House of Representa
tives. If that happened, LBJ
would still be the next President
but his aura would be diminish
ed. Now, as to the Negroes, that
pcses a di««rent nroblem.
Frankly, I don’t think that any
one believes they will vote Re
publican en masse. However, if
things don’t change, a lot of
Democrats might vote Republi
can and that would make the
Wallace takings a very serious
matter to the Democrats. A
large bloc of Southern States re
ma ning in the Democrats fold
would be a heap of consolation
the Party Standard-Bearer a
gainst the possible defection of
Northern Democrats.
Op.nions based upon any
all of the political writers on?y
lea v e one thing that is certain
and that is that in the next
twelve months there wll be an
awful lot of wheeling and deal
ing cm Civil Rights and George
Wallace both in the North as
well as the South. All in all, the
Democrats seem to be in a bet
ter pos tion than the Republi
can because they, at least, have
a Candidate who can have it if
he wants it, while the Repub’i
cans have at least half a dozen
who want it, not the least of
whom is that perpetual loser, ■
Mr. N xon.
The only chance for a “hoss
race” is for LBJ to decline the
nomination, then, by Golly!
we’ll see a Convention fight that
will rival the davs of A1 Smth
and William Gibbs MacAdoo. It
mieht be worth it just to see
Bcbby and Huber tbutting heads
together.
Algeria has only 300 doctors,
mainly in the cities, with another
3,000 needed for the 8-million
rural population. A CARE
MEDICO team in the town of
Telagh is training “medical as
sistants” to man rural dispen
saries, giving the people basic
attention until enough doctors
can be trained.
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LET’S VOTE FOR OUR SCHOOL
BOARD
There is clearly a strong
groundswell of public opinion
throughout North Caroling favor
ing the d'rect election" by the
people of county boards of edu
cation.
The urge toward this needed
reform is evidenced by the ser
ious consideration now being
given in Raleigh to passing a
bill providing for such popular
election of school boards throu
ghout the State. Also testifying
to the strong sentiment favoring
the change has been the intro
duct on in this legislative ses
sion of numerous local bills pro
viding for the reform in indivi
dual counties.
We don’t know whether the
state wide b'll will pass, but it
has strong back ng, and is re
ported to have an excellent
chance.
The proposed change in sel-
By: Mrs. Alice Cline
Th s week your Representa
tive, Mr. Messer, has extended
me the courtesy of reporting
the news of the Legislature. I
am Mrs. Alice Cline, wi f e of a
Methcdist min ster and clerk of
the House Manufacturers and
Labor Committee of which Mr.
Messer is chairman. When I re
ceived th's assignment and
learned the Chairman was from
Haywiod County, I was delight
ed, because the most cherished
bit of property my husband and
I own is at Lake Junaluska, so
we naturally ident fy ourselves
-pjvith ycur interests and your
progress.
My responsibility as commit
ted clerk is f rst to Mr. Messer
and his ccmmitLse and then, if
time permits, to other Repre
sentatives in the General Assem
bly. Work ng at the Legislature
has been an exciting experience
in which I have learned much
our state and the making
of its laws. It is a privilege to
be working with a man who is
held in such high esteem by the
other members of the General
Assembly, who dil gently sear
ches out an ethical and tenable
position on hundreds of matters,
and who has such a very active
influence in shaping the laws of
cur state. You of the 47th Dis
trict must not hold him respon
sible for this report uncensored
and unread by him.
•• • .
The House passed a law to let
the local Boards of Education
hire their school superintendents
for four years instead of two
years. Approximately 25 chan-
ecting school boards has wide
support in both parties, and is
defin tely a non-partisan issue.
Both Republican senators from
our district are for it, and one
of its most ardent supporters is
our Democratic representative
Ernest Messer.
We wish that everyone having
any doubts on the subject could
have heard Mr. Messer state
his reasons for supporting the
reform at the mass-meeting
held in our Court House last
Saturday. We think his argu
ment would have convinced any
fair-minded citizen.
The reform, if adopted for
Yancey County will clearly con
stitute an important step in our
progress. Accordingly we are
happy to know that both our
County Commissioners and the
Town Board of Burnsville have
passed resolutions favoring the
change.
RALEIGH REPORT
ges of superintendents occur
every two years in the State’s
169 school units. This new law
allows more job security, more
stability fer school units, and
more long-range leadership by
siperntendents.
•• • §
A bill passed second reading
in the House to authorize Coun
ty Ccmm'ssioners to levy spec-,
ial taxes to construct or reno
vate local jails and courthouses.
•
A bill passed second reading
in the House calling for manda
tory revocation of driver’s lic
f~r a and a r„ e
SIOO upon first conviction of
drunken driving (the judge can
grant a restricted license if one’s
livelihood is at stake); on sec
ond conviction a mandatory 3
days in jail and a fne of $200;
and cn third conviction a man
datory 7 days in jail and a she
of SSOO. The imprisonment would
be waived if the person volun
tary commits himself to an in
stitution for treatment for alc>
holism for at least 30 days.
•• • •
A third bill passed second
reading n the House that would
enable the lawyers of a defen
dant n Superior Court to make
a pre-trial examination of the
Sta ! e’s witnesses and documen
tary evidence.
• *
In the Senate state income
tax cuts were passed Friday af
ter a lengthy debate and w‘U
now go to the House. Tins bill
provides four tax cuts: (1), ex-
OUR TOWN
The Town Board of Burnsville,
in recognition of the strong sen
timent existing in the county in
favor of the direct election by
the people of our school hoard,
and believing that this cliarige
wll be an important step to
ward progress in the county,
has unanimously passed the
following resolution:
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS a public assembly
has been held in Burnsville on
Saturday, June 3, 1967 to attend
to and take counsel from our
elected representatives relative
to the election by popular vote
of the Yancey County Board of
Educat'on;
AND WHEREAS many of the
people in said assonbly express
ed a desire that file Board of
Education of Yancey County be
elected by a popular vote of the
electorate:
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED: that we, the under
signed members of the BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE
TOWN OF BURNSVILLE do
hereby resolve to solicit and
urge each of our elected repre
sentatives and senators to vote
favorably on any legislative pro
posals wh ch would provide for
the election by the people of
members of the Yancey County
Board of Education.
This resolution adopted on the
sth day of June, 1967.
Robert K. Ue’mle, Mayor
B. R. Penland, Commissioner
P. C. Coletta, Commissioner
emption of SSOO per month from
military pay in combat zones or
from pay to those hosp talized
because of combat service (2).
a S6OO exemption for parents
for each child in college or
trade school in addition to the
regular exempt'on (3), a6OO ex
emption for each dependent
(4). an extra SI,OOO exemption
for those over 65.
•• • •
The bill that passed the House
permitting twin transfer trailers
on four-lane highways is en
countering stiff oppositiin in the
Senate.
Introduced in the Senate was a
bill to give East Carolina Re
gional University status for a
trial period of five years; how
ever, East Carol na could not
award doctorate degrees. Some
are predicting that the bill
would get through the Senae
and into the House if Western
Carolina College and Appalach
ian State are included in the
name change.