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PpEjßWiifeEMEt©Rl^ ES T ABLBHED | EDWARD A. YUZHJK - EDrTOR 6 FUBUSHER | | CAROLYN R. YUZRJK - ASSOCIATE EDITOR MBS PATSY BRIGGS - OFFICE MANAGER I 808 FREITER - ADVERTISING I I FLOYD GEOUGE - PRODUCTION 1 I FUBLBHED EVERY THURSDAY BY I YANCEY PUBLISHING COMPANY 1 SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT BURNS VHJLE,N,C. I ■ THURS, SEPTEMBER 17, 1970 NUMBER THIRTY-E Tr 3TT I SUBSCRIPTION RATES $3.00/YEAR I f OUT OF COUNTY $5.00/YEAR I 8 J B SENATOR .jl samjervin WASHINGTON The Senate is considering a far-rochiig proposal to alter the Constitution - - the proposition that we ■ ivniaiiii i i_ college and adopt a system of direct election of the Presferfent. Certainly, the present electoral college eha>s ing our President is cumbersome and in several respects de fective. Indeed, I have introduced S.J. Res. 2to amend the Constitution to deal with some of these defects, includ ing the elimination of the so-called "faithless" elector. At the same time, it must be recognized at the outset that the crucial issue before the Senate is not whether we ought to re tain the electoral college but whether we should propose -a change in the Constitution that will dangerously affect the entire constitutional and political structure of this nation. In my judgment, adoption of the direct election plan, in spite of its simple appeal, subjects the entire fabric of con *"*T ** ,,M ***'**■*** *" tJ “* nfffjdiffr riifo. These risks have been largely ignored by advocates who say that the times demand that we modernize the procedures for electing a President by adhering to a "one-man, one voti' plan, and that the electoral college left unchanged may subject the country to a constitutional crisis in a future elec tion if no candidate wins a majority of the electoral votes. Admittedly, these are appealing arguments. But, it ought to be recognized too that the major deficiencies of the elec toral college can be remedied by far less drastic solution than the adoption of the direct election plan, and at far less risk to the delicate balance of governmental powers set forth in many pro visions of the Constitution. . This balance becomes apparent when we consider that all unique features of the Constitution are departures from the numerical concept of representative government. This is true of the federal system, which prevents the less populous States from being entirely ruled by the more populous States, this is true of the system of "checks and balances" which di vides legislative responsibilities between the House and the Senate on grounds other than population, this is true of the separation of powers concept which invests great powers in a non-elective federal judiciary, and this is the essence of the electoral college which requires that each State have a minimum of three electoral votes no matter how small its population may be. This formula has been the moderating influence in our government since the foundation of this Republic, because it has required political parties to seek compromises which protect both majority rule and minority rights. When one begins to consider that almost everyone is a member of some religious, social, economic, ethnic, or political minority, • the true value of this safeguard in our government becomes v clearer. Theodore H. White, the noted authority on Presidential elections, made this sage observation about the danger? 0 f the direct election amendment when he recently told the Senate Judiciary Committee: Our presidential campaigns right now are balanced in each party to bring a compromise, to eliminate the extremes of both sides, and create a who has at least the gift of unifying his party and thereafter the Nation. Once you go to the plebiscite form of vote you get the more romantic, the more eloquent end the more extreme politicians, plus their hacks aid TV agents polarizing the Nation rather than bringing it together It is that fundamental erosion of the U.S.A. thathor- I*ll B • VW UIIIIIICI * . " '<(Vi Was Chosen (Coat'd from page 1) associations, and churches all across the country. These young women's complete biographi - cal sketches are featured in the national volume, "Outstanding Young Women of America". These women are now in competition for their state 1 ! Outstanding Young Women of tog Year Award. This fall, fifty of the young women in - eluded in "Outstanding Young Women of America—one froir each state —will be named a: their state's Outstanding Young Woman of the Year. Gui Hines for selection a: an Outstanding Young Woman include unselfish service to others, charitable activities; community and civic and pro fessional recognition. Wreck Found Early Sunday (Cont'd from page tT age of his car were found at 10:15 a. m. Sundayby a Burns ville resident, who called the Yancey County sheriff. Briggs was an emnfoyee of Mohasco Mills in Burnsville. Surviving are his parents; Mr. and Mrs. Landon Briggs cf Burnsville Route!; seven sis * " ' » *■-- u*. Clyde Renfro and Mrs. Richard Canipe, all of GreenNbuntain, Mrs. Harold Hughes of Washitg ton, Indiana, Mrs. Charles Vic kers of Salisbury, Mrs. Lloyd Cooper of Lexington and Miss Patricia Briggs of Burnsville Rt 1; three brothers, J. D., Frank and Jerry W. Briggs, all of Burnsville Route 1. Services were held at 2:30 p. m. Tuesday in the South Bend Free Will Baptist Church. Rev. Charlie Miller and Rev. Frances Radford officiated and burial was in Fairview Cemetery. Third Win (Cont'd from page 1) Winters passed to Boyd Howell for the two-point conversion. Marshall threatened twice during the night both due to Panther fumbles. Marshall re covered a fumble on the Pan thers 47 and brought it down to toe third yard line befo re the drive an interception killed the drive in the third. In toe fourth Harlan Rice picked up another Panther fumble and ran it to the visitors' 10 -yard line, but the Tornadoes lost the ball on downs. The win was East Yancey third while the loss put Mar • shall at 1- 3. a* w MAMI 15 AN AMPHIOIOUS , j TRA C-XOR WHICH 15 AMBULATORY IM WATEft THE REACHES, straigliT | •! By Tom Anderson COMRADE DAVIS AND FRIEND KALISH \ ** • That excellent little magazine, Review of the News, has •: a special section called “Correction, Please!” Recently “Cor- j rection, Please!” corrected Newsweek magazine. Newsweek \ had said: : : “Angela Davis is black, proud, beautiful—and Phi Beta \ Kappa. Last (1969) spring when Donald Kalish, chairman j of UCLA’s philosophy department, was searching for a black j faculty member, an academic friend told him about Miss \ Davis and her impressive credentials. . . . Philosophy chair- j man Kalish defends Miss Davis.” And here is Review of the \ News’ “Correction”: 5 “Writing in The Great Deceit, his detailed study of Social- j ist-Communist penetration of American society, Zymund j Dobbs points out that: “In 1906 (The American Socialist jj Society), after receiving funds from a wealthy socialist, l organized the Rand School of Social Science. . . . Professors and teachers from every part of the country gathered there periodically to discuss the best ways of using American edu cation to bring about Socialism. At these meetings (these \ Leftists, including professors of philosophy) were reinforced j by top hard-core socialist politicians who had extensive ex- \ perienee in the practical world of politics. These top level j socialist staff meetings hammered out the overall strategy of j putting over socialist ideas under the guise of impartial j scholarship. . . . Rand School teachers and pupils have always served as conspicuous luminaries in socialist and communist | movements of all shades. ] “In 1966 Donald Kalish was a sponsor of the Conference to \ Plan a National Student Strike for Peace. This particular j activity received the special attention of Communist Bettina Aptheker, daughter of Herbert Aptheker—the leading ‘intel- i; *-.«nnlL erf |fee Communist Party, U.S.A. Kalish’s name, as a ; matter of fact, TBBWntzp Hot of Initial Sponsors for the Stu dent Strike. As the House Committee on Un-American Activities pointed out, ‘At the time she approached the 32 j initial sponsors, Bettina Aptheker was probably the most •: widely known Communist in the United States.’ So there was \ no excuse for Professor Kalish not to know he was sponsoring : : a Communist program,run by and for the Communists. j “Quite naturally, Kalish also agreed to be a sponsor of S the Spring Mobilization Committee To End The War In :• Vietnam. This group organized the demonstrations held in \ a number of large cities during April of 1967. Communist J iMipport o€ tUo Spring Mobilization Committee was bla- • tant ... j “On Sunday, October 8, 1967, a secret meeting of the Peace i and Freedom Party was held in a Los Angeles suburb. Top « Leftists from all over the state of California were in at- I tendance. The platform presented to those attending stated 5 that ‘the U.S. government is the single greatest threat to \ peace and progress of the world’s peoples.’ The Party de- s manded that the U.S. abandon Vietnam immediately, avoid ! further intervention jn ‘peoples’ revolutions,’ and align itself \ in ‘developing aspirations with the people of Africa, Latin \ America, and Asia.’ It also supported the ‘principles of \ equality and self-determination which are manifested in the i movement of the militant Blacks in the U.S.’ You guessed it! I; Professor Donald Kalish was one of the key conspirators ' selected to attend this highly secret gathering. j “In April of 1968, Professor Kalish readily explained his ! revolutionary activities. He stated in a radio intervew: ‘I am ! far to the left of the Communist Party . . . Some of us, as I j say, are more extreme than them in our political views And I am one of them.’ “Yet to read Newsweek one would think that Donald Kalish was some kindly old professor secluded in an ‘ivory tower’ at U.C.L.A. In view of his record’ it is far more | logical to suppose he hired Angela Davis because of her \ conspiratorial connections, not in spite of them. And if the Board of Regents considers it necessary to fife Miss Davis \ shouldnt it also remove Comrade Kalish, who says he is ‘far B to the left of the Communist Party?’ ” 8 Thus Review of the News caught Newsweek once again 3 doing what Vice President Spiro Agnew has been talking * about: half-truths and deliberate distortions. * And where is “the black, proud, beautiful” Miss Davis l from B ** WM Whe " this Was written > a fugitive § “Miss” Davis was named on warrants charging her with 8 murder and kidnaping in the August 7 escape attempt from § a San Rafael, Calif, courtroom that left four dead, including B a judge. Reportedly, she had bought the shotgun used to S kill the judge just two days before and had masterminded S the whole shootout. Reportedly she has left the country * B ack anarchists on the lam—Robert Williams, Eldridge | Cleaver, etc. have no difficulty leaving. Wonder why? j And where is Newsweek now? Same place. Still distorting —American Way Features
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