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SENATOR '"’N JL
SAM ERVIN ’LgLA
WASHINGTON A review of the 91st Congress—which ■
is now a part of history—reveals some dgnif leant trends in
the state of our nation.
In spite of many weeks of debate in the Senate about our
involvement in Vietnam and Cambodia and how to extricate
ourselves from that tragic situation, the Administration won
support of its foreign policy in several major votes. The sup
port was given, however, on the condition that our govern -
ment make major efforts to accomplish a transition fromwar
to peace in Southeast Asia, and this appears to be the corner
stone of the new American foreign policy.
At the same time that this foreign policy debate hasbeen
underway, Congress has made major reductions in defense
spending to the lowest levels in years. Thus, the expected
Vietnam "peace dividend" of lowered defense expenditures
has already been largely used up if we are to retain our pre
sent defense commitments. This could be a matterof major
significance in the up and coming battles over the budget in
the 92nd Congress.
In the area of domestic concerns, Congress has wrestled
with most of the nation*! dissatisfactions about the budget,
taxes, inflation, welfare, crime, the Post Office, environ
mental pollution, women's rights, electoral college reform,
individual privacy and consumer protection.
hi the end, Congress compiled an impressive list of ma
jor legislative enactments: a postal reorganization act,whih
established a government-owned postal corporation to deli -
ver the mail, a new railroad passenger corporation act to
overhaul our rail passenger system, a new omnibus farm bill,
two major anti-crime programs, a Congressional reform act
to revise committee and floor procedures, and a new air pol
lution control act.
Much of my attention during the 91st Congress was focus
ed on efforts to preserve individual privacy and constitution
al rights. These efforts related to governmental and private
surveillance of citizens and the collection, storage and use
of information about their personal lives. As Chairman ri
the Constitutional Rights Subcommittee, I have sought to
call attention to the seriousness of this growing problem and
to take appropriate committee actions to deal with these in
vasions of individual freedom.
In the sphere of proposed constitutional amendments, I
took an active role in the debates which the Senate engaged
in over electoral college reform and women's rights. In each
of these debates, I sought to make it clear that while I did
not oppose reform in these areas of our law, I did oppose loth
the direct election amendment, which would have abolished
the electoral college, and the House-passed equal rights
amendment. Each of these proposed constitutional amend -
ments which, incidentally, did not pass during the 91st Con
gress, seem to me to have serious defects and I, therefore,
offered my own amendments for the reform of the e 1 e ctoral
college and for the protection of women's rights.
Another battle of the 91st Congress was over the F e d e ral
requirement that public school children be bused from their
neighborhoods to a distant school to achieve racial balance,
I sought with all the energy at my command to prevent this
busing requirement by legislation. Moreover, on September
21, 1970, I submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Suprene
Coart in opposition to lower Federal Court rulings requiring
the busing of Charlotte public school children. The case has
yet to be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.
These were some of the cross currents that worked in the
91st Congress.
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UNDERCURRENTS AND OVERTONES IN TODAY'S NEWS
by Vant Neff
Insignificant case on a minor
court edidhdar Two teen age
youths mug woman. Steal hand
bag. One boy escapes. The other
is arrested and haled before the
judge. Victim is present, notice
ably tense and distraught. Judge
speaks: "Madam, he hasn't hurt
you, only stolen your money.
Why not let him go?"
I cannot help but believe that
it is this permissive attitude,
prevalent in our higher-ups, thrt
breeds lawlessness in our younj
people.
# * *
The left-leaning New York
Times gave major editorial space
to an article by Rennie Davis, a
defendant in the Chicago con
spiracy trial. His article was pro-
Communist and pro-North Viet
nam, while it castigated and con
demned the Administration and
the Pentagon. In my opinion, it
was replete with lies and decep
tion. Mr. Davis terminated his
diatribe by warning that if the
U.S. government does not con
clude a peace with the North
Viet Namese according to his
terms, then he and his small
group of revolutionaries will set
tle a truce with Hanoi directly.
The New York Times may de
fend the printing and glam
orizing of radical views as a
presentation of "the other side"
of the news, but isn't it peculiar
that the conservative and middle
of-the-road viewpoints are both
conspicuous by their absence?
• • *
Further evidence of the delib
erately shaded news reporting in
our nation has come to my atten
tion: If you had been on the
scene during the California grape
strike, you, too, would have
quickly realized that the grape
harvesters who are some of the
highest paid agricultural workers
anywhere, were not clamoring
for a union. They were satisfied.
But Cesar Chavez, the union or
ganizer who muscled in on their
act, had other ideas. He dictated
the terms of their employment.
Nobody could be hired unless he
joined the union first! The grape
growers surrendered and be
tween them and Mr. Chavez, a
union contract was drawn up
which usurped the free will of the
workers, and a union shop—or
field—became mandatory. The
30,000 workers had no choice!
Meanwhile it is alleged that back
at AFL-CIO headquarters some
unseen and unidentified hand
has shelled out a small fortune
to support Mr. Chavez' unioniz
ing efforts. As happens so often,
the minute the "plight of the poqjr
workers" hit the press, public
sympathy Weftt out to the union
—and don'i think Mr. Chavez
wasn't fully aware of precisely
the reaction he could incite. To
my mind, this is just another ex
ample of the excessive power of
organized labor, foisting itself on
the "little man", who, once under
domination of the union, will now
have to shell out a good bite of
his pay for union dues. To the
grape harvesters, who weren't
even consulted, it ih fcr dirty trick.
To you and me, it njeans higher
prices—instantly.
• • •
If Chile and Bolivia, now
equipped with new Red leaders,
decide to pursue Castro-ite poli
cies and nationalize foreign prop
erty, it may well prove catastro
phic to American interests,
American influence and Ameri
can investments in those lands.
Next time you see a tempting ad
vertisement soliciting investment
in an "under-developed" country,
think twice. Or if you, or your
company, or a company in which
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you own a share of stock, are
asked to invest in a supposedly
lucrative foreign deal—be care
ful. Recent history has proved, to
the regret of many American in
vestors, that "underprivileged
and overproblemed" nations
plead for our dollars one minute
—and the next, seize them. Amer
icans, take heed.
• * *
Memo to union members:
Next time you are instructed by
your union leader to think this
way or that way, according to
his ideas—remember that, ac
cording to national surveys, more
than one-half of our country's
labor leaders only went as far as
high school. Os that number, one
half didn t even finish. On union
political matters, they may reign
supreme. But when it comes to
other matters, isn't it up to each
and every one of you as free in
dividual*, tp deckle for, your
selves how you want to vote, or
where you want to buy or how
you want to live your lives?
Think about it, and make up your
own minds!
• * *
If we don't nip radicalism in
the bud, it will blossom into a
full-grown’ revolution.
• * •
Some of our publicity-seeking
politicians make me laugh. They
are conveniently photographed
shaking hands with a-bus driver
—having just arrived at the
scene in their official, chauffer
driven limousines. They promote
the public schools—yet their own
children are enrolled in posh
private schools. They ostenta
tiously qreet a person of another
race, creed or color on the street
—but they'd run like banshees if
he moved next door. The only
point I wish to make here is one
of honesty. Beware the politico
who caters to the people when
he wants their votes, and goes
his own sweet way forever after.
A man like this can't do us any
good, nor does he want to. His
own self interest is his only con
cern. We, the general public, are
used for the moment, so that he
can achieve his own selfish ob
jectives. And the pity of it is that
this isn't an isolated case. This
hypocritical kind of creature can
be found masquerading as a
concerned, elected official in
towns and cities all over Amer
ica. The behavior is the same.
Only the names and faces are
different. Now that elections are
over, let's see how few politicians
make good on their promises!
• * *
Hanoi made short shrift of
Nixon's peace offer. Is anyone
surprised? That has been the at
titude of the North Vietnamese
ever since the Paris Peace Talks
began. It should be apparent to
any thinking person that the
Communists are determined to
prolong the war, at all costs.
What are they doing in South
Vietnam, in the first place? In
Laos and Cambodia? All you
armchair strategists who sneered
at the "Domino theory", please
take note: The Reds are still going
ahead full speed with their blue
print for world domination!
* * *
Here's an important news item
which might be lost in the churn
ing tide of daily affairs: Yugo
slavia suggests a ban on all
chemical and biological warfare.
Question: Could this be prompted
by the fact that although the
Communist world may have par
ity in nupleqr and rpis
siles, they are behind in qhemical
and biological capabilities!?* *