WASHINGTON-—For the first
time since he became President,
Congress last week overrode a ve
to by President Eisenhower.
The veto was overriden to enact
into laiw a measure of unusual im
portance to North Carolina, name
ly, the Public Works Appropria
tions Bill which included funds for
11 water projects in our State.
The action by Congress in pass
ing the bill over the abjections of
the President, which requires a
two-thirds vote in both the House
and Senate, came after Mr. Eisen
hower vetoed two public works
measures.
The bill, as finally enacted into
law, keeps intact the 11.water pro
jects previously approved for North
Carolina, but reduces the funds fof
each by 2.5 per cent. This reduc
tion is minor and should not have
any material effect on the final
completion of the projects.
While all U of the projects are
of vital importance to North Caro
lina, the Wiikesboro Reservoir
flood control dam and the deepen
ing of the Morehead City harbor
and channel are the largest pro
jects. They are also the only pro
jects which are ready for actual
construction. Eight erf the remain
ing nine are in the survey stage
and one is a maintenance project.
Both the Wilkesboro and More
head City projects are long over
due. The dam, which will be lo
cated a few miles upstream from
Witkesiboro on the Yadkin River,
will bring about a new era /of
growth and development in the en
tire Northwestern section of the
State. The Morehead City project
will open the j»rt there to larger
ships and a larger volume of ship
ping. ,
The bill that was enacted into
law does not provide sufficient
funds to complete either the More
head City project or the Wilkes
boro Reservoir. However, the
$975,000 earmarked for Wilkesboro
and the $585,000 appropriated for
Morehead City will enable con
struction work to get under way
and make easier efforts in the
future to obtain adequate funds to
carry them to completion.
The other nine projects which
received funds are as follows: Cape
Fear River basin, Neuse River
basin, Rollinson Channel, Shallotte
River and Inlet, Surf City and New
Topsail Inlet, Wright’s Creek, Pan
!ego and CucMer’s Creek, Bogue
Inlet, and Dismal Swamp Canal.
All of these projects are in the
survey stage with the exception of
Dismal Swamp canal. All of these
j projects are in the survey stage
I with the exception of Dismal
| Swamp Canal. Sufficient hinds
were set aside for Dismal wamp
Canal to keep it in operation for
another year.
SENATOR
SAM ERVIN
☆ SAYS *
WASHINGTON—Although I op
posed the creation of the Commis
sion on Civil Rights, I neverthe
less entertained the hope that the
Commission would suggest some
thing new and constructive in the
field of racial relations. The re
port which was released by the
Commission last week has rob
bed me of this hope.
REPORT OF THE COMMISSION
The report is not a report in any
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real sense of the term . This is true
because the report has many au
thors who entertain and express
differing views. The major portion
of the report is written by the staff
of the commission. Hie other por
tions of the report ate written by
individual commissioners or groups
of commissioners. The portion of
the report written by the staff of
the Commission consists of the
same did cliches which have been
used for years by those whd make
the advocacy of civil rights legis
lation and compulsory racial in
tegration a profession.
NEW LEGISLATION
UNNECESSARY "
A study of existing statutes
shows that new legislation in this
field is wholly unnecessary. Sec
tions 1961 to 1992 of Title 42 of the
U. S. Code confer upon all Ameri
cans legal and equitable remedies
sufficient to enforce all of their
civil rights. To be sure, advocates
of new legislation in this field do
not like these statutes because they
require that the rights devolving
upon ea^ American as a citizen or
a man shall “be protected in the
ordinary modes by which other
men’s rigits are protected.”
The concept of uniform laws is
abhorrent to those who Wuld sin
gle out certain groups and make
them the special favorites of the
Taws. j
Section 241 of Title 18 of tbe U.
S. Code provides heavy criminal
penalties for thos£ who ‘‘conspire
to injure, oppress, threaten, or in
timidate any citizen in the free
exercise or enjoyment of any right
or privilege secured to him by
the Constitution or lawg of the
United States, or because of his
having exercised the same.1’
Section 243 of Ktle 18 of the U.
S. Code provides criminal penal
ties for any state or local official
who “willfully subjects any inhabit
ant of any state, territory, or dis
trict, to the deprivation of any
rights, privileges or immunities
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