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One of the loud-mouthed ra dial agitators is said to have threatened the other day that there will be a great “civil lights” march on Washington if the Congress persists in its eval uation of the conduct of Adam Clayton Powell, the Congress man from. Harlem. And just a day of so before that, the for mer head of the organization known as CORE (Congress of Ra cial Equality) said that if Con gress tries to cut down on Lyn don Johnson’s “poverty” pro grams, there will be a “march on Washington” which will make ahy previous racial demonstra tion look like — as he put it — “a Sunday School picnic.” ... If these threats are to be tak On seriously — and we have learned not to be surprised by any turn of events — then we may be approaching the day when the Congress might well consider holding its sessions aboard a battleship at sea. But, we suppose, even that wouldn’t work — somebody would dream up a federal program to provide all demonstrators with motor Doais ana water skis. We are not particularly sur prised to note the outcry oppos ing a reduction of federal hand outs bearing the “war on pover ty” label. The waste and extra vagance in these programs have made fat cats out of countless thousands of characters who have an aversion to working for a living. It is only human na ture, we suppose, for them to ob ject to anyone’s proposing to de rail their federal gravy train. Fortunately, however, the tax payers went to the polls in No vember and spoke out eloquent ly on that particular subject. Un less we miss our guess, citizens who work for a living can, at long last, expect some relief from their burden of providing so much money for so much fool ishness. But the Adam Clayton Powell thing is another kettle, of fish. It is beyond our imagination that very many people would travel to Washington to participate in a protest movement in Congress man Powell’s behalf. But you never can tell. Still, Powell’s conduct speaks for itself. Jackie Robin son, the Negro baseball player, probably put it as well as it could be stated when he told Powell: “You have grievously set back the cause of the Negro, let your race down and failed miserably in the role which our people justly expect you to play as an important national leader of the Negro.” Adam Clayton Powell has been anything but a leader. In fact, he has been anything but a Congressman. He is a frivolous, irresponsible character with cor rupt morals, poor judgment and unmitigated gall. Worst of all, now that he has been caught in all of his various acts, he claims that he is a victim of “racial dis crimination.” Oh, there’s racial discrimina tion in the picture, all right. But not the way Adam “Clayton Powell claims it. If his skin had been white he probably would have been thrown out jaf Con gress a long time ago. It is the American taxpayer, white and black, who has suffered from this episode of discrimination in reverse. All the rest of us have been forced to furnish the mon ey which Powell has squandered 1 friends, and on plea around accused of racial preju the Negro a vast amount o: harm. And each time that he ha: been reelected, in the face oi his sorry record, has served onlj to lower the opinion of the resl of the nation concerning the mentality of the voters in hi! district. As a high governmenl official he has displayed con tempt for the people, for the law, and for the decorum of the Congress. It is worthy of recollection by the way, that Powell succeed ed a distinguished North Caro linian, Graham A. Barden, a: chairman of the Committee or Education and Labor of the U. S House of Representatives. One remembers the days when The News and Observer fought Con gressman Barden in eyery elec tion, demanding that “Hap’ Barden be removed from office so that a more satisfactory — from The News and Observer's view — chairman of the Educa tion and Labor Committee could take charge. Adam Clayton Powell had long been standing ready to take charge. And when an aging, nol entirely well Hap Barden de cided in 1960 not to run again. Congressman Powell did take over. It seems fair to conclude that The News and Observer fin ally got a committee chairman to suit its fancy. For our part, we wish Hap Barden were back. In fact, we wish he had never departed from the Washington scene. SENATOR SAM ERVIN * SAYS * Congress returns to Capitol Hill in the mood that things will be somewhat different this ses sion. The attitude which pre vailed in recent sessions that broad social programs were re quired for the welfare of the country seems tempered by the fact that the Vietnam conflict has placed restraint on domes tic spending programs. Still the catalog of legislative issues gives notice that this mood is not likely to produce a dull or altogether harmonious session. The issues that have plagued the country — defense, taxes, social security benefits, civil rights proposals, poverty programs, and governmental re forms — are certain to be re newed. National defense is a prime topic for attention, and its many problems are enough to keep congress busy for most of the session. Civil rights proposals have been a steady topic fqr legisla tive battles for years, and a re submission of last year’s contro versial forced housing and jury selection measures would re new this battle. I doubt, how ever, that civil rights legislation will get as much emphasis at this session as it received in former sessions. The housing section 0f the bill is highly unpopular in all areas of the country, because it would set aside the rights of pro perty owners to select their rent ers or buyers. Support seems to have waned for the present, at least, for re peal of State “right-to-work” laws, some of the antipoyerty proposals, and massive ippro priations to remake our largest metropolitan cities. Budget con siderations play a large role in WHAT IS THE ANSWER? by Henry E. Garrett, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Psychology, Columbia University Past President, American Psychological Association >■» ■ 1 .’n" A1! 1 Q: Dr. Garrett, whan all the argument about race is boiled down, the answers seem to turr on intelligence; whether the Ne gro's intelligence is the equal oi the White man's. Just what is in tellect? A: For convenience, intelli . gence behavior may be classified into three areas or “faces”: Ab stract, mechanical, and social. Mechanical intelligence and so cial intelligence can be disposed of in a line or two. The first, mechanical intelli gence, is pretty well self explan atory. When a person is dex trous with tools, ingenuous and clever with machinery, has a quick grasp of mechanical rela tionships, then he is said to have a high level of mechanical intelli gence. An individual’s social-intelli gence level is determined by his efficiency in social behavior; tact, poise, self possession and the like. The other, abstract intelli gence, is the most significant of the three. Abstract intelligence functions in school work, in the professions, and in all but the most routine business activities. It separates man most sharply from the animal and is distinctly a human attribute. Abstract in telligence is usually regarded as J cities” proposals. One of the tasks which I will undertake at this session will be the organization of a new judi cial subcommittee on separation of governmental powers. The Subcommittee will go into opera tion soon, and as its Chairman, I hope to do constructive work in a field that requires serious legislation attention. The heart of the new subcom mittee’s work will be to review the trespasses which the execu tive, legislative, and judicial branches of government have been perpetrating upon each other in violation of the powers granted to each branch of the government under the constitu tion. The proper functioning of the federal government is close ly tied in to the separation of powers problem. In its largest sense, the problem affects the individual rights of every citi zen. The individual right of priva cy has been a growing problem as it relates to federal em ployees .and citizen consultants to the government. Again at this session, I expect to press for action for legislation to correct abuses which the Federal bur eaucracy is practicing upon its employees. All in all, the problems at home and abroad will make for a busy session. Bobby Meadows Promoted Bobby E. Meadows, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Meadows, Star Route, Box 23, Maysville, received an early promotion to Army pay grade private E4J on completion of basic combat at Ft, Bragg, N. C., Dec. the highest form of intelligent activity because modern civili zation could not have developed and cannot operate without it. It is as rare as it is valuable. Not more than 15 per cent of our young people have a level of ab stract intelligence sufficient for good college work, and not more than two-to-three per cent have enough abstract intelligence to do excellent college work. The Armed Forces, over a period of 50 years, have tested the abs’tract intelligence of Ne groes and Whites. Negroes, con sistently, trail White inductees in their level of abstract intelli gence. And that is why, “when all argument about race is boiled down”, it turns on the intelli gence factor. White people ob ject to giving up, through mis cegenation, a very precious pos session. GARY HILL PROMOTED Aviation Boatswain’s Mate Second Class Gary A. Hill, of 2325 Briarfield Road, was ad vanced to his present rate while serving aboard the attack air craft carrier, Ranger, currently undergoing extensive overhaul in Bremerton, Wash. Farm and Home Requirements Of Petroleum Products -0 HODGES-BELL OIL CO., INC. Phone JA 3-2338 P. O. Box 666 U. S. 70 East of Kinston, N. C. Frosty Morn Meats Inc. “Helping to build a better Livestock Market for Eastern North Carolina” Top prices paid for Hogs & Cattle Daily No Commission Charge No Waiting Two Shootings in Kinston Wednesday And Thursday Night Kinston police were called to investigate shooting incidents on consecutive nights last week. Wednesday night Leon Sutton of 720 University Street was charged with critically wound ing Betty Stocks with a 12 gauge shotgun blast that hit her in the throat area. Thursday night James Ray Lee of 16-C Simon Bright Homes was charged with shooting Taxi Driver Earl Gower in the side with a .22 caliber pistol. Sutton claims to have been acting in self defense and he had numerous knife wounds about his body to support his claim. Lee offered no better excuse for shooting Gower than that he was drunk and didn’t know what he was doing. At first the Stocks woman was not expected to recover, but it is now expected that she will, barring “complications”. Gower’s wound was serious, but not critical, but officers a gree that it could have been fatal if Gower had not slapped the gun aside just as it was about to go off. Sutton and Lee are each charg ed with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill.
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