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OF INTERCONNECTED circuits. A LARGE computer MIGHT REQUIRE ; 70.000 WATTS j SUT THE MAIM NEEDS ONLY AG MUCH POWER AG A 10-WATT E»UL»/ ELECTRICAL IN NATURE, TRAVEL THROUGH NERVE . FIBERS RASTER h THAN THE TOP SPEEDS of !» MOOT AUTO racers / often Reaching speeds AS HIGH AS 200 MILE? AM HOUR/ Ove WOttoK DRUG MORE FREQUENTLY RECOMMBNPEP gy DOCTORS THAN ANY OTHER MEDICINE IS PUREASPIRIM. ASPIRIN NOT ONLY PROVIDES RELIEF FOR HEADACHES BUT IT ALSO LOWERS FEVER OF COLDS ANP FLU. Congressman Fountain Feels Whole Fortas Story Should be Revealed to Protect Supreme Court's Integrity By Congressman L. H. Fountain Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas has wisely resigned from the Supreme Court of the Unit ed States. He had no other reas onable and honorable alterna tive. His career as a member of the Court, hotly contested in the first place, has, therefore, end ed, but fairness to all concerned — the main himself — the Su preme Court, and-above all, to the American people, demands that this case should! not be clos ed until an honorable and thorough investigation has been made and the entire truth spread upon the public record. This is the way. Even should a full investiga tion reveal that Justice Fortas has violated no statutory law of the land, in the area of ethics, his own most recent detailed de scription of his relations with tyie Wolfson Foundation, ' and Mr. Wolfson himself, indicate that he has reflected serious discredit not only upon himself but upon the already highly con troversial Supreme Court. -It’s regrettable that this mat ter was so quickly tried in the newspapers and through other communications media; hut his own initial explanation wasn’t good enough to prevent this. He didn’t deal candidly or precisely with the allegations made by Life Magazine. The whole affair, therefore, became involved in all sorts of political implications and1 inuen dos—often times far more dam aging than the crystal dear truth. Political blackmail by the President and the Attorney Gen Frosty Mom . I , > Meats Inc "Helping tp build a better Livestock Market for Eastern North Carolina" Top prices paid for \ No Commission Charge Phone JA 3-5103 Kinston, N. C. eral wjs even being suggested, since the retirement of Justice Warren and the resignation of Justice Fortas would give the President two vacancies to fill. Personally, I did not favor the appointment of Justice Fortas in the first place, primarily be cause I do not agree with him philosophically. More so than anyone else in public life, in cluding even the President of the United States, the 'life-of a member of the Supreme Court is, by necessity, a circumscribed one. If be is to fulfill his re sponsibilities honorably, with wisdom and understanding, he is barred from many of the activities he might otherwise freely engage in. He must choose his friends and associates with care. He must apply more than the normal caution to those who seek his assistance. He should be extremely skeptical about “offers of high fees for minimal services.” The Supreme Court and its Justices, regardless of how we may view their decisions, “are supposed to have one indispen sable asset — THEIR INTEGRI TY.” Consequently, when a member of the Court (and Jus tice Fortas is not the first one in recent times), becomes in volved in a situation casting a shadow, whether fairly or un fairly, over his personal integri ty, discredit is reflected upon the court. All of us in public life live in glass bowls. Supreme Court Justices have almost been an exception, and they are in terms of what can' be done about their misconduct; but in this instance, the impact of public opinion was so great that even the Supreme Court could no longer assume the kind of independence which usually gives each member a feeling of responsibility only to himself and his own conscience. But living in glass bowls and being subject to the scrutiny of the honest and the dishonest, \ the well-interationed and the ill intentioned, it behooves all of us In public life to reflect at all times and under all circumstan ces the best that is in us. In any event, this particular case adds weight to the position I have taken time and time again — that no man should be giv en a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court of the Unit ed States. No member of the court should ibe immune from public accountability. This unfortunate situation should also serve to remind all of us of the Biblical admonition: “He that thimketh he standieth take heed lest he fall.” BURKETTE AT SCHOOL Specialist Four David L. Burk ette, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold D. Burkette, 317 E. Washington Ave., Kinston, completed a 21 week field radio repair course at the Army Southeastern Signal School, Ft. Gordon, Ga., April 14. MALPASS ON FORT SNELLING Seaman Apprentice George S. Malpass, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Malpass of 2216 Greenleaf Road, Kinston, is aboard the USS Fort Snelling in the Carib bean off Puerto Rico. BEEFEATER GIN 5?° 2?° W FIFTH M TENTH FROM ENGLAND BY KOBRAND, N.Y. 94 PROOF'TRIPLE DISTILLED • 100% GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS . Farm and Home Requirements Of Petroleum Products ■■ 0 HODGES-BELL OH CO., INC. Phono JA 3-2338 P. O. Box 666 U. S. 70 East of Kinston, N. C. Stationery, printed by letterpress, raised letter, or finest engraving, RIDER PRINTING CO
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