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Democratic Clambake
Historically, Democrats in their
national political conventions, have
more “fightin’ fun" than Republicans.
There are exceptions, of course, as
those of sufficient age will recall at the
1940 GOP convention when Wendell L.
Willkie stormed the convention to make
also-rans of Tom Dewey and Bob Taft.
Democratic conventions h aven't
waxed as warm since the Democrats
abandoned the two-thirds majority re
quirement and permitted their candi
dates to be named by simple majority
vote. Before that, a first-ballot nomina
tion (as occurred of Mr. Kennedy in
I960) was unthinkable if not impossible.
Even in 1956, the Democrats had a
spirited setto for vice-president, when
Nominee Adlai Stevenson declared both
Senators Kefauver and Kennedy quite
acceptable and asked the convention
delegates to present him their choice.
What prospect for fisticuffs, verbal
or otherwise, at the Democratic conven
tion opening in Atlantic City on Mon
day?
Little prospect, the experts say, as
President Lyndon B. Johnson is the
hands-down nominee for President, is
superintending writing of the platform,
and will name the vice-presidential nom
inee from a host of prospects.
But the Democrats usually manage
to whip up something.
Big question in advance, and the
most explosive, is what Mississippi dele
gation the convention will seat. The
regular party organization delegation
goes to Atlantic City uninstructed, but
with many of this group avowing open
ly and in the public prints they will not
support Mr. Johnson at the convention
and will campaign for the* GOP nominee,
Senator Goldwater, thereafter. A rival
group, with a large Negro base, labels
itself Mississippi Freedom Democrats,
will support Mr. Johnson next week and
through the general election.
It is presumed, again, that Presi
dent Johnson will make the decision
here. Yet in this area is the only sign of
revolt against President Johnson among
his ardent supporters, which include all
the state Democratic delegations except
a few in the deep South. Californians,
in spite of a suggestion the President
would rather not be embarrassed in ad
vance. went on record as favoring the
seating of the Freedom or “rump”
group.
Outside the question: When is a
Democrat not a Democrat? is the polit
ically practical related question: Seat
ing of which group would cause the
least defections come November .1?
The vice-presidential nominee’s
identity is a teaser already breeding
much interest in the convention. Presi
dent Johnson has eliminated a long list
of prospects, but an equally long list re
mains.
Will it be Senator Muskie, of Maine,
Senator Humphrey or Senator McCar
thy. of Minnesota. Governor Brown, of
California. Mayor Wagner, of New York,
Senator Mansfield, of Montana, or Gov
ernor Sanford, of North Carolina?
Hardly Governor Sanford, both
Nawth Ca’lina and Texas, home of the
President, bein’ Suthern. suh!
But the delegates at Atlantic City
will be entertained with more than bath
ing beauties. Democratic conventions
are like that, inherently.
ReapporHonment Issue
Numerous mils nave oeen introduc
ed in Congress, to Ret aside, one way or
another, the recent ruling of the United
States Supreme Court, by vote of 6 to 3,
setting forth the principle that the
states must carve their legislatures in
order that one legislator represents the
same number of voters.
This ruling has been hailed by the big
and bigger cities (Charlotte, for in
stance) as a boon to urban areas. The
cities charge they have long been
shorted in the business of government
by the undue proportion of legislators
representing rural areas, the cities do
ing the major portion of the paying and
the rural areas the receiving.
Analyzed, this contention hardly
holds water. Just as Shelby, for in
stance. benefits from commerce with
the rural areas of Cleveland County, so
does Charlotte benefit and thereby pay
more taxes because of commerce* with
a wide area of the Piedmont, including
neighboring South Carolina.
More important in this decision of
the Supreme Court many consider
wrong, is the fact that the Supreme
Court has held unconstitutional in the
states the provisions of the United
States Constitution on the federal Con
gress.
The Constitution is a masterpiece of
compromise which, over nearly two cen
turies. has worked well. The Senate is
based on geography, with each state,
no matter its size or population given
two senators. The House of Representa
tives is based on population, with each
state required to increase or decrease
the size of its districts following each
decennial census. The recent census, for
instance, cost North Carolina one House
member, with Florida and California the
major gainers.
Reason tor this arrangement stem
med from fear of the small and less pop
ulated states that the “big boys” would
run over them roughshod. It’s a patent
safeguard acknowledged by any student
of human nature. There’s a great ten
dency of the man tor group) with the
power to forget the needs, sensibilities,
and feelings of the minority. In years
past, for instance, the University of
Tennessee football team just couldn’t
stop, as it rolled over little Chattanooga.
Was the game score 100-6?
The Congress will do well to delay
effective date of this Supreme Court
split decision, whether it adopts the bill
of Rep. Basil Whitener, of North Caro
lina, or Senator Everett Dirksen. Repub
lican of Illinois, or some other.
Carpetbag Candidates
It may have happened before, but
a page out of the Reconstruction era in
the South might be needed to confirm
it.
Since when has a New Yorker stood
for the Senate in, say, North Carolina,
and since when, though it may be
around the comer, has a citizen of
Massachusetts been a candidate for the
United States Senate in New York?
Merely because the situation hasn't
occurred before, or recently, doesn't
make the prospect illegal.
Indeed (concerning the Salinger is
sue). North Carolina's Senator Sam Er
vin. acknowledged “pro” on Constitu
tional law, pointed out that the Consti
tution provides any citizen of the United
States, who has attained the age of 30,
is qualified to serve in the United States
Senate. Any state law prescribing other
tests is in conflict with the Constitution
and therefore inoperative.
Yet the prospect of Bobby Kennedy,
$
resident of Virginia, citizen of Massa
chusetts. seeking a New York Senate
seat as the candidate of any major party
is most surprising. It is conceivable John
Doe. of Kings Mountain, could run for
the job. but collect few, if any votes.
It is well-known that North Caro
linians don't understand politics as
practiced in other states. Maybe New
Yorkers will welcome an out-of-state
visitor and propel him to the Senate,
but. in North Carolina at least, such a
candidate-visitor would be most wel
come opposition. Attaching of one label
—"carpetbagger” — would be sufficient
to elect the home stater.
The concept is not new, as the
British have filled their parliament in
this manner for years, senior members
choosing the district from which they
wish to seek office, the beginners win
ning their spurs In the tough spots. But
it’s Quite a departure in precedent for
the United States, if it occurs.
I
MARTIN'S
MEDICINE
S? MARTIN HARMON
tngrrtUmt*: hit* of *nr*
t<i*rfo»t. humor, anil romt.irttfa
| DirfrtliiM*; 7 okr wrrkly, i,
j«>x*iblc, hut avoid
overdouage.
Perhaps the most saving grace
ot nt*w*p«iwring i« the fait that,
though sit .iat ions repeat .hem
selves in the lives of almost all.
the people themselves are differ
|ent personalities and react dlf
! ferently to particular sets of cir
cumstances.
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Art Linkletler says, "People
are funny". I prefer. "People are
interesting."
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During the past week I've had
the pleasure of chatting with sev
eral old fiiends and new ones
which hear out my contention.
One interesting young gentle
man, name of Kichard Paries,
was visiting with Charles Mauncy
and Murohy Hill, of M iuney j
I Hosiery Company. I was curious j
I About Dirk's Surname and asked
I his extraction. He replied. “Rus
| sian." I would have guessed
French. He acknowledged his
name is French, laughed when he
added. "That’s not what it used
I to he.”
Later in the afternoon, by co
incidence. I was at the City Hall
office when Joe McDaniel sum
. rnoned the county veteran’s serv- j
I ice officer, a comparatively new
man in that position, to the tele
I phone. Informed his name is
I Falls. I was prepared to introduce
! myself. As he finished his ronver
| sation and turned his head. I rec
| ngnized him as a college friend I
j hadn't seen since Like mine, his
[ hair is taking on the silver hue.
i but otherwise he was still the
i same C. Z. Falls.
There followed a catching-up
conversation, in which we mutual
ly summated the intervening two
plus decades. C. Z. said his serv
ice experience in World War II
was of the very quiet, safe order
- untill the Battle of the Bulge, j
C. Z. said he’d enjoyed stateside
duty with an anti-aircraft unit,
suddenly found himself in the in
fantry. and shortly thereafter a
front-liner with General Patton.
At war's end. he was at Pilsen.
Czechoslovakia. C. Z. inquired a
bout George Plonk, a UNC Sigma
Chi fraternity brother and other
mutual friends. He has returned
to his native Cleveland County
after living in Arizona.
C. Z. s duty as county veteran's |
service officer is as liason agent
between veterans and the Vet
eran's Administration and he's at
City Hall to accommodate Kings
Mountain area veterans each
Thursday from 8:30 to noon and
from 1 to 4:30 p.m.
Thursday night ! chanced into
my friend E- J. Machowicz and
his son Paul at dinner. later in
the evening met other members
of the Machowicz family, includ
ing his wife, his younger son. and
his mother, the latter a native of
Poland. Bad news here from
Kings Mountain's standpoint.
Mac. with Fibre Industries, con
templates moving to Charlotte
when Fibre’s new offices are
opened there. Though Mac has
lived in New York. Atlanta and
other large cities he. unlike some,
abhors the commuting chore.
'Too many miles per day." he
says.
A visiting “fireman" at Dick
Lennon's office Saturday morn
ing was C. \V. Eskew. president
of Citizens State Bank. Bastrop.
Tex., located near Austin on the
Colorado river and 38 miles from
President Johnson's diggings.
Banker Eskew said Mr. Johnson
recently bought a lltle extra acre
age for his ranch—28,000 adja
cent acres. Did I hear correctly?
Otis Falls says. ‘That’s no great
amount of land in Texas ” Mr.
Eskew. related to the Watterson
family, was planning to attend
Sunday’s Watterson reunion. He’ll
vote for his neighbor in Novem
ber.
My cousin. Martha Plonk, home
briefly last week, was doing the
first of a series of broadcasts at
Corvallis. Ore., last November 22.
The broadcast was never com
pleted, as first flashes were wired
in on the Dallas. Ttax.. tragedy
which cost President Kennedy his
life. Martha, a professor at Ore
gon State University, currently is
completing work toward a doc
torate at Michigan State.
I chanced Into Kays Gary, the
Charlotte Observer columnist, at
Otis Falls’ establishment Sunday
Kays heads for Atlantic City this
weekend for his first rspertorial
assignment to cover a national
convention.
Interesting foBc, yes?
Second Round
Q -I started drawing my social
security at the age of 62. My mo
ther makes her home with me
Could I draw benefits for my mo
ther, and if so. how much .
A No benefits can be paid to
your mother at this time, as there
is no provision in the law to pay
dependent parents a benefits on
the earnings of a living wage
earner. If your mother is surviv
ing at the time of your death, she
may then qualify for benefits as
a dependent parent.
Q When I applied for social se
curity belief its a few months ago.
your repri-sentative took my
income tax return. This has not
been returned to me. and I may
need it. Will you please return it
to me?
A The copy of your 1963 tax
return has been made a perma
nent part of your claim for social
security benefits. It cannot he re
turned to vou. You can got a copy
of this return by requesting it
from the Internal Revenue Serv
ice. Greensboro. N. C.
Q- You folks turned me down
last year on my disability clairn^^
T had enough work credits. bii^M
you said my disability wasn t si^p
vote enough. I’m 62 years old
now. Can I get retirement pay
ments now?
A Yes. Remember, though,
that when you take your retire
ment |>aymeius early, y o n r
monthly payments areless than
they would be at age 6a. This re
duction is permanent and youi
check isn’t raised to the full a
mount when you get to be 6a.
Viewpoints of Other Editors
AS OTHERS SEE US
Canadian* more specifically
citizens of .(I i and and Pcnetan
guishenc Ai-e given .a verbal
reflection of their image it event -
lyi ,vlvn . •; American editor?
visited Hui nit., and the picture
that was pt ijc. ted had some ra
ther surprisin'; hghlights and
sidelights.
On a tour «>.' Ontario us guests
of the Dep*i intent of Tourism
and Informaticn. the U. S. news
paper pubi!s!":s were asked for
their comm?, .s during a discus
sion of C.n- ad an-Amerioan af
fairs which followed a dinner
tendered the vi.-itors by the town
of Midland. Tin ir frank apprais
al of us as a people was interest
ing.
For exam,:;-*, two or three of
the meric'.:i publishers singled 1
out for spc.:.i»! mention tile em-i
phasis on patriotism and loyalties
.hat had been apparent during
the dinner e-'.einonies. They de- I
plored the fac. that su-h patri-'
: otism in theii own country was
on the wane
This assessment of tts came as
a bit of a si r?i ise. It must be an
indication o' a change in our na
tional char?- ic, for never before
have we been known as a nation
of lag-tvavcrs. As a people we
have tended «:i the past to shy a
way from a> > open display of
feeling of loyalty to our country.
Indeed in sc: *•» quarters it was
j considered positively indecent to
i let one s pat«k>:ic feelings get be
1 yond the handclapping nr “Here.
Here!" stage.
So we scent to have become lit
tle more matut in our tutlook in
this regard
Several oi the visiting newspa
permen wen Impressed by the
care we provid d senior citizens
and orphan ~nd foundling child
ren. They had visited .« number
of Ontario homes for the aged
and childrens homes and re
marked tha’ we in this province
were doing a tuch better iob of
looking aftoc our older folk and
unfortunate kiddies than was the
case in them cwn home states.
This arimis^.cn came as a bit of
a surprise as well. Somehow
we've always believed our bigger
and wealthk-i neighbors to the
south have been capable of beat
ing us in most undertakings. Cer
tainly. they ■ ».cc held the lead in
many fields.
In spite of our different sys
tem of government, our different
flag and tlie fact they mossed a
border talb-\*. undefended I to get
into this coiot'y. most of the U.
S. editors a *d publishers did not
consider Canai.a a foreign coun
try. Nor dul they classify tts as
foreigners in the sense they
would regard persons from coun
tries on con i-viitai Europe.
They con uttered us neighbors
who spoke :nu< li the same lang
uage. ate mui'r. the same types ol
food, viewed the same movies
tnd so forte, Rather than a for
eign eountrv. we seemed to them
♦o be lust ano.her •‘big" state of
•he union. — Free Pre%* Herald
'Midland. Onto>'iot
THE EVER.LONGER
AUTO
We are a pa Med by a report
’rim Detroit that the 1965 model
Automobiles will “reflect the be
'!ef by manufacturers that the de
mand for the compact car has
largely run its course and that
lie buyer again wants a longer
and more powerful auto.” If this
’a so. and are do not believe it is
the buyer will still have the op
Mon of purchasing a sensible-sin
1 'oreign-made machine. If the new
models flop. American manufac
turers can blame themselves foi
stimulating the demand for the
beside the Utahan door; pale, or
j monsters. iMapefc*
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PASS THE SANDWICH
Samuel Pepys would be happy !
today. The heir to the title which!
the diarist's great friend and pa
tron. Sir Edward Montagu, won
three centuries ago, is renouncing
it. The loth Earl of Sandwich
prefers in Commons as Victor
Montagu to h»*aring a name which
has been bestowed on places as
exotic as the Hawaiian Islands
and on things as familiar as slices
of bread encasing meat. Jelly,
peanut butter or other delicacies, j
One wonders if it was altoge
ther a matter of politics. Perhaps
Victor Montagu became tired of
plays upon his name. He owed
them to the 4th Earl, .a far from
fdmirable character allegedly so
fdnd of gaming that he couldn't
stop for a meal. To have one's
title part of the language, as both
verb and noun, may become bor
ing - especially when the title
means a transition from the ex
citements of the House of Com
mons to the dull precincts of the
Lords... Evidently the 10th Earl
has decided it is time to pass the
Sandwich.
.Veto York HeraM Tribune
PEDDLERS' WAGON
Back many years ago we lived
in a middle-sized Southern town
where.. .everybody took life espe
cially easy in summer. One of the
features of life we recall as
highly agreeable was matte up of
the presence of peddlers driving
wagons...and advertising their
wares by tuneful) recitals they
made up for themselves.
One itinerant merchant we re
member would announce in sea
son in a mellow baritone "I got
strawberries” and go on from
there to list a variety of other
fruits and vegetables. The wa
gon creaked in a minor key. The
mule’s ears flopped steadily and
. the mule's hooves made a muffl
ed clop-clop-clop on the street.
Obviously the fruits of the sea
son packaged in cellophane and
tin* like and carefully chisen for
uniformity in quality and size are
nicer and better in every respect
than those that gathered heat,
age and dust on the wagon. For
all that, however, we find the
memory of the musical merchant
a pleasing one.
The Commercial Api>cal fMem
phis)
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1 /\ YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
Items of news about Kings
Mountain area people and
events taken from the
fifes of the Kings Mountain
Herald. '
I. Ben Goforth, Jr., high school
faculty member, will receive the
degree of 'Master of Arts in edu
cation and mathematics at sum
mer commencement exercises at
> Appalachian State Teachers col
lege at Boone Thursday evening.
SOCIAL AMD PERSOSAL
Members of the Fort nighters
Bridge dub met Friday at the
home of Mrs. W. L. Ramseur.
Mrs. W. G. Grant him accom
panied her grandchildren. Susan
and Carol Ann Caufftnann. tc
Greensboro Tusaday. Daughter ol
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Caufftnann
of Greensboro, they had been
visiting herb for several days.
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