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KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
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I IKuEsSayi MarcR 6, 1969
COL. SAVER REMINDS:
BUY A TICKET TO THE
BOTARY CLUB
PANCAKE SUPPER
FROM ANY ROTARIAN.
AH you con eat — Butter
milk Pancakes and Clar
ence Plonk Sausage —
Children 75c—Adults S1.25
March 14th, 5 p.m. - 8:30
p.m. — B&B Restaurant
WASHINGTON REPORT
Kings Mountain
Savings & Loan Association
r. O. sox 746 KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 28086
HERALD ADVERTISING PAYS
REORGANIZATION
One ol the most urgent prob
lems facing the country is the
need to reorganize and stream
line the vast Federal Colossus.
These next two years should be
devoted to reshaping the struc
ture of the federal system so
that it can be responsive to pub
lic need without duplication,
waste, and the kind of empire-
building which is so common in
a bureaucracy as complex and
unwieldy as our federal govern
ment has become.
Reorganization retiuires Ihe co
operation of the Congress, and
the signs are not promising that
this cooperation will be whole
heartedly given. Recent Presi
dents have had the authority to
propo.se reorganization plans for
federal departments and agencies
These plans under the law went
into effect a.utomatically within
sixty (lays unless they were spe
cifically disapproved by either
the House or the Senate. Since
lfH9, Presidents have proposed
eighty-tihree such plans. A total
of sixty-three were allowed to
bt'come effective by the Con
gress. Last year, the House ex
tended the 19-19 Reorganizalion
Aot by a lail^e margin. The .Sen
ate, however, delay^ the consid
eration of the measure for over
five months in what is generally
regaixled as a political move to
give it leverage with the new
Administration. Whether this
means that the Senate will now
want lo haggle and bargain re-i
mains to be seen. \
There is no doubt that the Ad
ministration will have a number
of reorganization plans it wishes
to submit. Nevertheless, it has
b«Hm necessary for the President
to retiuest executive authority
which every American President
since 1932 has had. Without that
discretionary authority, the
White House will not have reas
onable power to group, coordi
nate, and consolidate agencies
and functions of government for
more effective management and^
better handling of the public's-
business.
It seems likely that the Con-,
gross will give some considera-|
tion to this proposal soon. It is
my feeling, however, that the ac
tion should not stop here. In ad
dition to Presidential action, it is
my feeling that a much broader'
study is nec'essary. Out of the
old “Hoover Commission” which,
operated in the 1940's and the!
1950’s. proposals for more ef-;
fective and economical govern
ment operations wore developed.,
This was a bi-partisan group!
where political grand-standing j
Was discouraged and the results
have had long-range and bene
ficial consequenses. We have
reached a point today where this
kind of broad overview of the
federal government is necessary.
For that reason, I have joined
with others here urging legisla
tion to set up such a Commis
sion.
Although we can achieve bene
fits from tighter management in
■Washington, this in itself will
not provide relief from the tax
explosion that is fracturing the
American poeketbook today. In
tihe last five yearse, taxes have
greatly increased with the total
federal, state, and local tax bite
now averaging $3,927 as compar
ed to $2,2(>1 in 1960. Clearly,
there needs to be a review of
where wc are headed, what pri
orities we need to assign to var
ious government functions, and
where we are going to blow the
whistle on further tax increases.
The debate on the extension of
the surtax is one of the most re
strained dialogues in the nation’s
capital. Despite bravado claims
that the budget submitted by
President Johnson will produce a
surplus, the surplus is more ima
gined than real. By accounting
systems used by previous Presi
dents, the surplus would add up
(to a sizeable deficit.
Some very whopping changes
aixi going to have to be made If
deficits and the unpalatable sur
tax are to be avoided. As things
stand now, they will remain in
the country’s future. All this
leads to another dreary exercise
in increasing the national debt
limit. In fact, the President was
obliged to requesit such action of
the Congress last week to assure
that the federal government
could pay its bills. With this kind
of a pictiu-e in the nation’s capi
tal, the recent pay raise for Con-
gi-essmen. Senators, and federal
Judges is wholly unjustified. This
Is the kind of spending-as-usual
philosophy that needs to be
chaniaed.
BENEFIT
The Ladies Auxiliary of
Frank B. Glass Post 9H11, Vet
erans of Foreign Wars, will
sponsor a chicken and dump
ling supper Saturday from 5
until 7:30 p.m. at the Post on
Grover road. Plates are $1,50
lor adults and 75 cents for chil
dren. Dcliveiy service is also
available.
LODGE MEETING
Regular communication of
Fairview Lodge 339 AF & 'lM
will be held Monday niiijht at
7:30 at Masonic Hall, accord
ing to announcement by Secre
tary T. D. Tindall.
SQUAD REPORT
Grover Rescue Squad, Inc.
answered a total of 22 calls
during the month of February
for a total of S21 hours and
56S miles traveled, Wyatt Ad
cock, squad reporter, said.
KIWANIF CLUB
Dr. D. F. Hord will give a
i-cport of 1968 activities of t'he
Kings Mountain Kiwanis club
at the club’s Thursday night
meeting at 6:45 at the Wom
an’s club.
Longer lasting than
Colugiie,.. almost
as lavish as
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