Tuesday, Decernber 13, 1966

Hopefully-Local Level Solutions

FOR 2000 YEARS-A SIGN OF HOPE

That air pollution is of serious concern to the nation and particularly to some of its metropolitan areas is well known. That the conditions will become more acute in many areas unless positive and far reaching steps are taken to contain wastes now being turned loose in the air is generally recognized.

The problem of what to do about the situation and how to do it are two questions that must be ar^wered and the sooner the better.

Engineers and scientists already are working on yie problem of what to do to prevent greater polhition of the air in congested and industrial areas. In a few instances, some steps have been taken to curtail pollution. In time proposals will

Cautious 'lime ?or Dave Bri

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES

RALEIGH The men who will preside in the 1967 vjs sion of the General Assembly are getting their vocal cords in condition.

Both Lt. Gov. Robert W. Scott and Rep. David Britts have been busy on the speech-making circuit for the past couple of months and particularly the past several weeks.

Going separate ways, they have been in dozens of cities and towns across the state speaking to various groups and gatherings, some public and some private.

On occasion, their paths have crossed and they have been on the same program.

PoGsible Rivals?

There are some who foresee the two men, Scott and Britt, both becoming candidates for the Democratic nomination for governor and rivals in the 1968 Spring primary.

WILLIAM

SHIKES

At this point, this is merely a guess. Britt has been mcnlioned as a possibility for the 968 governors race but it is less certain that the Robe-s^.n County attorney and legislator has gubernatorial ambitions than Scott. Scott clearly is an unannounced candi dale already and has been for some time.

Both men are relat i v e 1 y young, popular and have a strong political following.

Await Developments

Whether a Britt versus Scott political contest shapes up remains to be seen much depends on what happens in the forthcoming legislative .session.

For this reason, unusual attention will be given to the president of the Senate, Scott, and the Speaker of the House. Britt, during the next six to seven months. They will be more in the spotlight than the presiding officers of any session in recent years.

Already, everything that is said by Scott and Britt is being studied closely for political straws and flaws.

Statements Guarded

While both men are making many speeches and doing a lot of talking, their statements are guarded. Both are being cautious politically in advance of the legislation session.

Primarily, the two have been discussing in general t er m s what they feel will be the major, most important and significant issues in the coming session.

And thus far they have been able to do so without taking a truly firm stand on anything which might flare into immediate controversy. Neither has taken an opposite stand from the other on a specific major issue.

Britts Reasons

One reason why Britt, a vel eran legislator, feels his presession statements must be cautious and his comments limited is that he must yet be elected Speaker.

He is unopposed for the post, however, and apparently there is little substance to rumors that upsets in the Nov. 8 legislative elections wiped o u t his margin of firm commitments. At any rate, its generally conceded that Britt will be unopposed at the Democratic caucus scheduled for Jan. 5 and will become Speaker.

Britt feels that if he take,-^ a stand pro or con at this stage, he will be accused later of stacking House commit tees.

On certain issues, he says if I should comment, the result would be that it would be said old Dave Britt stacked the committees. I won': be guilty of that.

Tax Cut Comment

Britt, a former member of the Advisory Budget C o m-mission, says he feels some small tax relief would be justified in view of an anticipated $150 million general fund surplus.

He says, however, he has not discussed details of a recommended tax reduction plan with Gov. Dan K. Moore and does not know what the governor has in mind.

Scott meanwhile has said he will withhold judgment on the matter of a tax cut until he gets details of the proposed 1967-69 budget and determines whether essential needs can be met. Britt, in a recent talk, said we have a lot of needs, but I think those needs can be met.

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be made and the next step will be how to put these proposaks into actual practice. For industry the cost oC preventing air pollution will be extremely high. But for the nation and its cities, the cost will be far higher unless something is done.

Hopefully, the problem of air pollution may be dealt with without a whole new volume of fed-' eral regulations imposing restrictions on industries, businesses, cities and towm. Hopefully industry, local and state governments and individual citizens will recognize the importance of preventing air pollution. Thi.s recognition should bring with positive action without the necessty of new federal legislation and controls . . . and eventually the establishment of a va^t new federal bureau.

The health problem associated with air pollution i.s far greater than the one that in recent years has been associated with cigarettes.

Boys Club Can Only Be A Greenville Asset

Organization of the Boys Club of Greenville through the efforts of 30 local men cannot help but be an asset to the community.

The local club was formed last week with R. Wallace Howard as president. A 33-member board of directors was elected to set policy for the club. They represent a broad range of interests from the business and profesional world.

The clubs main purpose is to provide guidance for boy.s. As BiH Talton, chairman of the project .said, boys need direction, leadership and guidance.

A boy needs examples, not verbal directions, but leadership.

Boys Club can provide such guidance.

It does not take psychologist.s or criminologists to tell us that a man who does not learn criminal ways in his youth is less likely to develop them as an adult.

It is through such programs those offered by Boys Clubs of America that wholesome recreation i.s made available to hundreds of thousands of boys throughout America.

We can see great benefits to the community through the formation of the local Boys Club. The men who will guide its formation could hardly find more productive ways to spend their time, for the time invested may pav huge dividends in better men of a future generation.

Wistful Wish

:h>roRRi:-By JAMES KILPATRICK

Precedents Anc.

By JAMES KILPATRICK

When the House of Representatives meets to organize next month, and the moment arrives for members to take their oath of office, the name of Adam Clayton Powell will be called. At that moment, unless the script is rewritten in the next few weeks, a gentleman from California, second-term Democrat Lionel Van Deerlin of San Diego, will rise to move that the gentleman from Harlem stand aside.

The subsequent motion will

not be, as you might hope, a motion to strike a medal for Lionel Van Deerlin and to award him a standing ovation. It will be a motion to exclude Mr. Powell. And shortly thereafter, you will be hearing a great deal of the precedent of Roberts, ths precedent of Berger, and perhaps the precedent of Langley.

Those who are praying for the public come - uppance of Harlem's most eminent fugitive from justice should be

Poweii

aware that some formidable obstacles stand in the way. The House often has talked of discoplining some of its more disgraceful members, but the record shows little b u t talk. No member-elect has been excluded for nearly 50 years.

Two general rules will be cited.

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WASHINGTON (AP) -This is one of those strange moments in American political

This Date-40 Years Ago Today

Bv FOY H. DUNCAN Dec. 13, 1926 Declare Driiliog For Oil Here To Begin Early Date The seeming delay in completing contracts for the drilling of oil on the Westbrook property here has led to many rumors to the effect that the project has been abandoned and that a new company has been organized or an adjacent piece of property, and will get under way in the near future. When interviewed regarding these rum o r s. Mrs. J. L. Westbrook today declared that the delay was due to failure to secure suitable contracts for the drilling from the parties first c o n-sidered and that contracts with other parties were now being drawn up and would be executed tomorrow.

Senior Giris

Club Meets

The Senior Girls Club of the Greenville High Sch o o 1 held its first meeting on Friday, Dec. 10 in the Rotary Building. . . Miss Katharine Gross as toast mistress, cordially welcomed the gue s t s. The response was given by Miss Lillian Hardee. . .^n

enjoyable three course din ner was served. . .

Mrs. C. S. Forbes Entertains

Mrs. C. S. Forbes most en-joyably entertained at nine tables of bridge on Saturday adternoon, complementary to Mrs. George F. Hardee, a recent bride. . . Miss W i 11 ie Skinner won the high score prize and Miss Gladys Moore the consolation prize.

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Miss Louise Joins Entertains

Miss Louise Jones delightfully entertained a few friends in the mezzanine of the W. H. Horne Drug Co. Saturday morning to honor .Miss Mary Louise Turnage, bride elect. . . Miss May Washington made high score and was awarded an embroidered linen towel. Low score prize, an attfactive novel i y, fell to Miss Loui.se Gask i ri s. Miss Mary Louise Turnage, honoree, was presented vvitn a piece of .Silver.

history, a kind of bewildered searching, and maybe wishing.

Events of the past few days illustrate it.

One was out in Colorado where Idahos Gov. Robert E. Smylie milled around at the Republican governors, conference, making a prediction about President Johnson.

Smylie could hardly have been smiling, since he was defeated in Idahos Aug. 2 primary election, but he predicted Johnson would not be a candidate for re-election in 1968.

He thinks Johnsons health and what he called the mood of discontent in the country may persuade the President not to try for a second term.

Smylie could be right. For a man who has been soaked, bathed and massaged in poli-t i c s, Johnson for many months, has seen his popularity in tne public opinion polls going steadily down without doing much to offset it.

But the Republicans are in no enviable position themselves and Smylie's prediction about Johnson may be no more than a wistful wish that Johnson, the most adroit, nimble and powerful obstacle on the Republican road to the presidency, would please step aside by the time of the next election.

The Colorado conference of the Republican Governors As-socia t i 0 n which Smylie attended was hardly more than a lot of polite palaver, a kind of board of inspection, where t h e Republicans looked one might be a good presidential prospect.

News stories out of the con-frence told how Michigans Gov. George Romney thundered. While Romney still insists he hasnt decided about running in 1968, he certainly acts like a man trying to line up support.

But this thundering later as dogmatic manner may turn into one of his severest handicaps, particularly if he does not produce more ideas than he has so far.

On the other hand, Californias conservative Gov. -elect Ronald Reagan, according to the news stories from Colorado, was a far easier figure to listen to, not any more original than Romney, but re-any presidential pretensions.

In short, at this moment in their history there is not a Republican in sight who Republicans could say is their boy for two years Yrom now.

Tublic Deserves^ Facts

(Rocky Mount Telegram)

The firing of Walter Anderson as director of the Stale Bureau of Investigation may not have come as a major surprise to many people who are familiar with the workings of the state government in Raleigh, since Atty. Gen. Wade Bruton had been conducting an inquiry into SBI operat ions for some time, and it had been reported in Raleigh that there had been some personnel difficulties within the agency.

But what is surprising is the lack of an announced reason for Anderson's dismissal. We dont pretend to know the reasons behind Bruton's actions. He must have had what he believed to be sufficient ground for the dismissal. The responsibility for operations of the Bureau is Brutons and he is not required to consult th^ governor. either in discharging Anderson or in replacing him.

We do feel, however, that it is encumbent upon Attv. Gen. Bruton to not only tell Anderson why he was fired, but also to publicly explain to the people of North Carol'ma the reason for this abrupt action.

When pressed by new men about Andersons dismissal as SBI director. Brubn would only say that he had reached a conclusion that a more effective and harmonious administration of the af

fairs of the bureau requires a change in its executive management.

That is not sufficient answer to the people or to Anderson.

Bruton himself admitted that Anderson had done a good job. I fully realize and appreciate that Mr. .'Xnritrs o n has devoted his life to law enforcement on both state and local levels, and that he has been a tremendous force in this state in improving the caliber of law enforcement officers and the development and use of advanced, modern law enforcement techniques.

His ])rofessional reputation has been defended by nuni-erous law enforccnienl off.ciis across the state, many of whom urged Bruton not to fire Anderson. Thus, refusal to enlighten the people on his dismissal tends to reflect upon him personally. And that is ail the more reason why Bruton owes Anderson an explanation. Anderson is a widely known Methodist layman, respected in church and law cirlces.

In the absence of an official and specific reason for his dismissal, we can hardly blame Anderson when he says he intends to investigate the facts in the case because the whole thing has leU all those men and women in the SBI who have been faithful down through the years under a cloud of suspicion.

JAMES J.

KILPATRICK

The first, from VI Cannon's Precedents 238, goes thui way: It is the custom of the House to defer final action against members under criminal charges, pending disposition in the court of last resort.' The charge against Powell is criminal contempt; and to judge from his merry chase through the courts of New York, his lawyers have not yet reached the court of last resort. They may never reach the court of last resort.

The second rule was laid down explicitly by Speaker John Griffin Carlisle in 1884; The House has no right to punish a Member for any offense alleged to have been committed previous to the time when he was elected. And Carlisle added at the time that this has been so frequently decided in the House that it is no longer a matter of dispute. Carlisle's rule was reiterated by a H ou s e committee in 1919, with the further explanation that the constitutional power of expulsion is limited to its application to the conduct of Members of the House during their term of office.

This is a political application (and in a Democracy it makes a certain rough sense) of ancient observation upon the giddiness of man. De gus-tibus non est disputandum. If the qualified voters of the 18th (Continued On Page 5)

ignored

By ROWLAND EVANS AND ROBERT NOVAK

DJAKARTA, Indon e s i a Neutralist General Kong i.e of Laos made a secret appeal for help to Thai military officers on his way to a vacation here. The Thai officia 1 s turned him down.

What Kong Le wanted was military equipment from the Thais to shore up his personal standing within the neutralist force of some 10,000 soldiers i Laos, many of them defending the western end of the Plain of Jars from C o m-munist attackers. The ge.ner-al has been undermined by senior subordinates within h.is own neutralist camp.

But the Thais said no Inordinately suspicious of the neutralists in any case, the Thai generals flatly refused to do business with Kong Le, even though they have a c o*mmon Communist enemy. Thus Kong Le left his top-secret meeting in Bangkok empty - handed, and came here to get a much needed rest.

He wont stay long. Indonesian officials will send li i m back to Laos.

SHADES OF 64

W/\SHINGTON - In a repeat of history, modetnte Republicans are on the vorpc of lo:-ing another political pinm to the conservatives by default this one the chairman.-Jiip of the Senate Campaign Committee.

Senator George Murphy of California, a conservative and long - time ally of Richard M. Nixon, is now the lik^'. man for the job mainL' because the moderates just liave-n't organized themselves to fight for it. Although scarcely on the same scale, it is reminiscent of 1964 when t h e moderates fumbled away the presidential nomination

Last summer the pro.-pect looked quite different. Senator Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania, former Republican nat i o nal chairman and a party moderate, was ready to battie Murphy for the job. Whats more, it was common knowledge in the Senate cloakrooms that Senator Thruston Morton of Kentucky, the present campaign chairman who must \a-cate the post because he is up for re-election in 1968. was solidly behind Scott.

But instead of staying in Washington after the election to build support, Scott went abroad on a Senate commiPce trip and wont return until after Christmas.

With Scott absent, no Scott ally has taken the trouble to organize his campaign.

That means Murphy n o w has the inside track, with strong backing from Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois. Conservative John Tower of Texas, also interested in the post, wll bow out if Murphy (who recently underwent throat surgery for cancer) is in the good health he appears to enjoy today. Thus any effort for Scott will be an uphill battle.

As campaign chairman, Scott would add important prestige for the moderates. A bold foe of right - wing Young Republican leadership, Scott backs Michigans Governor George Romney for President and is expected to become one of his informal advisers.

But more than prestige is at stake. During the 1966 campaign, Morton subtly favored (Continued On Page 5)

Pickets Didnt Reduce

Prices

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To cut costs, the U. S. military is going to reduce its hiring of civilians. But they wont .stop hiring draftees. Charlotte Observei'.

By ELMER ROESSNER

The girlcotters didn't win their main goal Food prices, with few exceptions, are just as high now as they were before the picketing began. As pointed out here, it wasnt the supermarkets that were pushing prices up; it was the government with its slow but constant inflation.

The picketing, it said here, should not be in front of the Superdoo Market in Waukegan, but in front of the Capitol or the Federal Reserve in Washington.

However, the girls did won some side victories or. as chess players might say, en passant.

Here are some of the tang-ental victories thcv won:

W ARNING TO WASHINGTON

They alerted the administration and lawmakers that the natives as restless; thai they arc approaching the limit of toleration of the spiral of higher prices and higher taxes.

This wa.s confirmed by the November elections, in which

the administration and its supporters in Congress lost heavilv.

ELMER - ROESSNER

T h e y notified merchants that they would rather have lower prices than stamps and gambles. Since the star', of the strike, Safeway, the nations second largest chain, has announced that it will end bonus bingo and other games by February; several small stamp companies have folded or merged.

However, stamps are by no means dead. The bigger companies declare they have not suffered and, in fact, the desire to get Christmas gifts for family and friends has increased the saving and redem

ption of stamps, as it does every year at this time.

Of course, the girlcott has caused many supermarkets to restudy the value of stamps compared with lower prices as attractions for customers. But none are inclined to put any decisions into effect now. Nobody wants to rock Santas sleigh.

NEEDLED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

The girls stimulated federal agencies into a lot of action. The Federal Trade Commission dusted off its investigation of c 0 m e-o n s and announced that it was looking into stamps, games and contests in retail outlets.

The effects flowed over into gasoline market, in which many of the large service-station chains are offering all kinds of gambles to win chunks of cash for customers. The FTC has also announced it would investigate these promotions to determine if they violate laws against unfair competition.

Some of the gas companies are not unhappy about this development. 'Fhey have a pussycat by the tail. Many motorists are buying two gallons at a time instead of saying, Fill er up! thereby increasing their chances to win money.; since so many competitor of-ers prizes there is no advantage to any one. And the cost of prizes keeps gasoline prices up when lower prices might be producing more sales.

Perhaps the most important victory of all is the fact that the girls put the government, the political parties and business itself on notice that economic protest did not end with the Bostoif Tea Party, and that while Americans may not be readily marshalled into demonstratic like the Red Guards and the students in communist countries, the solid middle class can also organize, demonstrate and boycott what they consider economic injustices.

Businessmen, most of all, might keep that in mind.