Wednesday, September 20, 1967

Financing Campaigns Is Too Much

Although it may be another month before the would provide some $14 million each to the Repub-election financing proposal comes to another vote lican and Democratic parties for next years presi-in the Senate, members of that body should soundly dential election. In addition, the proposal now be-reject this fantastic scheme for squandering mil- fore the Senate would provide up to $26 million in lions in taxpayers dollars. tax funds for the 34 Senate races which are in the

Congress already has wisely rejected one John- offing for next year, son proposal for financing presidential election cam- Were the Senate to pass the measure and send

paigns with tax funds. But President Johnson, in- it to the House, certainly provision would be made tent on setting up a huge campaign slush fund, has for financing campaigns of members of that body resubmitted the proposal, this time with the clear understanding he would be happy to see the House and Senate set up similar slush funds of their own.

Sen. Sam Ei*vin, Jr. of North Carolina and other members of that body have been outspoken in their opposition to this outlandish proposal which

TOW^AWAY

Sslf-Study By .RC Members

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES

Reflector Raleigh Bureau

RALEIGH One of the first decisions of the states new 1967-69 fact-finding Legislative Research Commission was that it probably s h ou 1 d study itself.

Its members, all state legislators, have conflicting ideas as to the LRCs proper role, scope and function between biennial sessions of the General Assembly, at least in degree.

Some feel the commission should be strengthened with a full - time staff and adequate funds to permit in depth interim commission is likely to usurp legislative prerogatives and become a little General Assembly within itself, with virtual lawmaking powers.

If there is anything nearly nanimous it is the feeling that the LRC must not become nor attempt to act as a little General Assembly. Role Is Considered

The LRCs chairman at its organizational meeting, Sen. Herman Moore of Mecklenburg, said he felt its duty was service to the legislative process as an arm of the General Assembly. He felt the first question should be what services should the LRC provide?

Sen. Hector McGeachy of Cumberland said he felt very strongly that the bigg e s t need right now is to have a strong legislative research commission with adequate staff and capable of performing meaningful interim research assignments.

When the legislature is in session, McGeachy said, there isnt time to spend weeks and months studying and doing research on various issues in order to become fully informed. In effect, he said, the states lawmakers subjected to pressures of lobbyists and organized groups.

Tht public realizes there is a need to do something to streamline and improve the legislative process, Mc-Geadiy said. He doubted that amaal legislative se s s i o n s would be bieficial now but we may come to annual sessions eventually.

He said the answer lies in areful, pre - session studies sf important legislative issues. Screening Suggested

Sen. Thomas J .White of ftenoir, a member of the Legislative Council or Research

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Commission since its tion, said he felt it should guard against becoming a little General Assembly. White, a champion of t h e closed committee system, said he felt there is nothing better, in my mind, than the hammering out of strong laws on the anvil of debate in the House and Senate.

At the same time, White suggested a system of screening and eliminating unnecessary, and some plain stupid bills from being introduced in the legislature. He proposed setting up a bill - studying committee, for lack of a better name to study proposed legislation prior to introduction.

Such a committee. White said, might be made up of veteran legislators who would consider whether: (1) a bill is necessary; (2) Is advisable; (3) adequately provides for implementation; (4) Requir-

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before the measure were written into law. That would add as many as 435 congressional races every two years.

If government is to undertake the financing of political campaigns of Presidents, Senators and Congressmen, why should not'other levels of government fifiance the campaigns of governors, legislators, sheriffs, commissioners and councilmen?

There is already too much indirect financing of political careers through tax dollars that go into various government project,? and programs. For the Congress to give its approval to this new proposal for the largest political grab-bag ever envisioned would be the height of folly for the government and the nation.

Unable To Agree Even On Leaf Crop Quality

On the one hand, the head of one of the major tobacco companies says the 1967 tobacco crop is one of the worst crops in many years and that companies' have difficulty in finding tobacco they can use.

On the other side of the coin, North Carolinas Commissioner of Agriculture Jim Graham says the By ART BUCHWALD 1967 crop is one of the best in recent years and is of the quality purchasing companies have said in past years they desire.

There is little wonder that confusion reigns in the present marketing situatinn.

The dispute over whether the crop is good or WASHINGTONLast week

bad is really of little consequence. The purchasing a U. S. Pershing missile was

companies, after all, are the ones buying tobacco test - fired from Utah. But it

in what is obviously a buyers market, and they are overshot its mark and landed

buying only what they want at prices thev want to ^ Cuervo,

Mexico.

Why We Bombed Mexico

pay.

This only adds to the unrest among growers that has stemmed primarily from the congested conditions on the auction markets.

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Questions Whites Plan

Sen. Albert Ellis of Onslow, a 1%7 freshmon, immediately questioned Whites screen i n g committee plan by saying he felt such a group might prejudge the merits of proposed legislation.

White said he didnt have any such idea. His proposal, White said, would be sport of a clearinghouse by a committee which would scan and strengthen any proposed legislation. It would not have power to influence any bill. White said his idea would be to guide and counsel sponsors without making recommendations or without power to veto introduction of any bills by individual legislators.

Ellis asked whether as a practical legislative matter such a system might not eliminate the necessity for all these other committees to which bills are referred. He said a pre - judgment by a so-called screening commit e e might prejudice or influence action by an established legislative committee. White said he had no such intention.

By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON (AP)-What after Vietnam?

The United States suffered anguish over the Korean war. with its cost in lives, money and even prestige badly dappled after the Chinese victory at the Yalu River.

After that it seemed unthinkable this country would get involved in another Asian war any time soon. But within less than 10 years it was starting down the same road in Vietnam.

Now there is so much anguish, handwringing and argument over this war that almost no public figure is talking about the part of the United States will play, if any, when tliis conflict Is ove. and new Vietnams occur.

There is one reasonable explanation for that. The men involved in the intense dispute over the rightness and wrongness of this war have little time for thinking about the next one.

But, since the future is coming and the Vietnamese war will be over some day, tiiere will inevitably be a whole new argument, no doubt intense, about whether this country should ever get similarly embroiled.

And out of the distaste for foreign entanglements will surely come a new yearning for a return to American isolationism.

The Communist world, even though split, would take such action as an invitation to adventure if it believes the United States will not aid a nation, particularly a backward one, which is imperiled by (Continaed On Page 5)

The Pentagon immediately announced that the firing was an accident and sent its apologies to the Mexican government.

In ^ite of the denial, there are some people in Washington who are not certain that the firing was accidental, particularly since it took place on the same day that U. S. warplanes bombed four hitherto untouched targets in the North Vietnamese port city of Haiphong. These circles insist that El Cuervo, Mexico, was one of the 57 targets that the military has been insisting had to be bombed if we were to hamper supplies going into North Vietnam.

They say this is now the bombing of El Cuervo came about. Several weeks ago. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara testified secretly before Sen. John Stennis Preparedness Committee, indicating that the Administration saw no reason to homo Mexico at this time. He said, The bombing of El Cuervo would have little effect on supplies

now getting into the hands of the enemy. Even if the bombing closed off all the Mexican routes, the Viet Cong would find alternative ways of getting their material down the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Besides, the risk of confrontation with the Mexicans at this time far outweighs the military advantages of bombing the country. This is not only my decision but the Presidents also.

Chairman Stennis and his committee indicated that they were very dissatisfied with the secretarys testimony and called several generals and admirals to refute McNamaras no - win policy.

The generals complained that their hands were tied by civilians in the Pentagon. An admiral told tiie committee, Unless we are permitted to bomb the 57 targets which are now off limits of which El Cuervo, Mexico, is obviously the most important we cannot win the war in Vietnam.

The Preparedness Committee was very impressed with the militarys arguments and issued a strong report rebuking the secretary of defense for not letting the Air Force and Navy bomb whatever targets they deemed necessary. It is our opinion, the report

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By EARL L. DOUGLASS HE SWITCHED TO THELOGY

A young physician by the ame of Martin Lloyd-Jones, who was making considerable progress as a heart specialist in England not many years ago came to the conclusion that there is something fundamentally the matte^ with the human heart which medical science cannot remedy. He therefore switched from medicine to theology, entered a seminiary, studied for the ministry, and is now prominent in the religious life of Britain. He has written a fine book entitled, The Plight of Man and the Power of God. .

Many people have discovered, as did Lloyd-Jones, that the human heart is spiritually out of adjustment, but few people have the courage to take the bold step he did to correct this difficulty. Many a man needs to learn this truth about his own heart and then with boldness to address himself to the difficult task of making that heart right before God and man.

There would be more state-manship in our country and in the world if our leaders could realize that our troubles lie not in the field of organization but in the field of human motive. Jesus once said that out of the heart proceed the issues of life. This was the observation of a Man who looked deeply into every human situation.

It is when we look a^ our own hearts and the sad, ignorant hearts of those who are round about us that we realize the wisdom of the ydbng London heart specialist who switched from medicine to theology that he might more effectively treat that ailing heart

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Other Editors Saying Empire Builder

By Foy H. Duncan Sept. 20, 1927 Rotarians To Hold Meeting At Fountain

The regular twice a month meeting of the Rotary Club ^s held last night and attendance was good despite an incessant downpour of rain which started a short time before the meeting hour and continued until after the session was over. A number of visitors were guests of the club and W. H. Rogers Jr. presided.

One of the outstanding features in connection with the muscial program of the evening was the presentation of numbers by a quartette composed of D. M. Sellers, E. B. Williams, Bill Lee and Mr. Story...The next meeting of the club will be held in Fountain..

(Oiicago Tribune)

The new executive secretary of the National Education Association, Dr. Sam M. Lambert, dreams of new worlds to conquer. In the NEA Journal, he has declared his hope of seeing the already - miliion -member NEA become professionally necessary and economically desirable for every teacher in America.

And when the NEA blankets in every teacher in the country: What then Lambert

foresees a time when every school will have a professio-na association representative on its payroll. Schools will have committees charged with involving the entire faculty in year - long special tasks. Lambert cites two examples one year the pro

ject might be improvement of instruction, another year it might be political action. He promises to conentrate on building one mighty profession thru unification and reorganization at local, state, and national levels.

In the^past, teachers were responsible (and diverse) individuals who presumably worked at imporiving insturc-tion every year (without bureaucratic direction from Washington headquarters) and whose political acts reflected their own judgments and consciences. For the future, Lambert has a vision more appropriate to a flock of geese or a paramilitary organization in a totalitarian state than to free professionals in a free United States.

said, that as long as El Cuervo remains untouched our military effort in Vietnam will be thwarted.

The difference of (pinion between McNamara and his generals reached the press. To prevent it from becoming a public debate, the White House press secretary announced, The President supports Secretm-y McNamaras testimony and the Administration has no intention of bombing Mexico now. At the same time, the President reserves his option to bomb it in the future if the North Vietname.se do not stip their aggression.

Two days later the Pershing missile was launched from Utah at El Cuervo. This immediately was interpreted by the press as a victory for the Pentagon brass and a defeat for Secretary McNamara.

But the White House didnt see it that way. An Administration spokesman said, There is no rift between Secretary McNamara and the Joint Oiiefs of Staff. The bombing of El Cuervo has been under consideration for some time, and under our selective target policies, the missile launching had the full approval of the President, the secretary of defense and the Joint Chiefs.

When asked by a reporter if the bombing of Mexico was an escalation of the war, the spokesman said, Absolute 1 y not. The President has no intention of widening the conflict and his only aim in shooting a missile at Mexico is to make Hanoi realize that the United States has no intention of getting out of Vietnam.

A reporter asked, With the bombing of Mexico, there are now only 56 military targe t s that American warplanes still may not attack. Could you tell us what the next off-limits target might be?

The spokesman replied, Would you believe Expo 67?

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Public opinion is vital in "a government of the people, like the United States, and it is important for voters to study public issues and make up their minds about policies for their country.-Montgomery (W.Va.) Herald.

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By ROWLAND EVANS and

^ ROBERT NOVAK

WASHINGTON - The gathering here last Thursday night (S^t 14) ci Vice President Humphrey, the Kennedy brothers, and lesser Democratic notables to boost the partyg nominee f(r mayor <d Gary, Ind. (pop: 180,000) signalf grim dmger ahead for Demo-crats.

So mudi attention was lavished on tiie nominee Richard G. Hatcher, a 34-year-old Negro lawyer only because his local party organization had disavowed him. In t h Democratic stronghold of industrial Gary, what Dmocra-tic politicians everywhere fear most has now happened: a rupture in the big city coalition of Negroes and ethnic whites (that is, whites of non-Anglo-Saxon origin).

The Gary story is all the more worrisome for Democrat because it is not one of simple bigotry by local Democratic leaders. Rather, it is a political by - product of rising racial tensions across the country. What happened in Garbean hallen in any other city when the Negro popula tion nears the halfway mark.

Hatchers surprise victory in the Democratic primary last May was almost entirely t function of race, not connected at all with liberalism vs. conservatism.

The defeated incumbent mayor, A. Martin Katz, had don# far more than any of his predecessors to bring Negroes into the city administration. Significantly, no Negro offict holder in the county endorsed Hatcher. Coming in to help Katz not Hatcher was th# militant C. Sumner (Chuck) Stone of Washington, former aide to Adam Clyaton PowelL

Disregarding Katzs excellent civil rights record, Gary Negroes voted their color and nominated Hatcher as th# complacent white Democratic machine did not turn out th# vote. Once nominated, Hatcher failed to make his peace with the madiine leaders. By refusing to compromise, he he^ed freeze the campaign along racial lines.

Moreover, Hatcher is not th# kind of Negro who would b# readily accepted by whit# machine politicians. He surrounded himself not with the party faithful but with militant liberals who, in the context of Gary, look like bomb - throwing radicals. While abhorring violence, he refused to specifically condemn Stokely Carmichael and Rap Brown.

Hatcher made himself even more unacceptable to the whites by his courting of th# Negro extremists in the Gary slums. In an incendiary interview given on Sept. 16, 1966, to Muhammad Speaks (th# Black Muslim newspaper), Hatcher was quoted at length as condemning the bombing of North Vietnam and suggesting that the North Vietnamese (should) put American flyers on trial as war criminals. Although the statement Idter was denied and repudiated by Hatcher, the damage was done as far as Garys whites wer# concerned.

Denied support and campaign funds by the local Democrats, Hatcher turned to the national and state parties for help, appealing personally to Senator Robert F. Kennedy and other national Democrats to back him. Support fro him came from both state and national levels (after a thorougn check by Vice President Huno-phreys staff convinced him

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Monday Mail Is Poor Business

Tobacco Market Average $19.47

Harry M. Brown left this morning to take up his second years work of law at George Washington University, Washington, D c.

W.M.B. Brown has returned to Medical College of Virginia to resume his medical course.

Charles Skinner left yesterday for Chapel Hill to resume his studies at the University.

James Skinner, Albion Dunn Jr. and Bennett Moseley left this morning for Augusta Military Academy at Fort Defiance, Va.

By ELMER ROESSNER

Monday morning mail is becoming an increasing annoyance to business and, in some places, a problem.

For various reasons, mail tends to pile up for Monday deliveries.

Sometimes Monday delivery is planned. Most of the thousands of weekly newsletters and some magazines are mailed with Monday deliveries intended. In most fields there is little happening on weekends so publishers can be C3n-fident that their news wont be altered by developments while it is in the mails.

In other instances, producers of advertising, reports and other material tiy to clear up work by the end of the week. Consequently their mail is delivered Monday. Furthermore, since there are no reg-

closed on Saturdays, averages alone produce two or three times as much mail on Mondays as other days.

Who Reads It All?

This results in congestion and confusion on Monda y s. With a pile of mail in front of him, an executive is likely to give only cursory attention to most-of it (orders excepted). Non - urgent letters and advertisements are shunted aside; some of them basketed. Sometimes letters that would be welcomed on Tuesday, usually the lightest mail day of the week, are irritants on Mondays.

Many years ago Belg i a n stamps had detachable tabs at the bottom saying in both French and Flemish, Do not deliver on Sunday. If a person did not want a letter delivered on Sunday, fw religi-

ular mail deliveries on Sun- ous or other reasons, he left days, and many offices are ~ the tab on. If he wanted the

letter delivered regardless of the day, he removed it.

Perhaps our post office could arrange something similar to ease the congestion of mail on Mondays. Perhaps it could sell a special stamp saying, Do not deliver on Monday, for a cent or two to cover the cost of sorting such mail. Or it could recognize rubber stampings to the same purpose if a cent or two extra postages were added.

Other Steps Possible Or dont laugh the po.st office could abolish reg u 1 ar Monday deliveries so people could get more work done on Mondays. It would relieve the post office of an employment problem. In fact, with the drive for observing holidays on Mondays and the eventual four - day week, some day there may be no regular Monday deliveries anyway. But then the Tuesday mail prob

lem would be even worse.

Meanwhile, users of the mails might profitably study their own mailing practices with a view to escaping th# Monday mornii^ mail jam. Some material, if held over from Friday for mailing on

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Monday, might get increased attention for their messages. Others might advance their mailings to obtain deliveries at midweek. Friday deliveries are bad except for material a recipient would want to take home for reading over the weekend.