Tlmridaf, August 16, 1962

The Filibuster Not Yet Outmoded

Leaving Under A Cloud

For the first time in 35 yearsthe fifth time

There may be some significance, at least for

in 45 years^the enate has invoked its controversial- the aaministration, in the fact that the movement gag rule to shut off debate. This time invoking the to limit debate attracted more support from Rerule ended the filibuster of .liberals over the propos- publican Senators than from Democratic Senators, ed space communications bill. It is further unique that the Kennedy administra-

The act creates speculation on many points, and tion found itself fighting not conservative members raises questions concerning the Senates future atti- of the Senate for a measure it wanted passed, but tude toward the rule on limitation of debate. fighting a liberal element in the Senate.

On most occasions when filibusters were The exercising of the cloture rule for the first launched in the Senate, they were by conservative time in 35 years naturally gives rise to the question rather than liberal members of that body. On most of whether the Senate will in the future be moie occasions, too, the filibusters have come on issues inclined to shut off filibusters on measures befoie that appeared to be of considerably more import- it. Only time will answer that question. Even though ance to the administration than the current space Tuesdays cloture effort was successful, the 63-27 communications bill. That is not to say the present vote in favor of limiting debate represented only bill is not of importance to the administration, but three votes more than the minimum required to in-obviously it packs much less political dynamite than yoke the rule. It is also likely that this successful

controversial civil rights measures which have been talked to death in past sessions.

D

loaays riign Of Claimants

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES

POSITION Would It not be nobler and in the interest of justice to suffer the slings and arrows of so-called intemperate and unjust legislation a while Icmger. a few more mraths, and by thus opposing end it?

This, in effect, is the position in which the nearly 700 idled North Caivlina employes of Eastern Air Lines find themselves. reluctantly, in their effort to obtain jobless benefits.

They have been disqualified both by a special hearing officer of the Employment Security Cmnmission and tte full commission itself, under a straight and narrow interpretation of the state law. Neither the hearing officer. R. B. Overton, nor the commission intended to apply Shakespeares soliloquies, or anything except the law.

1 fact ttere was considerable sympathy expressed by members of the ESC for the plight of the claimants in the case.

SEEK The next Step for the employes seeking unemployment payments is an appeal to the courts, an appeal scheduled to be filed in Mecklenburg County Superior Court within a few days.

There will be a contention that the law under which they were disqualified is unfair, inequitable and, in fact, unconstitutional. The suit may be expected to go-to the State Supreme Court and there, the claimants hope, the particular section of the law, a 1961 amendment to the Employment Security statute will be overturned.

Whether the law will stand the test 0 judicial review is, of course, the question the courts must answer.

QUESTION Whether it was right or wrong for the claimants to be forced into lengthy litigation on the matter of jobless pay was a question raised at the hearing before the commission in Raleigh.

It already had taken a month for the case to go from the initial hearing in Charlotte to the full commissitm in Raleigh, and the claimants had been out of work for six weeks.

At the end of the hearing and before a decisimi was reached, COTiinissioner James Seabrook of Fayetteville posed the question:

If, as was ccmtended, the law is a bad law would it not be better in the interests of justice for the ccxnmission to disallow the claims and enable the claimants to obtain a judicial review and relief in the courts. Would not allowing the claims, in effect, serve to strengthen the buttress a piece of bad legislation?

Would the claimants, by seeking administrative relief, not be taking the positi(H) that it is a good law subject to proper administration and the correct loopholes?

NEED The employes had no intention of becoming martyrs If they could help it.

It is, their spokesmen conceded, fine and good to be noble, but no thanks. They need the money.

The fact is, they said, the men and women left out of w'ork by the airlines shutdown of operations need the $12 to $35 a week which would, at least, buy groceries. They plwd-ed hardship Aside from the question of constitutionality and whether the law eventually might be overturned, the clainriants asked for an immediate ruling on other grounds.

I think. said attorney Ernest W. Maehen of Charlotte, that there is enough concern about the law now that it will be ^ re-examined-by the 1963 legislature.

Attorney J. L. Cole of Charlotte attacked the constitutionality of the statute, but implored the commission not to bring the lash of intemperate legislation down across the backs of the idled workers. He pleaded for an immediate ruling on administrative grounds to enable the claimants to draw benefits without going to the courts.

And Cole contended that the denying of unemployment benefits to the group of w'orkers was doing grave damage to North Carolinas reputation as progressive state with excellent labor relations, fair laws and justice.

CLAIM Machen and Cole claimed that the Employment Security Commission is a quasi-judicial body which has the right and authority to interpret the statute and act accordingly.

The position they took is that the disqualification section based on the finding of a labor dispute does not apply to the airlines employes in North Carolina and that such an interpretation by the ESC is ncrt only permissible, it is required. There is no labor dispute in North Carolina, nor a labor dispute involving any of the claimant employes. The idleness, they claimed, came about because of the airlines decision to cease its operations for economy reasons and. according to the airlines, for public convenience. The strike by flight engineers, none of which are in North Carolina, is far in the background.

The claimants, they argued, are not involved, would not benefit or be hui-t, one way or another, in matters of wages, hours and w'orking condiUons and in that sense have no interest whatever in the strike, DISQUALIFY - The ESC s ruling and that of a special hearing officer disqualifying the claimants is based on the law providing disqualification when unemployment is caused by a labor dispute at another place, either within or without this state, which is owned or operated by the same employing unit which owns or operates the factoiT, estabUshment, or other premises at which he is or was last employed and which supplies materials or services necessary to the continued and usual operation . . .

effort to limit debate will take some of the effectiveness out of the argument that the Senate should change its cloture rule to require only a simple majority of members votingrather than the pres-cnt two-thirdsto limit debate.

Tuesdays vote notwithstanding, the filibuster cannot be considered an outmoded legislative maneuver.

Well-Qualified For The District Solicitorship

When the 12 men and women of the Fifth District Solicitorial Committee meet Monday to select a new* Democratic nominee for that office, we trust they will give careful consideration to the outstanding qualifications of Judge Charles Whedbee of Greenville.

For the past 10 years Whedbee has been judge

of the Greenville Recorders Court and during that By PATRICIA MOORE

period the court over which he presides has gained state-wide recognition as one of the most outstanding and efficient recorders courts in North Carolina.

Prior to becoming judge of the court, Whedbee serv'ed for a dozen years as solicitor of Pitt County . , . .

Recorders Court, a position in which he also amasses

an outstanding record. No, we didnt originate that,

His more than two decades of experience as a and if we had we wouldnt ad-

solicitor and judge affords Whedbee a broad back- sSnof^ota-

grouiiQ which would stand him and the people of tions which qualify for the un-

the Fifth Solicitorial District in good stead should believable. Those lines are from

the committee choose him as the new Democratic popular song we heard

j. , while passing through an office

candidate. tjjg otjje,. ay.

We commend the qualifications of Charle.s Frankly, we couldnt imagine Whedbee to the district committee which will decide ^ything less rom^ticthan be-Monday on the new Democratic candidate for district solicitor.

iiardly Cultural Theme

Let there be you, let there

Some Benefits "n Runnina 2nc.

ing around with the sea oysters. Nevertheless, the song is a reality and the rest of it is in tone with the first lines.

That song brought to our attention several other little ditties which seem to be enjoying some popularity. Two of them resulted from the Dr. Casey television program. The first song cries for Dr. Casey to mend broken hearts thd way

he cures broken Ups and hips. (Thats what the song said.) "

The second song yells for Dr. Casey where are you and goes into some stuff we couldnt understand.

Theres another song about a Uttle rented red row boat which obviously was written by someone \,ranting revenge on the girls who would rather ride in a speed boat. In the end the speed boat breaks down and the man in the rented row boat rides by and wont take the girls to shore.

Ah, weU, we suppose there must be some kind of good culture for the young people to enjoy these days.

We were reading recently some of the visiting doctors reactions to Russia, where they attended a cancer seminar, and noticed one of them marveUed at the culture which abounded

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP)Theres some benefit from running second if you run long enough. You get used to being disappointed. Americans are getting used to being beaten by the Russians in space.

This explains why the Americans reaction to the latest Soviet achievement two men in orbit at. once is far more restrained than it w^as, say, in 1957 when the Russians first, moved out in front.

That year they startled the world by putting the first satellite. their Sputnik, in orbit. Several senators demanded an investigation at once. One called It a devastating blow to American prestige.

But a Wisconsin Republican. Sen. Alexander Wiley, seemed to sum up the national feeling best. He said: Facts are facts. Someone has goofed.

A second shock came a month later when the Russians put a dog in orbit. Animal lovers protested. Future historians, though, may be puzzled why no one protested later when men were put in orbit.

Secretary of State John Foster Dulles acknowledged the Russians were ahead. President Eisenhower sought to sooth the unhappy national mood. While acknowledging the Soviet achievement, he said: Earth satellites, in themselves. have no direct present effect upon the nations security.

This was cold comfort for a nation which liked to think It led the world in scientific accomplishments. After all, it was the United States which had invented the atomic bomb.

A Senate investigation was held.

Several steps were taken to speed up space development. To some optimists it might have

loads, than the United States,

American spirits got a big lift when on Jan. 31, 1958, this country put its first satellite. Explorer, aloft. But a Washington Democrat, Sen. Henry Jackson, wamed it was no time to be smug or complacent.

It was a wise thought. A year later, Jan. 2. 1959, the Russians sent another satellite, Lunik I, past the moon and into orbit around the sun. Three months later the American ego was restored a bit when the United States put a satellite. Pioneer IV, into solar orbit.

It was short-lived satisfaction. On Sept. 14. 1959, the Russians hit the moon just as Premier Khrushchev arrived in this country to crow about it. And on April 12, 1961, they hit the jackpot.

They sent Maj. Yuri Gargarin the first man in spaceInto one orbit around the earth. President Kennedy conceded at a news conference it would take this country some time to put heavy payloads into space.

Americans said things like fantastic and amazing, there was a kind of general debate on how to improve the situation, and a Pennsylvania Republican, Rep. James G. Fulton. expressed the national mood best! Im dam well tired of coming in second.

Within the next three months this country put two men hito a suborbital flight Cmdr. Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Capt. Virgil I. Grissom but their brief flights, although heartening. were no match for Gargarins.

And. as if to prove it, on Aug. 6, 1961. the Russians showed their superiority in space by lauhching Maj. Gherman S. Titov on 17 trips around the earth.

This makes it easy to understand why Lt. Col, John H. Glenn Jr., on Feb. 20, 1962, be-

Other Editors Saying... Gravest Danger Today

seemed only a matter of a short

time before this country >,^came a national hero when he

(The Wilson Times)

The gravest danger America faces is not the two Russian astronauts cii'cling the globe or other great scientific feats. It is such demands as the leaders of the AFL-CIO made in the face of the latest Russian achievement.

This is the greatest threat Americans face today. The decision is whether America is to have a 35-hour work week, or is it to believe in itself and with a desire to work, in order to keep the highest living standards any nation on earth enjoys.

The call for a reduced hourly work week at this time by the leaders of labor is the most disturbing sign of a declining America, you have seen to date. This could not happen in Russia. The people there do not have the right to speak out and say W'hat labor is to have. Labor works where the state decrees and is paid accordingly. Therefore there can be no strikes against the governments space programs, as we have seen at Cape Canaveral. Nothing is allowed to interfere with the Russian efforts. And as you see they are crowned with succe.ss.

America wants no part in the regulation of its people. But American people want to remain free, to guide their own destiny. And this destiny must be Unked with self discipline, with fervor for America and its interests.

We recognize thnt the labor leaders must work for their people or their salaries will not increase, And tJtie labor leaders are some of the very highest paid executives in the

nation. 'This is all right m itself, if the first consideration is the good of the majority, and the country.

The President is now granting a tax cut, because production is the goal not leisure hours, or time for moonlighting, for the ones with skills. Shorter hours wiU not put more people to work, it will give more jobs to the already efficient. Shorter hours will increase costs thus denying goods to many.

The greatest danger this nation faces today is not the Russian satellite, it is the enthusiasm of the Russian people for the achievements they are accomplishing.

We are not advocating the

Russian ways of life. No new's-paper anywhere Is more opposed to the principles of Communism, or respects more

rights of the individual. We

would not take away from the

AFL-CIO their right to want and ask for a 35-hour week. The danger is in the wanting.

Americans must awaken to what the Russian satellites represent. They are the product of work, of sacrifice and of a growing nation that recognizes that its ambitions require sacrifices.

As Toynbee says, history re- -peats itself because we do not learn from the lessons of history.

Is America showing the first symptoms of the national cancer that grows from within? It is certainly time to take stock. For this nation W'as not built by men who wanted more for 'less but by men who were ready to sacrifice for the freedom they so eaniestly desired.

in the country: operas, ballets, concerts all .of an apparent lofty level, but apparently veiT much patronized by the youth as well as the adiilt society.

Here many of those things are almost obsolete. Operas? Youngsters, and many adults, have never seen an opera live. Ballet they think is ridiculous.

We were talking about this situation in our country recently with a mother of three children who perhaps wished they could expose themselves to a little culture, at least for the experience.

But many people feel this essary, too high brows; or even essary, too high brows or even sissy. It seems that in the United States we have had a different kind of heritage, and delving into the cultural aspects of life came only when the pioneers had built their log cabins and set up a government. By the time there was time for music and writing, the European countries were enjoying their traditions and we have since basked in the heritage of the covered wagon, dust and Indians.

Not that there Is a thing wrong with it.

Except you, me and the oysters in the sea.

Ooinions

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If some cities had any feelings the first thing they should complain about is their joints.Johnson City (Tenn.) Press-Chronicle.

Experience is what youve got plenty of when youre too old to get the job. Dade County (Ga.) Times.

Obesity is a surplus gone to w'aist. Dawson County (Ga.) News.

We don!t doubt that the United States and Russian spacemen will eventually fly into space together. What concerns us is which will be captain. Sioux City (Iowa) Journal.

The shriek is too inherent in the female nature to be eliminated in one generation. Peoria Journal Star.

"Honking your car horn in traffic gives you, yourself, a psychological release. At the same time it adds to the psychological burden of the guy in the car ahead of you. So you win two ways. Wilton (Maine) Times,

Soblen Case Is Ruaaec.

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY Copyright, 1962, King Featurea Syndicate, Inc.

The Soblen case becomes increasingly complex as more countries with their varying laws become Involved in it. Even should Soblen be returned to the United States before this article appears in type, the subject Is still Intriguing from a moral and legal standpoint.

Soblen is a convicted spy. He jump^ bail of $100,000 which those who went bail for him shrugged off wjparently without much concern. Even rich people do not wish to lose $100,-000.

Soblen, when he jumped ball, chose to take a plane to Israel. He chose Israel without the consent of that nation. He travelled on the passport of his dead brother who used another name. Although Soblen was a convicted spy, he was ntM: under surveillance either by the U. S. Attorneys office, the FBI, or the New York police. There were no c(mtrol officers at the airports to prevent a convicted criminal from leaving the country. .

Soblen arrived In Israel and registered in a hotel. The Israeli government was embarrassed because to bring Immigrants to the country and to justify its existence as a state, Israel has a Law of Return which permits every Jew, except a convicted criminal, to return to the Jewish homeland from wherev-cr he may be and to become a citizen of Israel immediately.

As regards Soblen, the question arose as to whether he is a criminal or a political offender. While this question w'as being argued, the Israeli government put him on an El A1 plana where he staged his suicide attempt which he himself declared was phoney. He landed in London and was sent to a prison hospital.

In England, his case went through the processes of law and he lost. In Israel, it is a moot question whether his case went through due process of law. Meanwhile, Czechoslovakia, a Communist country. Intervened to offer him refuge.

The British washed their hands of Soblen in accordance with their law and judicial procedures. It is not possible to complsdn of their conflict. Israel found itself in a political turmoil. The left W'ing parties in that country, always a nuisance, demanded that if an El A1 plane were used to effect his return, he be sent to Israel and not to the United States.

This violates all International traditions, customs, and agreements on returned passengers, including stowaways. If the El A1 airplane does not return Soblen to the United States, this country and Great Britain would both be justified in refusing this line landing privileges. Certainly the United States would be warranted in taking that position. If Israel retaliated by forbidding American aircraft to land in Israel, that would be a minor matter both politically and economically. The principal issue in this case is the freedom of escape. This is not a right or a privilege and the airline becomes a confederate of Ule criminal perhaps unwillingly.

The United States has no extradition treaty with Brazil and if Brazil enjoys having American criminals and swindlers, we can do nothing about it, except to retaliate by not permitting Brazilian coffee to enter this country.

That seems drastic except that one begins to wonder whether we are a nation of men or mice. Our tax dodgers put their money in half a dozen havens, the leading country that engages in this being Switzerland. No agency of our government is doing anything about it. President Kennedys proposal to withhold dividends might have been a step toward plugging up the lines to the tax havens, but whoever wrote that bill got it twisted.

We have all kinds of airlines and private planes moving about but we set up no strong measures to guard against contraband. We permit criminals to escape by aircraft and do nothing to check their passports or whether they have a receipt for having paid their taxes.

The Soblen case opens up all these questions which are more important than the spy.

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would sail out in front.

It didnt work out that way. The Russians still figured to be out in front for a long time for tliis reason: They had developed laigei and more powerful rockets, able to carry bigger

went around the earth three times. He had restored the national ego.

Since Lt. Cmdr. Malcolm Scott Carpenter last May 24 merely duplicated Glenns three orbits, (Continued on page 6)

Some Guide Books In Business

trength For Today

STRENGTH FOR THE DAY A By EARL L. DOUGLASS TAKE SIDES The Bible sometimes employs, rather inelegant words and phrases. In the third chapter of Revelation we find the writer sayhig to the Laodlceans: I know thy works that thou are neither cold nor hot. . . so then because thou art lukewarm. and neither cold nor hot I will spew thee out of my mouth

Children are taught that it is not polite to spit, yet the Bible pictures God as spitting "I (God* will spew thee out of my mouth.

Let us pass over the inelegance of the expression and get down to the thing the writer of the Book of Revelation w'as talking about. He was against the tvpe of person who Is neither cold nor hot. You have of

ten encountered this type. They agree with evei-ybody. When the necessity of making a decision Is definitely at hand they are able to slip away, only to bob up again after the cri.sis is over with their smiles, their deference, their inane words and actions.

Jesu- was Insistent that we either be good or bad. He commanded: Either make the tree good and his fruit good, or else make the tree corrupt and his fruit corrupt" <Matt. 12:33.) Dont just stand there gawking take sides. Do something positive.

Let us teach our children to take sides* and let us busy ourselves to see that the side they take is Gods side - and not the worlds side or the devils side. For Kood and evil arc both realities In God* cxaated unl-^eri.e.

By ELMER ROESSNER

You can still make a fortune on a brighU pateutable .idea, Stacy V. Jones writes in a new book, You Ought to Patent That. (Dial Press. 210 pages, $4.) Jones has been covering the Patent Office in Washington for the New York Times since 1952.

The book is a guide for both the amateur and professional inventor hi obtaining a patent and a lot more than that. It describes the difficulties of ob-taJning patents, what things cant be patented, pitfalls aw'alt-ing inventors, and hundreds of curious facts about patents and Inventors.

Patent Office employees cant get patents for themselves, or acquire interest in any invention except through inheritance. Some colleges demand a share In Inventions by professors: other give full right to the inventor. Corporation policies differ; some allow inventors all or part of the rights of inventions. 0th-er.s. .such s IBM, require employees to assign patents (and

copyrights) to the corporation as a condition of employment. Its a useful book for idea men and an interesting book for dreamers.

OTHER BUSINESS BOOKS

In a related field, the U. S. Trademark Association, 6 E. 45th St., New York, has published a book on Trademark Licensing, Domestic and Foreign, by various authorities. (Paperback, $2.30.)

Here are some other recent books for ^businessmen;

The .4ppraisal of Management, by Jackson Martindale, chairman of the board of the American Institute of Management. (Harper, 194 pages plus index, $4.75*. Martindale holds that best-managed companies are best Investments and he tells how to evaluate the management of a corporation. ,

The Computer Revolution, by Edmund G. Berkeley, editor of Computers and Automation. An excellent basic book on th.e use and possibllitie.s of computers, with some observations on what they cannot do.

TO GROW A BOSS

How to Select and Develop Leaders, by Jack W. Taylor, director of management development for Packaging Corp. of America. (McGraw-Hill, 255 pages plus index. $6.50.) This covers the field, from picking candidates for jobs to training vice presidents to be presidents.

Increa.sing Office Productivity. by Earl P. Strong, of Pennsylvania State University. (McGraw-Hill, 284 pages plus index, $7.50.) Specific techniques for improving efficiency.

How to Get More Done in I,ess Time, by Joseph D. Cooper, government and industrial consultant (Doubleday, 346 pages, $4.95.) How to organize w'ork, delegate responsibility, manage conferences, etc. for businessmen, professional men and others.

These books deal largely with management. Next: Significant new books on economics and the stock market.

SHORT & SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS NEWS FLASHES The Department of Agricul

ture is considering amending Its regulations to allow certain flavoilngs to be used instead of genuine smoke in Federally inspected smoked meats. Pros and cons have until September 6 to regLster opinions. . .A mill in Garfield, N.J., using a secret process, removes ink from oM newsprint, making it reclaim-able. . .New York City has approved five plastic putties for use in school construction. They were found to cut maintenance costs. . .By 1965, Americans will be dropping $400 million in coins into dry cleaning machines. Whirlpool estimates. . .The Department of Agriculture started this week to buy 25 million pounds of frozen ground beef for school lunches. . .The Insiders Newsletter says 7 million Americans are now receiving free food from the government, compared with 5 million a year ago. . .Commerce Clearing House estimates that 10 million Americans paychecks are clipped for local taxes, now that Detroit instituted withholding for city income taxes.