^ Wednesday, November 13, 1963

No Credit To Justice Dept.

The federal court should promj^y and firmly deny the request of the J 4 tice TTebrtment that a grand jury in Alabahia be i;rdered to end its investigation into charges that the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was given transportation at government expense.

In itself, the request reflects no credit on the Justice Department.^ It *puts that department in the position of requesting the court to prevent a grand jury investigation into possible wrong-doing by representatives of the Justice Department. By asserting that the grand jury is exceeding its authority by presuming to investigate activities of the Justice Department, the department is saying that its activities are above reproach and no one has the right to question them.

Under a democratic government, the actions of any department or official of the government are al-

Preyer Choice

Corefully Mode organizations Work

By WnXIAM A. SHIRES

TOWNSEND The name of

- N. A. (Nat) Townsend had been mentioned frequently in recent speculati(Hi around Raleigh nd it came as no great surprise to learn that he would be state campaign manager for a close friend. L. Richardson Preyer.

B was somewhat surprising that Preyer, a political novice himself, did not choose someone more widely known in state politics to manage his guver-natorlal campaign.

Preyer, however, deliberately chose a man who was not too closely identified with political activity nor with any single group or faction and a man

. not publicly identified with the strife stirring animarles of 1960.

The choice appeared to be based more on pers<mal friendship and known ability than on previous experience on the front line of political campaigning. Townsend, however, is not en-

- tircly without political knowhow.

BACKGROtTNDThe .SO-year old Raleigh tax attorney has close liaison with men In public life and elective office and has friends and family ties across the state.

Townsends father was a Methodist minister in Robeson County. The family later moved to Dunn and his father turning to a law practive, served four terms in the General Assembly. He later served as a special Superior Court judge and executive counsel to former Gov. 0. Max Gardner. Still later, his father was acting assistant solicitor general of the . S. He died in 1951.

Townsends mother was Myrtle Agnes Wade, daughter of the first mayor of Dunn.

Townsend was valedictorian of his graduating class at Oak Ridge and was an honor student in the University of North Carolina school of Law and editor-in-chief of the North Carolina Law Review.

He began law practice in North Carolina in Lenoir. In 1940. he was co-manager 'in Caldwell County for the campaign of Gov. J. Melville Broughton. He served in the Navy in the Pacific from 1941 to 1946 and then worked for eight years with the Internal Revenue Service in Atlanta.

He became a partner in the Raleigh law firm of Poyn e r, Gcraghty, Hartsfleld and Town-end in 1958. He has served as precinct chairman and worked In Gov. Terry Sanfords campaign in 1960.

PREYER Preyer headquarters emphasized the point In its announcement that Townsend has had little identity with politics.

Preyer himself said he has known Townsend as a distinguished lawyer and a go d friend.

He has been a knowledgeable observer of public affairs as well as one the finest Aax lawyers in North Carolina. I

am confident that his ability and good counsel will be an invaluable asset in the coming campaign..

Townsend, the first statewide manager to be named for the 1964 gubernatorial campaign, was in New York on private business when the announcement was made. He plans to take over the campaign job in a few weeks.

Raleigh reporters quickly discovered the fact that Townsend and Judge Dan K. Moores publicity cWci, William S. Johnson of Rocky Mount, married sisters. Johnson worked for the Sanford campaign and later was on the governors staff.

OTHERS It is expected that Mr>ore will announce his campaign: leadership in a few days. In addition to state managers, both Preyer and Moore are likely to have regional managers and co-managers.

Organization of a gubernatorial campaign is an intricate and detailed task.

Preyer, in effect. Inherited the nucleus of an organization from that which was formed for the Sanford campaign in 1960 and which had been geared earlier this year for Sanfords campaign manger,-^Bert Bennett Jr. of Winston-Salem. Preyer, however, has been altering this organizational structure somewhat and maki n g changes to fit his own identity rather than that of Sanf o r d or Bennett.

Moore has had the benefit of sofne groundwork on behalf of a middle-of-the-road candidate but has had more work to do in shaping a campaign organization.

Dr. I. Beverly Lake of Raleigh had a head start by virtue of the fact that he was a gubernatorial candidate In 1960. But Lake too has been making some changes around the nucleus of his 1960 organization. If and when Lake announces his candidacy, he is ready to announce his state manager and several regional managers.

ADS The cost to the Moore campaign fund for full page advertisements in 14 state newspapers a few days ago was in excess of $5,000.

The ads reprinted the full text of a lengthy statement of candidate Moores political phi-osophy and views on various Issues which was released to the press on Oct. 13. Moore and his aides decided that the statement needed wider and fuller distribution than was afforded in news reports and dispatches on the statement.

They were especially upset by the fact that Preyer-for-govemor headquarter was issuing frequent brief releases on single individual, specfic campaign points and issues including some covered in Moores original lengthy statement.

We wanted to get the w'hole thing on the record, publicity chief Johnson said. He said there has been favorable response to the advertisements.

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Has Earned Respect

By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON (AP) - For-mer Vice President Richard M. Nixon has stopped far short of eliminating himself from consideration as the Republican partys choice for the presidential nomination.

He could do it in one, simple, positive sentence I am not a candidate for the presidential nomination and I will not accept it if the convention offers it to me or tires to draft

like a candidate.

One month ago Nixon said he hoped there would be nothing on the record between them and the convention to indicate he favored one candidate over another.

me.

Instead, he has limited himself ^to saying he is not a candidate lor the nomination, which can be interpreted as saying he will not actively campaign for it between now and the 1964 convention.

Thats a Icwig way from saying he would not accept the nomination or like to have it. Last month in an interview the magazine U. S. News World Report asked him the question directly: Would he accept the nominatiwi if drafted?

He said: I shall not be a candidate in *64 and that answers all questions of that type . . , there can be no draft unless a man stimulates or encourages it. . .my statement that I shall not be a candidate means there can be no draft.

It does not necessarily mean any such thing. The* fact that he did not actively seek the nomination does not prevent the convention, if deadlocked on others, from seeking a way. out by turning to him

While he said he is not a candidate, he has been urging Republicans in all sections of the country not to commit themselves yet to any would-be candidates. His reason is said to be: Its too soon to know what will happen.

As of now there are only two candidates in sight: New Yorks Gov. Nelson a. rockefeller and Arizonas Sen. Barry Goldwat-er. Rockefeller has already an-nouncfed his candidacy, Gold-water Is expected to in January.

And both men have said they thought Nixon was acting

While such reticence would avoid adding splits in tl)e Republican party, it would also avoid making enemies for him among the followers of the candidate in case the convention finally did turn to him.

Monday in Miami editors representing a cross-section of the nations daily newspapers said they fell Nixon wiU be the Republican candidate against President Kennedy, but that Kennedy will beat him again as he did in 1960.

Fifty editors, in Miami for the annual Associated Press managing editors meeting today, were quizzed by the Miami Herald and 26 of them picked Nixon as the Republicans choice.

Goldwater got 12 votes. The rest went to Rockefeller and Michigans Gov. George Rom-ney. The editors stressed that their selections were based on Judgment and not on their political preference.

Former President Eisenhower, in a Sunday television interview, said Nixon would be one of those definitely conside the nomination if the convent i o n deadlocks.

Nixon, asked about this, said he could conceive of no circumstances whatever under which he would be a candidate for the nominatlcHi. This was just repeating what he had said before

But Eisenhower didnt say Nixon would be a candidate, but that a deadlocked convention might turn to him.

But, for a man not seeking the nomination. Nixon has been talking a lot. He explains that, too:

At this time I believe I can best serve both the Republican party anI the nation as an independent, cwistructive critic

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ways subject to question by the ultimate authority . . . the people. The Justice Department has no more right to request the court to prevent a grand jury from investigating any of its activities than any individual, organization or government agency has the right to request the court to immune it from investigation by the Justice Department.

^In the case in question, the Justice Department twice denied the charges leveled at it before finally admitting the incident was true. Under the circumstances, it seems to us that the incident is of sufficient import to warrant investigation by a higher authority than a grand jury in Alabama. It seems to us that Congress should take notice of the incident if the Justice Department is so anxious that it be dropped as to ask the federal, court to prevent a grand jury investigation of it.

It is much more within the scope of a grand jury's authority to conduct such an investigation ^an it is within the authority of the Justice Detriment to ask the court to prevent such an investigation or for the court to grant the department's request.

The North Carolina Joint Council on Health and Citizenship has attracted state-wide attention through its program to emphasize the need for better health, better citizenship and better education among Negro citizens.

The manner in which it has gone about achieving these goals has gained for the organization and its leaders the respect of white and Negro citizens alike in this section and throughout North Carolina. It has touched the lives of literally thousands of families. The seeds it has planted in its brief three-year history already are bearing good fruit in North Carolina.

The words of Dr. Andrew Best of Greenville provided the key-note of the celebration of the third anniversary of the Council held here during the week-end:

"We are here to demonstrate a congnizance of the complexity of the problems which face us in our present day society, to demonstrate a serious concern for those self-same problems and to demonstrate a reaffirmation of our faith in the value of education."

Fittingly enough, those goals have provided the foundation for efforts of the Council since its organization under the leadership of Dr. Best.

With its third anniversary celebrationas with its program since inceptionthe Joint Council on

By ALVIN TAYLOB

A Patriotic Occasion

Health and Citizenship demonstrates in the highest manner the efforts of its members to achieve the worthwhile goals to which the organization is dedicated.

Nixon Carefully jeft Door Aior

Greenvilles new post office, the East Carolina College Station, was formally dedicated Sunday afternoon.

Being a government Installation it was, of course, a patriotic occasion. There was a United States and a North Carolina flag flanking the speakers stand. And a big picture of John F. Kennedy looked down over the gathering.

Flowers for the (x:casion were red, white and blue. Even the napkins used at the refreshment table carried a patriotic design.

And, oh yes, the cake served with the punch it was red, white and blue too.

in our lives, and I suppose the dedication of a new postal facility serves just that purpose.

All of us grumble when a letter arrives a day or so late and promptly level our criticism at the post office.

But I have noticed that the things we criticize most are the things that mean the most to us in our everyday lives.

That the Post Office Department is absolutely-essential to us can hardly be questioned. Without a doubt the delivery of the mail can be improved. But it is delivered, reasonably on time and with an incredibly small amount of the 67 billion pieces mailed annually lost.

from house-to-house; sells money orders or drives the rural roads before dawn.

Jack Williams, postal service office, who spoke Sunday pointed out that there are now 589,000 postal employees, which ma^s. the Post Office

Departm ian emp

largest civil-the nation.

So lets offer a salute to the local postal emplqyees. They ar^ the ones who see to it thaf those letters, magazines, newspapers and various other items are placed in our mail boxes each day.

Occasionally, though we need to be reminded of the vital part of the post office plays

Of course, the hero of it all is the mall man whether he sorts mail or carries it

Opinions In Brief

Other Editors Saying.. Deficiencies Citec,

(Rocky Mount Telegram)

Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges was never a man to mince words. When he draws a head on the educational setup in North Carolina he lets fly and the chips fall askew. Perhaps in doing so he is rendering a service. We are proud of our school system but it is obvious that much is lacking. Hodges points to these deficiencies without wavering, proud though he is of his state.

Two items in particular he noted recently, one having to do with teacher-education, and the other teacher-employment, In Hodges view, if what we pay teachers is really evidence of the value this society places on education, we had better update our thinking fast.

Perhaps there was a day In the past when the U. S. could tolerate a large measure of ignorance. That time has gone. And if we are to hold ignorance In check and make some sort of progress against it we must pay for the talent required for a quality teaching performance. If we dont pay, some other state willand is.

The job of teaching is too vital for mediocre people to fill. But a mediocre student, in some institutions, can become a high school teacher, and then can continue to do damage the rest of his life.

Dr. James D. Koemer, president of the Council for Basic Education, has charged that the people who train our teachers are incompetent, We should note North Carolinas

very poor standing among the 50 states such levels as: the ratio of college students to its total population, the number of persons 25 years and over who have completed less than eight years of school, the percentage of young men rejected for military service for failing the mental qualification tests, total expenditures per pupil in public schools, and average salaries for school teachers.

But North Carolina is n o t standing still. It has taken important steps in recent years to expand its educational opportunities at the local level. The community-college program and Industrial Educa-tio Center together with the North Carolina Funds war on dropouts, and the project to promote teacher merit pay, all are designed to upgrade our educational system.

But the student will be no better than the teacher. Qualifications in teacher education leave much to be desired, not only in this state, but nationally. Less than a third of our colleges require prospect 1 v e teachers to complete a major other than education. And 40 to 60 per cent of the high school English courses are taught by persons lacking the minimum requirements of a major in English.

But we must make teaching attractive as a career: men simply cannot afford to make public school teaching a career under the present setup. We must meet this challenge, so that our students can expect the best.

Small boys may be divided into three classifications dirty, not yet, and hi-a-min-ute. Craig (Colo.) Empire-Courier.

t/re Back.

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?olicy?

The way weve been extending concensions to Russia year after year in hopes of a little mellowing we might call our program the Hopin Door Policy. Carlsbad Current-Argus,

Mississippis Congressman Jamie Whitten is sponsoring a bill in the House that would reimburse one of his constituents $150 for a dead cow. The heifer died after eating part of a weather balloon that landed in the farmers pasture. Considering the high price of beef, we cant say that Mr. Whitten is milking the government, Richmond News Leader.

What this country needs most, a disgrungled Republican said in the office the other day, is another ex-President. Russell (Kan.) News.

IMNSOtIO IT OrTIMlIT ClUli

By JOHN CHAMBERLALN

Copyright, 1963, King Features Syndicate, Inc.

We are publicly committed by our foreign policy to the relief of tensions. But whose tensions are being relieved? Yours? . Mine? Or Khrushchev's?

The answer is that Khrushchev succeeds very well in relieving his own tensions and those of such of his countrymen who continue to think of capitalism as the big, bad wolf by skillfully playing on ours.

What a man he is, and what an actor I He turns all his defeats into victories by a long-practiced legerdemain which 'we should see through, but dont. Only a few months ago he was in dire trouble: h i s farm program was a shambles, he was faced with worries about guarding his long inner Asian border the longest unfortified land border in the world. against the possibility that Red China might violate it, he had left hostages in Castros Cuba, and he needed a' nuclear test ban for reasons best known to himself. In addition to this there were murmurs of trouble in the captive naticms, where the peasants were engaging in a slowdown.

So we proceeded to rcBeve Khrushchevs tensions on all these items. The test ban was accepted. Canada sold Moscow its surplus wheat. We sold com to Hungary. The grain sales meant that Russia wouldnt starve; they also meant that the eastern EurH)ean satellites would be fed. With his worries about controlling the satellites thus relieved, BUiru-shchev could not face Mao Tse-tung without fear of a possible two - front struggle. As for the Soviet hostages in Cuba, we guaranteed Khrushchevs technicians a safe stay by rigidly suppressing any anti - Castro Cubans who might be in a positiwi to make trouble for them.

You might think that such magnanimity toward aman threatened from a score of directions would evoke a little gratitude. But old Khrush is not one to reciprocate a past favor. With Canada ready and willing to sell him even more wheat, he plays p o y about taking ours. Maybe hell buy, maybe he wont. He knows that when capitalist wheat traders begin to bid for the privilege of selling to Russia, it is their tensions, not his, that are involved.

Knowing, from the eagerness with which we welcomed the test ban, that there is a big and wholly sincere peace party in the U. S., and that no war over Berlin would be lightly risked, Khrushc h e v (Mice again realizes that he can play with our tensions at no risk to his own. So he stops a couple of our convoys In the Berlin corridor. When he finally consents to call off his police dogs, we boast in our headlines that we have stared him down. But that aint the way the Rjissians hear it in Khrushchevs own press. He tells his myimidons that we have complied with his established procedures. For the benefit f some visiting American business men, he hints that our violatlMis of the corridor rules might have resulted In nuclear war. So it is the business mens tensions that are tlghUncd. His own countrymen, reading in Izvestia that the West has backed down cmce again in Berlin, risk no ulcers.

This Khrushchev ployiman-ship goes on and (m and on. A Soviet Hyushln-18 transport lands in Tanganyika In Africa to pick some Negroes from the Union of South Africa. Why? Well, it seems that they are to be trained in gutriUa warfare In the Soviet Union. Meanwhile Khrushchev applies the Monroe Doctrine in reverse, telling us that he wont permit us to interfere with the unfolding of socialbun under Castro. Whose tensions are relieved by this?

What a man, and what an actor! We dont seem to realize that his training In the arts o(^lSvsembling took place under life and death clrpumstanc-es. After all, Khrushchev rose to a high poslti(i under Stalin. He feared and hated Stalin, yet he hid his real feelings in order to make his own way in the world. The time would (Continued on Page 8>

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BY EARL L. DOUGLASS ,

LUMINARIES

Dont eat your heart" out, it's the worst of all possible diets. It will certainly nauseate you and chances are that it will produce ulcers.

A deaj friend of mine spends his day eating out his hea^rt. He had a successful career and at the end he was treated with Injustice. He should have received nothing but applause and adulation. Instead he received a treatment which is making the latter year.s of his life bitter and unhappy.

Tberf are some situations in life which can be changed. The

change may take extraordinary effort in some ca.ses, but it

can be made. There are other situations which can never be changed. 1 a loved ooe^bas

passed awaj^, the dead cannot be retumecf to' life. If a fortune has been lost through mistaken judgment, then thats that. If the ones who should have given you their gratitude give you instead disdain and perhaps hatred, there may be nothing to do but take it. You can be sure that much as you are being Injured the person who is Injuring you is being injured more.

Once In a while we find those people who can be overwhelmed by nothing. They are really luminaries, and, the dictionary defines a luminary as a body that gives off light. Some people are pitched head for-#w'ard into a sea of trouble and come up smiling and .strike out for the shore.

We end a.s we begin; Dont eat your heart out.

By ELMER ROESSNER The Small Business Administration, in addition to money, puts out a lot ofjprlnted matter for, small businessmen. Some of it is unnecessary (Under-Used Sources of Employees), some is redundant (Kentucky's Small Business Potential and Potential Resources for Small Business In Kentucky, both by Prof. John W. Manning, University of Louisville) and sOTne is reg 1 o n a T (Planning for Balanced Small Business Development in the U. S. Virgin Islands).

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