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EDITORIALS To fhe Rescue, Men! Not many Louisiana citizens will the state now have can be laid to ex- turn a deaf ear to the clarion call of Governor Kennon, because he used when that clarion call, money obtained through the mineral In their opinion, calls upon them to run board for oil leases in the operating for governor and rescue the state from budget when he knew this revenue the fell clutches of whoever is gover- WO uld not be recurring each year. Or nor at the time. so claims Barham. This decision to accept the call of Another candidate who appears to dutv however, is not always made with- be in the throes of an attack of gover- out'a struggle. noritis is B.

H. (Johnny) Rogers, the The candidate always resists the a te senator from Grand Cane. call at first He really has no political Rogers has become a popular speak- ambitions he points out. Then, it seems, before civic and service groups in his friends step into the picture. They plead.

They importune North Louisiana. His speeches are concentrated attacks on the Davis admin- No one can haul Louisiana back istration, and judging from the reac- from the brink of disaster except him. tions in certain quarters, his darts ap- How can he be so cold, so callous in pear to be drawing blood, such a time of need? Doesn't he love Rogers' attacks have been leveled his state? Isn't he man enough to put a the Baker bank, the million-dollar dutv ahead of personal inclination? mansion, the million-dollar sand beach, 'Yes, the candidate replies, he knows the million-dollar extra appropriation the state is in a bad way. Perhaps he for the Board of Liquidation, the mil- SHOULD do more for the good of the lion-dollar extra attorney fees, the million-dollar fish ponds, the multi-million- dollar Sunshine bridge, deadheads, bond issues, attempted sales taxes. He has castigated the building of public roads to private homes, tax ex- people.

But not run for governor. Not that. Surely there are others who are more qualified, etc. So the candidate makes a speaking tour. He attacks the administration.

He emptions and tax settlements, destruc- poin'ts out how those unspeakable peo- tion of public records, deadheads, the pie in Baton Rouge have mulcted the state's insurance business, the use of metal culverts by the highway depart- whole state. He is received with cheers. His determination grows. Anything, but anything, which can break the iron grip of the administration upon the state must be done. He succumbs.

He announces his candidacy for governor. The latest to feel the call to rescue Louisiana from Governor Jimmie Davis and his ilk is C. E. (Cap) Barham, who was lieutenant governor for the 195256 term. Barham has reached Step Two in the procedures.

His friends are insisting that he become a candidate. Barham himself, can see plenty of logic in his friends' call. Among candi- belongs." ment. administration defeat of a code of ethics, and other areas in which the Davis administration is vulnerable. "I have traveled this state north, south, east and west," Rogers told the Baton Rouge Downtown Kiwanis club, "and if this outfit has any friends except those who are receiving or hope to receive favors, I have failed to find them.

"What this state needs," Rogers concluded, "is a governor who is big anough, generous enough and honest to the point that he will sacrifice the dictatorial powers now held by the governor, and return that power to the people and to the legislature where it so desperately needs to be and so richly dates already announced, not one is acceptable to the public and the taxpayers of Louisiana, Barham says. Chep Morrison won't do. He is "childish and naive." Bob Kennon won't do. "Most of the financial troubles that Yep, sounds as if Rogers is pretty well along the road to announcing for governor himself. And if and when he does announce, he is apt to supply plenty of color and excitement to the race.

CQ SURVEY Kennedy Gains By Congressional Quarterly WASHINGTON (CQ) President Kennedy gained in "Hardcore" supporters in the 1962 House elections, a Congressional Quarterly study of Nov. 6 election results shows. But whether he can translate that advantage into House victories on such contentious n- tier" issues as medicare, urban of six votes if the issue is brought up agair. ii 1963, assuming all er Members vote exactly as they did before. Obviously this would be touch- and-go, despite the election over.

The outlook on other issues: School President lost 22 Members who backed him on his 19fil general aid to education bill. His pickup of 27 support- 'Indeed, Suh! Some of Mah Kinfolk Are Yankees' PEARSON SAYS affairs and school aid remains a ers means hypothetical gain if matter for conjecture. five on this issue. But it wo' id take 37 switches to reverse tha In the Senate, the advantages, outcome the roll jail which accruing to the President from a killed school aid in 1961 net pickup of four Democratic seats are clear. of the outgo' ir.g House Members supported A Congressional Quarterly proj- passa the President's ax ection of votes on the medicare is- bill jn 962- His pic up 2 sue.

for example, shows that if the Supp0 rters moans a net hypot'i tissue is brought to a vote 1963. if ica )oss of on this issue, 'lut incumbent Senators vote exactly it wou have taken a switch of as they did in 1962, and if the newcomers vote according to the stands they took while campaigning, medicare will pass, 52-48. This would be an exact reversal of the 48-52 vote in July of this year which killed medicare for the session. To assess the new House lineup in terms of support for President Kennedy, Congressional Quarterly went beneath the partisan election results (a four- seat loss for the Democrats and a two-seat gain for the Republicans) and measured the known record or public stand of each Member leaving Congress and each new Member who will take a seat in January. The findings: JOHN KENNEDY Of 69 Members leaving the He Gains Strength House because of election defeat, primary defeat, retirement or res-1 ignation (40 Democrats and 29 Re-1 I2 volcs to dcfeat the bil! in l962 publicans).

14 can be classified as lendi some encouragement to Smoking and Public Health "hard-core" Kennedy supporters on key controversial issues. inclusion of comparable reforms in the tax package expected to be sent to Congress early in the next Warning: Bad Year for Flu By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1962, by the Bell Syndicate) WASHINGTON. EVERY possible precaution was taken to keep the press away from the first meeting of the Surgeon General's Advisory committee on Of 67 members who will enter session, the House in January (36 Demo-! crats and 31 Republicans), 24 can Urban The President be classified as "hard-core" Ken-! loses 20 su PP 01 tcrs on this one. might be was immediately appar-' bacco products of which about 3.2 nedy supporters on the basis of His new sl rters would give him ent in the report prepared for the billion will be received by fed- thei campaign stands. i a net i ain "even-hardly a be.

ginning the 58 switches needed committee by the Agriculture de- eral, state, and local governments Thus the President makes a net to give the President an Urban partment concerning the extent of as excise tax revenue. tobacco as a commodity in the United States. ITS IMPORTANCE TO AMER- The Agriculture Department estimates that there are 70 million tobacco smokers in the United States. Flu continues to take a heavy toll of lives each year in the United States. Last winter 20,000 Americans died as a direct or indirect result of the flu.

During the previous three winters an estimated 86,000 flu related deaths were recorded. These figures indicate how serious influenza can be. Dr. Guillermo Vasquez, director of the Calcasieu-Lake Charles health unit, provided the statistics on flu deaths. He coupled the figures with a warning and with advice.

The asian strain of influenza is due this fall and winter. For that reason, the doctor pointed out, it is especially important for certain high-risk groups to get flu shots. The most susceptible are those with heart disease, chronic lung problems and diabetes, and expectant mothers and those over forty-five years of age. It is also important that all persons having frequent and direct contact with the public should also receive the vaccine. In addition to its danger to life, flu also has other serious results.

The disease may only be disabling for several days but if epidemic proportions occur, it can cause disruption of services and widespread absenteeism in business and industry. It is the advice of the health unit director that immunization should begin as soon as practicable. See your family doctor for further information if needed, he says. tee." Public Health smoking and health, sometimes ican agr i cu lture was disclosed in I These were the facts placed be- called "the Cigarette Commit- tne 0 owin statistics handed to' fore the committee charged with the advisory committee for 1961 the vitally important question of officials would Growers produced over two bil- decidin whether cigarettes cause admit the 10 scientists appointed lion pounds on 520)000 lung cancer, to the committee were meeting farrns mm fam fami i ies with Public Health Service Surg- livelihood was dependent on eon General Luther Terry and bacco. of five pmvT roim 1Mfc pick up of 10 in the vital area Affairs Department, on the basis of hard-core support.

of the roll-call which defeated the Of the 67 outgoing Members. 25 iplanFeb 21 1962 can be classified as generally de- i Farm Program The first 1962 pendable in their support for the; farm bill, including supply man- Pi esident's program, including the hard-core backers. Among the newcomers, 27 are similarly a net gain of two i terms of general support. agement controls for feed gains, died June 21 when the House voted to reject it on a cliff-hanging 215-205 roll call. The President loses 35 Members who backed him on this one.

The new projection of FffllM ffi JUS Democratic standard-bearers a wider margin. departing from Congress include a Foreign Aid. The President los- constitution which almost brought number of Southerners who oppose es 32 Members who supported Tobacco Is the fourth ranking, President George Meany and Vice: the President's program or were: him when the House repulsed 190- ment agencies. But that was about crop in inc i di ng livestock. President Walter Reuther to luke-warm at the most.

I 203, a move to cut economic as- all they would admit. blows, and may disrupt the AFL-; sistance bv $100 million if Growers got over $1.3 bil lion; CIO today, is a provision that tha ntht 1 slsiance 100 million. If he So sensitive were they on this from the sale of tobacco in 1961. when a CIO score that even the secretaries ot from HEW asked to be kept ignorant ce are 32 'per cent of all of the room number in which their crops; in North Carolina, 70 per to bosses were meeting. cent; in Tennessee, 40 per cent; in many cases the winners President Meany seemed con- are expected to be "down-the-line" prevail.

Hicdnrc Soutl Carohna er cent ten to abide by this provision last Kennedy men. di.clo.se QUICK QUIPS THE WORLD TODAY Party System Gummed Up But this column can msc.ose gia 35 per cent Connecticut. 38 year when iVs. Buckmaster" that Surgeon General Terry per cent; Virginia, 24 per me head of the United er the apparent Kennedy opened the two-day session by ex- Maryland, 23 per cent; Massachu-; workers, a CIO union resigned ains are translated into specific i plaining he did not want those setts 10 er cent West Virginia, rom tne issues, the outlook is mixed. On a concerned harassed before they ei 8 ht er cent; Pennsylvania, sev-j 7 alls in 1962.

the If you have time, you might learned the scope and nature of en er cent; Ohl0 three P. er cent: Go anead and pick the man Prcsiden was able to attract some punder over this a bit- If Co- their responsibilities Indiana, two per cent; Wisconsin, you want, he suggested to Rcu- votes from those departing mem- lumbus hadn't discovered Amer- four per cent; Missouri, one per ther. bers who generally opposed him. ica, where do you suppose you'd You are free, he told the group, cent; Florida, five per cent, to talk any time as an individual rt But, when Reuther and his CIO Thus, on the Jan. 31, vote scientist to anv reoorter about 6 United states leads 4 associates cnose Ral Helstein, on temporarily enlarging bueniiM.

10 any repuuer doom vour youi field of interest world the Production and expor- president of the Packingh ueia 01 Uit By JAMES MARLOW President Kennedy, who had, A foreigner looking at the elec- ork of this committee, because mil ion pounds valued at half a Associated Press News Analyst asked for even more Democrats, tion returns might be mystified. the controversial nature of the billion dollars in 1961, while im- could be considered a winner or While there are liberals in both subject matter. ortin 168 million pounds valued parties, more among the Demo- at $119 million. House Rules Committee, so as to ease the way for Kennedy WASHINGTON week's elections once party nationally nority party. The voter years with only two APi Last demonstrated loser.

There was only one real loser: again that the Republican redl rty nationally is strictly a mi- Republicans They go one "He's too left wing for If he is appointed to the coun- crats than among the Republicans There are too many economic, the broad base of both parties is public, political, and other factors Of the tobacco consumed here in body." estimates are that the manu- cil, it will be over my dead better than He's a fine man with an! more crushing defeat In the 16 conservative. involved to make any premature as thev have for 30 naU nal eleCtionS Si Ce 1932 the This is a11 makes ior ud ment Terr warned only two exceptions voters have 8' ven tbe Re ubllcans confusion to anyone looking for Dr. Terry implied that these ars and cigarillos, 116 m. showed no confidence in lettine 8 ma rCSS my clear-cut differences between the factors could have devastating small cigars, 71 million pounds of Sem run CoSss twlce: ln 1946 a 1952 arlies There is also a dee and repercussions on the individual smoking tobacco, nearly 65 mil- 6 record esides we sa But if 8 comfort to the ln 1946 there wasi wide discon dama in 8 cleavage within the and that it was his hope to avoid lion pounds of chewing tobacco, lected hlm according to our con. (L no mn a ic tent with snorta 8 es and tne rern Democratic party between North such repercussions bv covering in- 33 million pounds of snuff, publicans, the Democrats die a nants of warUme controls.

In 1952 i and South. dividua findings in "a "combined SI tCJT S-S 1 SX The emoCTalS not t-P-L" nl ta UB defeated it. be now? "The moon is the daughter of the earth, and it took the earth 500 years to give birth to it," says an astronomer. This probably set an all-time record for time spent in labor. stltution, Are you trying to put above the hj on his sharply and painfully divided into ly as conservative as the Re Northern and Southern Demo- Bul the voters qujckly showed publicans.

crats that they made a distinction was because they deserted In short, the American political between Eisenhower and his i Kennedy's leadership time andS party system is all gummed low-Republicans and that they i again to vote with Republicans' Before election con- lacked confidence in. Republican'against him that the President trolled Congress by overwhelming control of Congress. went out urging the election of majorities. After election they still They did it by putting the Dem- more Democrats. had overwhelming majorities in in control in the very next whaf wa Innkina for wai How powerful these pressures States will spend $7.8 billion on to- oin on hto word and try mg to violate the constitution, SENATOR CAUCUS both AH the election aw election, 1954, and every was confirm their control.

i since, including 1966 when they The Democrats even gained four i again elected Eisenhower in a both the conservative Republicans and the conservative Democrats. Senate seats while the Republi- huge turnout. cans were able to capture only Painful as it must be to Repub- Hl campaigning wac an two in the House. Now the score licans, this is not all. Even In tlw in the Senate is 68 to 82 for the states the voters show a sharp and, in the House, preference for as they to 176.

did this year in the gubernatorial There was the usual deluge of races by electing more than twice post-election analyses. This many Democrats as Republi. the emphasix was on whether i cans. Lake Charles American Press VCAR Wttk Oov and AMOCIATtO Mil! Mclvilyfly te VM for oil AP St. MB rect admission that even though the Democrats in Congress far outnumbered Republicans he still didn't feel he could get his grams unless he could get more Democrats, and liberal ones at 'that.

What the country really has IB two parties that don't operate der their appropriate labels: liberals and conservatives. If there could be a political rearrangement through which there would be a clear distinction tween the two and cojiservativM and perhaps under new names the voters would be able to give a sharper indication of which way they want to go. But the American political is slow to change even change names so any prospect for a new alignment more like a problem ior the of tne tint ceutury to thtak about Coer. Scu'l fttfwtt C9tf. IM-Weflg Kighii LOOKING BACKWARDS 50 Years Ago (From tht Amorlcan Press of November 13, 1912) All this took place at a closed- The city council last night on from any country parish door session in Chicago.

i petition ot the Richard and Wasey! And at that we voted week, in more closed-door s- company included Mar a of our strength Meany shouted "liar!" The two men almost fame to blows. sions, Reuther and Meany are re-, Place in the sewerage district ported near the biggest break inj recent labor history. onlv hall tha purchasers of. lots in i s. There is an election to be held beautiful addition will have an-! on December 17 to decide whether other modern convenience at their or not Lake Charles should hava SENATOR KKFAVVEIl OF Tennessee has written a stiff, nri- Now that the election is over vale letter to President Kennedy and things are quieting down, ii is protesting the appointment time to open up the annual kick of George Woods as president of on the game laws.

the World Bank. Tru About Texas, ar i' cle of the Weatherford the commission form of govern- Woods happens to be chairman of the First Boston corporation, which wan involved in the iWi Yates scandal. In fact, it a Woods who first approached the Democrat. If he really tells nwiil, as prtiUoned for by nearly Eisenhower administration about slls that Drake just now one-half of the registered voters. setting up the Dixon-Yates power 1S bu eludl "8 lhe News from Merryville, the Koat lne present labor troubles combine which Ike was finally forced to oppose.

Earlier, Kennedy wanted to ap-' dedded" to" Negotiate point Woods as head of the tor- the the eign aid program. the powers seems fruitless." But after called at the White House for a private talk There is good reason to believe 1 that lli8 Turkish government has with says everything is quiet far since the shut down of tha American Lumber company's big plant on Monday, The Brotherhood of i "Well, let's tee what kind of dow of 'Gaitro we've gotieo today As ustuil, Calcasieu gave Wil- workers union called a strike, it with Kennedy, Woods name was son the biggest vote of any cow-iii said, because the company withdrawn. Now the President htu try parish in the elate; and out'would nut put back to wort iw- Woodi to head of the mtterlng vote left gave tain members and former em- -v World bank, hf doesn Messrs. Debs, TaH and Roosevelt ees of the company who were Senate approval. more voles than they received necled with Grabow iliau 1.