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THE PARIS, TEXAS, NEWS Power Threats Mode in Effort To Force Congress Repeal of 14B The Congress is being invited even pushed toward a step that will inevitably bring a bad reaction in national labor relations. There is a labor monopoly in basic industry in America. Labor nxw wants the last remaining check against ruinous monopoly removed. Should this occur, the Congress will be faced with dealing with it later and the political pendulum will swing, as always, with damaging power. If anyone doubts the pressure of raw-power politics being applied, let him ponder the threat of Elmer Brown, president of the International Typographical Union.

Brown has told Senator Frank J. Lausche (D-Ohio) and other congressmen that unless they vote to repeal Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act (the brief clause that leaves the states the right to decide whether they want compulsory union laws or not), labor "will mass our forces and discharge them at the next election." Brown said the "I.T.U- will take part in mobilizing delegations that will make the civil rights demonstrations look like a Sunday school picnic." The threat was contained in a letter Senator Lausche said came from Brown and which Lausche read to the Senate on Sept. 10. Nationwide sentiment on this question was checked last June by the Gallup Poll. At that time, 49 per cent of the nation's voters opposed union membership (in a unionized shop or business) for workers in those places; 43 approved and eight per cent had no opinion.

Among union members themselves, only 66 per cent supported compulsory membership as a condition to holding a job. In the same survey, 57 per cent said they believe labor unions have too much power. The question heads for a showdown this week in the Congress. Senator Dirksen (R-I11.) has said he will filibuster the bill in the Senate. Senator Lausche has indicated he will help, declaring that he couldn't in good conscience knuckle under to the threat "that they will defeat us at the next election" and force us "to abandon our honest judge- ment." The only possible fair way 14(b) can be repealed is to put labor organizations under the same kind of anti-trust control that businesses now are under.

It is far better, however, to leave the matter to individual states and challenge the unions to make membership attractive enough that they won't need a law to get a worker into them. Court Tests Needed on Code Texas' new rules for handling criminals in the courts is much in the news. Much of the news-making is the untested nature of the revised code, though lawyers in high places have voiced apprehension over portions of the law. The code was a long time in the making. Judges, law professors, bar association committees and finally legislators worked over what they "conceived to be areas of needed reform.

The final draft by the Legislature apparently includes some language that makes "court tests not only desirable but essential before anyone can say what the code will do in "some cases. For example, some lawyers feel the code abolishes the death penalty. Others claim to see in it an unending cycle under which convictions for crime would be virtually impossible. Law enforcement officers are puzzled about their role in helping to inform their communities about crime. Speculation will continue until the courts get the test cases and the rules are interpreted.

This is what courts are for. In the matter of informing the public, diligent news gathering will be at a premium. In time it will be shown that a criminal can get a fair trial in less than totally-antiseptic isolation from the public. Costly Waste, At Our Expense Rep. James Martin of Alabama or two full pages of the Record columns is acting as if he has suddenly discovered the promised land.

The fact that he is a freshman member of the House of Representatives may account for it. Martin must have just learned that his weekly letter to constituents can be published in the Congressional Rec- for March 4, 11, 18, 2o. appearing in the Record Sept. 7, and slightly more than two pages covering newsletters of April 6, 8, and 22, appearing in the Record for Sept. 8.

At that rate Martin should be able to publish all his back newsletters em. uio uciciv iicvvaietitMb ue- ord. Ihis accounts for four represents- fore Congress adjourns. He's a Republi- tive entries in the Congressional Record can. hitherto a rare bird in office in for Sept.

and four an Sept. 8. Each Alabama. He may feel the necessity for "Production of a Martin news- filling in his constituents on all his jetter. The only thing wrong with them thoughts before the next election.

At 1C not? 4 4- ,3 is that they are somewhat dated. Readers are likely to be surprised when they read a total of six columns, any rate, want them or not. his people are getting his thoughts through the Congressional Record. The Paris News is an independent Democratic newspaper, supporting what it believes to be right and opposing what it believes to be publishing the news fairly and impartially at all times. DAVID LAWRENCE Federal Departments To Be Own Judges WASHINGTON President Johnson has just approved a plan to put into effect a system whereby a ch department in the fede a 1 goverment is, in effect, to judge for itseif how to punish racial discrimination.

In the award of federal contracts, the authority to be vested in the operating departments of the govern rn in dealing with problems of discrim i nation is so broad that there are virtually no guidelines except individual discretion. It would be possible, for instance, to use this power to demand of private businesses and their subcontractors that, before being awarded a government contract, an "equal rights" doctrine should be applied so as to require employment of 50 per cent whites and 50 per cent nonwhites. While the objective in attempting to remove racial discrimination is a worthy one, the method to be used can do more harm than good. To abolish the interdep a nlal agencies, as the Presi nl plans to do, is a step in the wrong direction. Instead of concentrating responsibil; ly, it tends to diffuse responsibility.

Vice President Humphrey's memorandum, as approved and issued by the White House, reads in part as follows: "Every employe responsible for the administration of our vast education programs must recognize that he is also responsible for enforcement of equal opportunity and nondiscrimination. "Every individual responsible for the administration of our labor programs must recognize that he is also responsible for compliance with our civil rights laws as they affect his programs. "Every person who n- tracts on behalf of the government with private parties must recognize that he is responsible for nondiscrimi a- lion in government contracts. "Every indivi dual who hires any federal empl must recognize that he is responsible for equal opportunity for all Americans to serve in the federal government. "In short, I believe the lime has now come hen operating functions can and should be performed by departments and agencies with clearly defined responsibility for the basic program, and that interagency committ es and other inieragency a r- rangements would now on 1 diffuse responsibility." Federal officials hithert have had leeway in awarding contracts when strictly economic or business factors were involved that were related to the kind of service or products the government could expect for its money.

But now for the first time a sociological or political factor has been introduced. What, for instance, are the "standards," if any. which will be prescribed for the guidance of individual i- cials in the operating departments, and what happens if they use bad judgment? The Supreme Court of the United States in an 8 to 1 decision has ruled that Congress cannot delegate broad legislative power to executi agencies or departments or commissions but that if any delegation is authorized, the legislative standards must be spelled out explicitly in law itself. In the present inslan who is to determine whether the company that employs a small percentage of nonwhite empl has made a con- scientious effort to find qualified workers in that category? Will the businessman be allowed to go to court to prove his case? Will he be r- mitted to have counsel cross-examine government officials who accuse him of discrimination? ill there be, in other words, ''due process of law'' applied to checkmate any arbitrary action? All this points up the problem before Congress which at its next session will receive the President's new plan of reorganization. There is nothing in the constitution or in Supreme Court rulings which permits any executive department or agency or commission to disregard specifications of a business nature and withhold government contracts at will for reasons not in any way related to the quality of the goods or services to be purchased by the government.

To do so without specific authorization written into law by Congress means that political favoritism in the award of government contracts will, in effect, have been sanctioned. LISTENING By LAWRENCE MALLOY The greatest thought my mind is capable of grasping is to know that by doing God's will I may have a part in fulfilling: His purpose in creation. "He has made known to us in all wisdom and insight the mystery of His will, according to his purpose which He set forth in Christ as a plan for the fulness of time, to unite all things in Him, things in heaven and things on earth." Ephesians (RSV) WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1965 Backward X- ITS ALL 5ENOR R)fti. IT WAf ONLY A TRUCK BACKFIRING SYLVIA PORTER There Are No Jokes on Dollar Now There are no "sick, sick, sick" jokes about the U.S. dollar arousing sneering laughter among many foreign ministers and defensive grins among all U.S.

policymakers at the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund in Washington this week. This September we n't have to emphasize to representatives of relatively pip-squeak countries with pip-squeak currencies that we'll not allow international speculators to raid the U.S. dollar, force us to raise the price of gold above S35 an ounce and thereby compel a devaluation of the dollar in terms of gold. Repeatedly this year we have crushed the money speculators, given some the wor financial beating of ei hves. This September don't have to reassure Europe's finance minist rs that we can close the gap between we spend abroad and earn abroad (slash the deficit in our balance of payment).

We did turn a balance of payments deficit running at a crisis level in the first weeks of into a surplus this spring. If necessary we will take additional aggressive steps to get our annual deficit under control. This September we on't have to sit back and ke stiff upper lips as obstructionist critics of the U.S. claim that we have lost the capacity to discipline ourselves i to balance in our internation al financial accounts and that we have forfeited leadership in reforming our international monetary system to France's DC Gaulle. We are disciplining ourselves and, most significantly, our bankers and businessmen are accepting "voluntary" curbs deve 1 p- ment Europe's cynical financiers thought was impossible.

We are leading in proposing internal i onal monetary reform. It could be that France one day will find herself on the outside looking into a new- network of cooperative money arrangements a ng the world's central bankers. Xot for a long series years has this been so and thus I trust I may be forgiven for taking some pleasure in reporting the difference between this and previous Septembers. It was in 195S at the annual meeting of the IMF in New Delhi that the sick jokes began about the U.S. dollar.

In that year, the deficit in our balance of payments hit $3.5 billion and our gold loss neared $2.3 billion. The big "laugh" that year was that a Zurich banker had offered to bet Federal Reserve Board Chairman Martin a bottle of champagne that the dollar would be devalued, that Martin had ignored the and this meant devaluation of the dollar was imminent. in 1959, when the finance ministers met in Washington, the jokes were sicker. 1959 our deficit exceeded S3.7 billion, our gold loss approached SI billion. The big laughs that year were that the U.S.

was the "world's poorest devel oped nation" and the dollar was the "world's fifth strongest currency" (The German in a rk was number one.) In 1980 the jokes were the sickest. In 1960 our deficit crossed S3.9 billion, our gold outflow reached SL7 billion. The big laughs that year revolved around the candidacy of John F. Kennedy for President. Countless small-t bankers and uninformed reporters were then roaming the free world, forecasting that if Kennedy were elected, i policies would send us into a HAL BOYLE ruinous inflation and among the first things he would do is devalue the U.S.

dollar. (T cse mind you, re So it has continued through this decade and although the jokes have become less vicious, skepticism about us has remained. But this year there is a rising respect for our determination and ability to balance our accounts, defend the dollar. "What new 'sick' jokes do you have this year about the dollar?" I asked a friend who is an IMF delegate from Europe. "Sick jokes?" he asked hi turn.

"Should I have any?" "Thank you," said I. "You have answered mv ouestion." On Compensations For Being Fat Man NEW YORK (AP) Everybody is knocking fat today. You are advised to keep it off your person and cut it off the meat you eat. Fat is blamed for everything from early acne to early death. It seems to be public enemy No.

Politicians probably would even blame the worldw i Communist conspiracy on fat except for one inescapa 1 fact: Most Communists aren't fat. unless it is between the ears where it doesn't sh w. They generally tend to the lean and hungry look. But in a diet-mad world, the critics of fat overlook one truth: It may have its perils, bat it has its pleasures too. Yes, blubber hath its charms for the man or woman who owns it.

To paraphrase Abrah a Lincoln. "The Lord must have loved fat made so many of Here are a few compensations for being overweight: You never have to give the shirt off your back to help a buddy. It is too big to fit your buddy. It isn't necessary to push your way through revolv i ng ors. You merely lean against they spin like crazy.

When a fat man sits down in a bus seat, he doesn't have to share it with anyone else. There simply isn't room for anyone else. You don't have to learn new dances such as the Frug, the Monkey or the Jerk. No gal in her right mind would want to be seen going through such strenuous motions in public with a fat man. Yet there are few sights more heartwarming than seeing a graceful fat man and a fat lady waltzing together.

It is like watching two battleships sail through heavy seas (From the Scrapbooks of Hie late A. W. Neville, Editor or The Paris News, 1936-1956) June 14, 1940 Fifiy-o years ago in Georgia, says A.M. Lewis, I knew Ollie Bennett, a litt 1 older than I. and I thought a little lacking in mental equipment.

He had the habit of earning his left thumb stuck in the top buttonhole of his jeans coat and as a result the buttonhole stood open 1 i ke a horsecollar, and was noticeable from some distan e. Cousin Frank Linn used to delight to run by Ollie and jerk his arm, pulling his thu from the buttonhole. I did this one evening on our way from school and Ollie caught me and rammed my head into a inudhole by the roadside. I was not man enough to handle him. but I told him that some day misfortune would r- take him.

and it did. Ollie could cut wood and plow and do other useful things about the place but the alphabet was a puzzle to Mm. He had been to town and about the neighborhood but had never ridden a train. One day he found himself wi some small change, less than $1, and decided he would take a train ride. He walked six miles to Adairsville.

i was the nearest railroad station, and bought a ticket to Kingston, 10 miles south, expecting to get off there and walk across the country back home. The and N. is rather crooked about there, but the Dixie Flyer really gets up and moves, so Ollie had hardly gotten seated before he conductor came through, calling Kingston. Having never ridden a y- thing but a wagon, and always getting out at the back end, Ollie jumped up and ran out on the rear platform. The train was making the last curve into Kingston and Ollie was jerked off.

like popping a whip. He struck on the track, breaking many bones, and was picked up more dead than alive and carried across country to his home. He lay bandaged several months, the family looking forward to the time the railroad would have to pay for his injuries. The day for the suit came and witnesses testified to the facts in the case, that he had while smaller craft scurry for safety. As a matter of policy, life insurance agents rarely try to sell a really fat man a big new policy he can't afford.

Sttange dogs bark less often at pudgy folk, realizing instinctively that they are more noble by nature than string- bean-shaped humans. You don't fritter away your strength doing unnecessary exercises such as push-ups and pull-ups. A fat man gets all the exercise he needs bending down and tieing his shoelaces each morning. One of the profound joys of living is eating. The fat man wants what he eats and eats what he wants.

Restaurant owners see that he gets the best table and the best service, because he is a good ad for their place. A restaurant patronized only by thin people soon goes out of business. But the simplest and greatest blessing of blubber lies in its ability to create last i ng friendships. The reason everybody loves a fat man is that everyone feels superior to him: if you give a fellow a reason to feel superior to you he can't help liking you. Inside every thin man is a fat man trying to be big about it all.

Editors note: All that the foregoing nonsense about fat men boils down to is that Ha) Boyle's wife has made him go on a diet again after he jumped from 190 pounds to 210 in two months. Sacred NEW DELHI (AP) Narayan Dandekar, a member of Parliament, complained that cattle travel more comfortably than humans on Indian trains. run to the rear of the train and was jerked off by the track curving. The lawyer for the road said his company was a common carrier, but did not have authority to be guardian of the ignorant, and with a few other remarks he sat down. The jurv in a few minutes returned a verdict, finding that the road was charged wit carrying people and merchandise "from place to place but was not a guardian of the ignorant, therefore there was no liability for damages.

This story reminds me of one Walter" Wortham told in the early days of the Paris and Mt. Pleasant road. A bunch of youngsters was riding and insisted on standing on the rear platform. One was on the step kicking at the tall weeds as they passed and his foot caught in a cattle guard and threw him off. His father came to the railroad office to see about damages, and told Walter what had happened.

Walter asked what the boy did after he was pulled off and the father said. "Why. he jumped up and ran after the "train and swung her again." There was no suit for damages in that case. Monday, Sept. 3, 1952 "Vote as you please, but please vote." said State Senator A.

M. Aikin speaker at a National Business Women's Week breakfast held by the Paris Business and Professional Women's Club. After a knock-down and drag-out fight, a man was jailed and his wife hospitalized: when the nurse reported the woman disappeared from her room, police found the couple reunited at home, but re-jailed on charges drunkenness this time the husband and the man who had helped him take his wife out of the hospital. She wound up at her mother's home. A daughter was born to Mr.

and Mrs. Billy F. Doison. NW, at St. Joseph's Hospital.

THE NORMANDY BEACHHEAD was quiet, with only the waves of the English Channel breaking the silence as they rolled onto the beach. The relics of war were gone. Only monuments remained to tell of the thousands of Allied dead. And against this setting. ex-Sergeant Jack V.

Wooldridge re-visited Normandy last week. The last time xvas on June 6. 19-44 D-Day and Sgt. Wooldridge fought his way ashore with the 90lh Division infantry. He was in the second wave, the advance party of his division.

Twice he was wounded. But he lived, and hen he won a trip to London and Paris for being one of General Electric's top dealers, he made arrangements to go back to the scene of a great moment in his life. "The beach is cleared now. markers tell the story museums are there, made from old German bunkers. along the highways and country roads, for 12 miles, there is a monument every half-mile to the Americans who died there.

The return visit was almost as memorable as the first for Wooldridge. "We walked through the streets of St. Mary Lagouise, one of our first objectives on D-Day. we went in to help the paratroopers. we visited the American cemetery there." One of the graves he visited was that of the late Sgt.

Lloyd Holloway of Clarksville. Wooldridge was with him when he died on D-Day. With Wooldridge for the sentimental journey was his wife, Doris. AND THESE PARIS businessmen just seem to keep winning pleasurable jaunts to faraway places. S.

H. Parnell of Babcock's Auto Supply is the via Pan American Airways' Jet Clipper for a week in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Guest of Gibson Refrigerator, as one of their lop-selling dealers. THE MAX WHO can smile when things go wrong has probably just thought of something he can blame it on. SECRETARY OF COMMERCE Connor has called for a national program to investigate the possibility of weather control.

We appreciate his enthusiasm, but respectfully suggest that the weather is fouled up enough already. FOR WHATEVER it's worth, this is National Barefoot Freedom Week. So kick 'em off enjoy the evening paper. THE GROWING NUMBER of accidents around the home is understandable. People aren't, spending enough time there nowadays to know their way around.

THE PARIS NEWS, 29, 1965.