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28 The Gazette and Daily, York, I I A Fr'daV Morning, June 19, 1953 The Gazette and Daily Drew Reports: Food For Thought Capehart Urges Standby Public Works Published daily except Sunday at 3 1-3 E. King St, York, by YORK GAZETTE CO. rUABT T7C PTTT 1 Xf nTTT iii aim rfasnrpr rvi nr IAMKS HTlZrlTMl A TTTTC CTnVTD TJlv YESTERDAY THE TIE RACE for a place on the ballot as Democratic candidate for the school board was decided by a drawing held between the two candidates by the County Election Board. This we believe was the first time in York county history that the outcome of an election or primary concerning a major political office had to be decided through the method of a drawing. IT SEEMS TO US THAT AS a consequence we are practically making a mockery of those persons who went to the MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS T)e Associated Press Is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all the local news printed in this newspaper, as well as all AP news dispatches.

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This brought a word of appreciation from Reuther who praised the Indiana senator for his "change of heart." "If I have had a change of heart, it is because we are now of the majority party," replied Capehart, then added with a twinkle, "If I have had a change of heart, I hope the CIO will have a change of heart the next time I come up for re-election." Vice President Nixon, in turn, paid tribute to Reuther for his leadership in the fight against communism both at home and abroad. Nixon told how Reuther's union had poured thousands of dollars into the battle to keep Communists out of the free trade movement, and praised Reuther's brother, Victor, for his leadership in building free trade unions in Europe. It was on this note that the dinner broke up, with CIO leaders and right-wing Republicans going out together arm-in-arm. lax Fumble Top Republican congressmen say privately that most of President Eisenhower's trouble with Dan Reed, chairman of the powerful, tax-writing ways and means committee can be traced directly to faulty White House staff work. In fact, one top Republican contends that Ike's request for a six-month extension of the excess-profits tax may be turned down by Chairman Reed because of a foul-up innocently committed by a White House secretary.

Here's the way the Republican leader tells it. "Dan Reed is a proud man. He's got more continuous federal service than any other Republican in Washington. He was elected to Congress in 1918 and he's been here ever since. "Reed," relates his fellow Republican, "knows his power and he likes to have it recognized.

But Ike's team made the grave error of laying out most of their plans including their tax plans during the weeks before the inauguration without even asking Dan Reed for his advice. Reed is 'Mr. Taxes' in this Congress. Despite this he wasn't even consulted. He began to get sore at the White House team right then and there.

"That was poor politics," continues Reed's colleague. "But what happened next was one of those incredible mistakes that sometimes shape history. The President called a special meeting of his congressional leaders to discuss taxes and to urge a six-month extension of the excess-profits tax. Ike wanted Dan Reed to be present. But somebody at the White House made a mistake.

Instead of inviting Reed to the session, the invitation went out to John Taber, chairman of the appropriations committee. "It was just a mistake. But Dan Reed heard about the meeting and he's been boiling mad ever since. If Ike's advisers had buttered up Reed a little they'd probably have no trouble getting the excess-profits tax extended. As it is now, Reed won't even let that excess-profits bill come up for a vote in his committee." (Copyright, 1953, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) Washington The unfortunate fact about Senator Taft's health is that he has been suffering from both anemia and deterioration in the thigh-bone and hip-bone joints.

The anemia came first. Following this he wrenched his tendons and muscles around the hip joint. Because of the anemia the blood supply wasn't sufficient to heal the damage and bone deterioration began to set in. The senator is now getting frequent blood transfusions and is taking liver extract to overcome the anemia, together with cortisone to repair the damage to the bone. As the anemia is overcome, a better supply of blood should flow to the hip area and help the bone condition.

It's extremely painful and the senator is understandably irritable at times. While at Walter Reed hospital he had the doctors in a dither. Having been an energetic man all his life, he is also impatient. Doctors say that what he needs more than anything else is plenty of rest. This writer would like to suggest therefore that whether we agree with Senator Taft or not, now might be a good time to write him a little encouragement and especially urge him to take it easy.

Among those who are writing him, incidentally, are every lodge of the Sons of Italy, an organization frequently disagreeing with Taft. Sweetness And Light Senators of all political complexions met around the dinner table with CIO Chief Walter Reuther last week for an evening of such sweetness and light that Indiana's roly-poly Sen. Homer Capehart complained: "There's not enough fight." "I want to see Reuther in his fighting clothes," the Hoosier Republican half-joked, half-grumbled. "Even the. Democrats aren't" fighting any more.

And when the Democrats don't fight, we Republicans can't fight back. Present at the meeting were not merely liberal Democratic senators friendly to the CIO, but such conservatives as Richard Russell of Georgia, Lyndon Johnson of Texas, plus Vice President Nixon and various Republicans. Jim Carey, CIO secretary-treasurer, joked a bit regarding the CIO's former closeness to the White House (CIO headquarters could look out on the Truman family's washing when they lived in Blair House), and indicated that the CIO expected to be close to the White House again. Guests couldn't quite tell from Carey's remarks whether he was indirectly complaining at the A. F.

of present inner track as a result of Martin Durkin's appointment to the Eisenhower cabinet. Introducing CIO Chief Reuther, Carey said: "A lot of people think he has horns, those who know him know he is thinking about the welfare of the country." Reuther made an eloquent, though middle-of-the-road speech, then invited questions. When Senate Labor Chairman Alex Smith of New Jersey, clashed with him on the Taft-Hartley law, Reuther argued that the law did not place equal responsibility on management, pleaded that the government should not interfere with collective bargaining. Smith agreed that the government should stay out of labor negotiations, except "where necessary," and expressed the hope that "something worth while" would come out of the Taft-Hartley revisions. Changed Capehart Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon Johnson of Texas asked Reuther about recipe' polls in May and cast their votes for these offices.

The deciding of a race for as an important a job as this by the drawing of lots gives one the feeling of frustration as far as democratic selection of our candidates goes. It makes one feel as though what's the use to vote it can all be decided by a drawing of lots in a couple of seconds' time. We, therefore, feel that some way ought to be provided in the future for the deciding of a race which turns out as close as this one. Apparently from what we can gather, the law is concerned little with such an outcome of an election race specifically. THE LAW DOES PROVIDE, however, for the opening of ballot boxes and the counting of the votes therein, which might be considered as at least partly contributing to the result in this school board race.

The law, in our Opinion, should go further and deal specifically with the case in which two candidates for the same office or the same place on the ballot end up in a complete tie. Either, we feel, the law should permit the placing on the election ballot in November of the names of both candidates, or in the case of a general election particularly, permit or necessitate the opening of all the ballot boxes in the districts concerned, and the counting of all the votes for that certain office by the County Election Board. NO DOUBT THE REASON WHY the law is not specific about such outcome of an election or the law doesn't concern itself with such in regard to remedies is that the lawmakers did not foresee such an occurrence in democratic elections where most of the people eligible to vote were expected to do so. One of the reasons the race for this office was particularly close was because a very small percentage of the eligible voters in the Democratic party turned out to vote in May. Consequently there was the possibility of the close race, for the more votes that are cast in a particular election race the less chance there is of a very close result such as a full tie, or a two or three-vote majority.

THERE IS, OF COURSE, ALWAYS THE alternative of holding a special runoff election to decide the race which ends in a tie, or a close vote. This, however, would have to be provided through amendment to the present election laws of this state, for at the present such a thing is not permissible in Pennsylvania as far as we know. Such run-offs are held in several southern states in cases in which there is no second party of consequence and nomination on the Democratic ticket is tantamount to election. In such cases some southern states require that a candidate receive an actual majority of all. the votes cast or a run-off is held between the two candidates polling the highest number of votes in cases where there are more than two candidates, and where there are not apparently the run-off is held between the same two candidates.

ALSO PLAYING A PART IN the resulting close race for school director was the fact that there was a decided division of votes between the two factions of the Democratic party and. this case demonstrated pretty well, most probably, the strength of each faction. The moral to be drawn from it apparently is that Democratic candidates will have a hard time winning in any case in which they aren't able to command the support of both factions in the party. The present situation, of course, is not conducive to the uniting of the party, particularly in reference to this candidacy, no matter who won the place on the ballot. WE NOTE THAT THE YORK Bus Company has once again cut down on the amount of service that it is willing to provide the citizens of this community.

The company claims that this cut in service, which is by no means the first, is necessary to keep it solvent and to maintain and operate its buses properly. We note also that the bus company is blaming increased use of the private automobile for the decline in passenger use of the buses. Apparently not an iota of consideration is given to the point that the price of bus travel and the kind of service given might have something to do with the large number of passengers being lost every year according to the company's own figures. MR. HOWARD EYSTER, IN announcing that he was a sticker candidate for the Republican nomination for Mayor in July, 1951, said: "Bus service is a grim joke.

Impersonal, impartial and sane consideration can solve this question." C. M. GITT FINANCING EDUCATION The anticipation of overcrowded junior high and high schools in the next few years, described the other day by County Superintendent Harvey E. Swartz, is another reminder that education needs financing. The county situation is no different from that in the city.

Junior high enrollment began to climb last year and this fall will take a sharp jump. When the burden is carried on to William Penn Senior High it may well be that that building will not be able to Sustain it. So far the problem in the elementary schools has been partially but unsatisfactorily solved by increasing classes and by redistributing pupils. In the county some overcrowding has been eliminated by the construction of consolidated schools. But high school facilities in both city and county are going to be severely overtaxed in the next few years unless the public is made aware of the coming crisis and takes steps to meet it.

If the public is not aware, it' will not be the fault of school administrators. Some time ago Dr. Arthur W. Ferguson, superintendent of the York school district, gave much the same kind of warning issued this week by County Superintendent Swartz, pointing out that even a rather slight increase in the number of tuition pupils had already strained the capacity of the senior high school in the city. With the growing population of the York area, and with the record enrollments now reaching the junior high level, it is not difficult to see how fast the crisis is approaching.

"Not one high school in the county will be large enough to take care of the enrollment in five years," said Mr. Swartz. No doubt that goes for the city's high school as well. Put this situation alongside the suggestion that the" state reduce its contributions to the public school system of Pennsylvania and one can appreciate the absurdity of such a proposal. Put it alongside the failure of Senators Duff and Martin, and of York's Congressman Walter Stauffer, to support a bill to mark royalties from federally-owned offshore oil lands for aid to education, and one can hardly reach any conclusion except that the coming school crisis means less to these representatives of Pennsylvania people than does the political payoff to private oil interests through passage of the bill granting three states ownership of the offshore lands.

"A Be that as it may, the extra financing tvhich urgently needed new school construction requires should logically be provided by a cooperative effort of local district, state and federal government. At present the federal government does not contribute directly or- indirectly to school building programs, although such proposals have been before Congress on a number of occasions. Here is an issue which, in our opinion, ought to be put squarely up to our representatives in Washington. York coun-Jians concerned with the rising cost of education, and with the need for mora buildings that will shortly be, we fear, all too apparent, might well lift their sights to the federal levels, where can be found, if politicians will act, the funds to finance adequate, comfortable education of our children. News Of The Past The Topographical committee of city Fifty Years Ago stand against opening new vacancies in the county: Stewartstown high school lacked a principal; Manchester high school needed a social studies and health teacher, and New Freedom high school lacked a science teacher.

Samuel Gallatin, Los Angeles, one time deputy sheriff of York county, was spending a week with friends in the city, on an extended vacation trip east. Marian Heathcote, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Heathcote, Shrewsbury, was valedictorian of 1928 graduating class of New Freedom high school. C.

A. French, commis-Fifteen sioner of fisheries in Pennsylvania, issued a Years Ago warning to anglers trying to catch fish in Cono-wingo lake, to be sure to stay on the Pennsylvania side, or face prosecution. A resolution that "war is contrary to Christ's teachings, on brotherhood, cooperation, peace and the sacredness of human life" was adopted at a meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society of the Potomac Synod of the Evangelical and Reformed church. "Blockade," co-starring Madeline Carroll and Henry Fonda, was playing- at Capitol theatre. The York County Registration commission was considering a petition from 109 electors of North York for the appointment of two registrars to sit in the borough for the enrollment of voters for the general election, the coming November.

streets where the city could be assessed for damages by property owners. Joseph Graybill was elected president of Liberty Fire company, North York, and E. N. Bare and Milton Herman were chosen first and second vice-presidents. Howard Thomas, son of W.

H. Thomas, select-councilman of the Seventh ward, graduated from Albright college. The Yorker had been recently ordained a minister in the United Evangelical church. There was a scarcity of bricklayers throughout the east. Representatives from large contracting firms visited York to employ any skilled bricklayers in need of a-job.

At Lewistown contractors were offering $4.50 a day for any one knowing the trade. Philip S. Fuld, son of T.Aonfu Fivo Mr. and Mrs. Solomon iweruy-rive 5Q5 Linden avenue Years AqO graduated from Wharton school of Finance and Commerce of the University of Pennsylvania.

"The Greater York Tire Dealers Association" was organized and C. Harry Markley was chosen the new association's first president. County Superintendent W. F. Wilson announced the following three high school i.