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4 Friday. February II, 1966 Editorials And Features Formula 'You Must Observe Me Foul Line of all Ti For Age Poll Tax Ruling Poses of Man. Important Questions (EDITOR'S NOTE: Gov. John Connally has called a special session of the legislature to deal with the poll tax issue. It will convene Monday.) The decision on the constitutionality of Texas' poll tax law came much sooner than expected.

A three-judge federal court in Austin ruled Wednesday that the $1.75 tax "infringes on the concept of liberty," as protected in the "due process" clause of the U.S. Constitution and ordered that it be discontinued immediately in all state or local elections, including the May 7 primaries. The poll tax already has been banned in federal elections. The swift decision left state officials stunned and with good reason. The deadline for paying poll tax in Texas was Jan.

31. Citizens were told that unless they paid the tax they could not vote in any elections in 1966. It was maintained by the federal government, which challenged the constitutionality of the Texas poll tax law, that it infringed upon voters' rights, especially minority groups who could not afford to pay it. Unless the state decides to appeal the federal court ruling, some method of voter registration must be devised between now and the primaries and general election. The court said its becomes effective "immediately." This would seem to mean that a poll tax receipt won't be needed to vote in any election, including local ones.

What about people who did not pay the poll tax last year? Will they be allowed to vote in all elections the same as those who did pay the tax? What sort of voter registration system can cities and counties work out between now and April and May when county, city and school district officials must be elected? These are important questions left unanswered by the federal court that struck down the poll tax law. And there is yet another baffling question. In view of the court's statement that "a state may not impose a charge for the enjoyment of a right granted by the federal constitution," what kind of arrangement must be made to register voters, and who must foot the bill for this? What about voter registration systems in other states? Some of them levy a small charge. Will the states have to revise their systems? The Texas decision would seem to be applicable to all states since it was rendered by a federal court on a constitutional question. Texas has relied on the poll tax as its system of voter registration since 1902.

Part of the money goes into the state's permanent school fund. The remainder is used for administration of the tax. It seems strange that the poll tax law could endure for 64 years without being attacked by the federal gox'ern- ment. Texas voters have declined several times to repeal the law. Federal Circuit Judge John Brown of Houston and Homer Thornberry of Austin and Federal District Judge Adrian Spears of San Antonio issued the unanimous opinion that the poll tax as a prerequisite to voting in Texas "infringes on the concept of liberty as protected by the due process clause (of the U.S.

Constitution) and constitutes an invalid charge on the exercise of one of our most precious rights the right to vote." Judge Thornberry wrote the opinion stating that the court was not basing its decision on U.S. Justice Department claims that the Texas poll tax is a racial and economic discrimination against the poor. Texas Atty. General Waggoner Carr, who has been fighting the federal suit, and Gov. John Connelly conferred Thursday on the Austin court's ruling, which allowed a 14-day stay of the decree.

This gives the state time to submit application for a further stay to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Fulton Lewis Speaks U.S. Policy Toward NLF In Viet Nam Changes By FULTON LEWIS JR. WASHINGTON Roving Ambassador W. Averell Harriman has quietly signaled a major change in U.S.

policy toward the National Liberation Front of South Viet Nam. Until recently, the United States has refused to recognize the NLF as representative of the South Vietnamese people. It has rejected Hanoi demands that the NLF be brought into negotiations on the future of South Viet Nam. In a television interview last Sunday. Harriman indicated that U.S.

policy has been altered. The National Liberation Front, he said, would be welcomed as ail "independent group" to participate in peace talks. Previously, American officials said that NFL leaders would be recognized only as members of the North Vietnamese delegation- In a speech earlier this month, Undersecretary of State George Bali warned that recognition of the NLF as a legitimate group "would do violence to the truth and betray the very people whose liberty we are fighting to secure." "The National Liberation Front," Ball stressed, "is not a political entity expressing the will of the people of South Viet Nam or of any substantial element of the South Vietna mese population." It is instead a facade created by Hanoi to conluse the issue and perpetrate the myth of an indigenous revolt in the south. History, said Ball, is clear on the origins of the NLF. The Communist Party of North Viet Nam convened in Hanoi in September, 1960, and called for the creation of a front organization to overthrow the government in Saigon.

Within three months, the National Liberation Front had been established to provide a political facade for an expanding guerrilla war. Hanoi sent into South Viet Nam the dedicated Communists who had been called north at the time of the Vietnamese partition in 195-i. In the succeeding years, these men had received etensive training in guerrilla Daily 1 ACKOSS 1. State of 1. insensibility 2.

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Even now. they are unknown to the South Vietnamese people and. Secretary Ball says, to the Viet Cong. He added: "They are not revolutionary heroes or national heroes. They have littlem eaning to the ordinary Viet Cong soldier who fights and dies in the jungles and rice paddies.

Instead the names he carries into battle are those of Uncle Chi Minh, the President of the North Vietnamese regime and Gen. Giap, its military hero." When Viet Cong prisoners are asked during interrogation if they are members of the National Liberation Front, they invariably reply they belong to the Lao Dong, the Communist Party of North Viet Nam, which is the equivalent of the Hanoi regime. The NLF has failed to win the support of any established group in South Viet Nam, including the Buddhists, the Catholics, and the other sects that form important elements in the nation's life. Secretary Ball treated with scorn Hanoi's demand that the United States negotiate with the National Liberation Front. "It is purely and simply a fictitious organization," he said, "created by Hanoi to reinforce a fiction.

To recognize it as the representative of the South Vietnamese population would be to give legitimacy to that fiction." Less than a week after Secretary Ball spelled out U.S. policy in unmistakable terms, Ambassador Harriman indicated that the policy had been significantly altered. It is no wonder the South Vietnamese are jittery. Note: Sen. Thomas Dodd Conn.) has privately urged the President to blockade the vital North Vietnamese port at Hai- phong.

Dodd, a close personal friend of the Chief Executive, feels "it makes no sense to risk American lives to bomb trucks or trains in North Viet Nam while permitting the Communists to ship and unload hundreds and thousands of tons of supplies monthly via Haiphong." HOT SPRING LESKOVAC, Yugoslavia (AP) The Sijarin Spa, near this Serbian city, is built around Yugoslavia's only geyser. For centuries water has gushed out of an ancient volcanic site at a temperature of 160 degrees Fahrenheit, it is used in treatment of rheumatism. By KENBY McLEMOKE What is the best and surest way for a man to determine his true age? The date in the family Bible? No. An official birth certificate in a county courthouse? No. A mother's memory? No.

A driver's license or passport? No. The only dead certain way for a man to determine his exact age aside from sawing off a leg and counting the rings is to test himself with feats of endurance, major and minor, and compare how he feels when he finishes with how he used to feel when he was younger. I gave this a try last week On a visit to Florida to see my mother (who is 89 but vows up and down she is 88), I went to the Daytona 24-hour race at the Speedway. I didn't go to bed for the whole 24 hours the race was on, plus half a dozen hours on either side of the start and finish. That makes about 36 hours without sleep.

I survived, else I wouldn't be writing this but I had moments during the race when I sought out large people and leaned against them. I wish I knew the name of the woman from Elmira, N.Y.. who allowed me to prop myself against her on the horseshoe turn. A wonderful woman. Knew sports cars.

She carried a stop-watch and called out the lap speed of the Fords, Ferraris and Porsches. I remember her shaking me just before dawn. "You mustn't miss this," she said. "Rindt is coming through in a Ferrari- Watch his hands on the wheel as he makes the turn. He is the best young driver I have seen in years." It was a wonderful race the best ever held in this country.

But when it was over I knew that I was growing older, that soon the sunrise of life would switch into the sunset. It wasn't too many years ago that I drove from Los Angeles to Miami nonstop all by myself at the wheel of a green Lincoln sedan. I covered more miles, with no help, than Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby did in winning the Daytona 24-Hour. I took a 10-minute nap in San Antonio. I slept a few minutes outside Dallas.

I had a cat nap near the civil war cemetery at Vicksburg. Then I didn't stop until I reached Miami. That's close to 3,600 miles. The Daytona winners covered about 2,600 miles, and each slept when the other was driving. How old did I feel after that drive cross country? I don't remember, but I do remember that I went to a dance the night I got in.

After 36 hours of being awake at Daytona, I didn't feel as if I wanted to go to a dance. My feet hurt a bit, my eyes burned a bit, and my back, had it the power of speech, would have urged me to stretch it out. I still feel, though, that the 36- hour test was good for me. When one grows old and quits testing himself a bit, he might just as well put on his shawl and mutter into the fire. Washington Merry-Go-Round-German Dictates Dodd Parley With Erhard The Markhoor goat of India has spiral horns.

By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON Sen. Tom Dodd's strange mission to West Germany at the behest of the Julius Klein Public Relations firm succeeded in impressing its clients and, presumably, in preventing the cancellation of some juicy contracts. Gen. Julius Klein, the founder, wrote Dodd jubilantly after his trip: "I had a very nice letter from former Chancellor Adenauer and am very pleased. I heard many fine things about your recent mission to Germany for the senate.

"I presume, Tom, you will write the various people you saw over there and if you do, I would appreciate it if you would add a PS: 'I was indeed glad to discuss with you also the fine work of our mutual good friend, Gen. Klein has handled his West German clients shrewdly. He got their public relations business in the first place by capitalizing on the fact that he was a past commander of the Jewish American War Veterans at a time when the Germans were eager to prove they were no longer anti- Semitic. Among his leading backers were Hermann Abs, one of the leading financiers of the Hitler regime, and Dr. Hans Globke; who allegedly drafted antWew- ish decrees for the Nazis.

agtmtm Fred Hartman Editor and Publisher James H. Hale General Manager Preston Pendergrass Managing Editor Beulah Mae Jackson Assistant To The Publisher Bill Hartman Assistant To The Publisher Ann B. Pritchett Office Manager ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT John Wadley Manager Paul Putman Retail Manager Corrie Laughlin National Manager Entered as second class matter at the Baytown, Texas. 77521 Post Published afternoons, Monday through Friday, Office under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. and Sundays by The Baytown Sun, at 1301 Memorial Drive in Baytown, Texas.

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Rights of repubUcstloa of ill other matter herein are also reserved. Klein boosted his value to these Germans by persuading Sen. Dodd. a former prosecutor of Nazi war crimes, to deliver speeches, sign letters, and entertain clients for him. Dodd even brought Globke's son, Hans into his senate office for several days in 1562 to see from the inside how the U.S.

Senate operates. KLEIN ESTABLISHED his closest ties with former Chancellor Adenauer, who wanted to rebuild German military might as a bulwark against Communism. The old chancellor's retirement has Klein's position. For the new leaders, Chancellor Ludwing Erhard and Foreign Minister Gerhard Schroeder, are more moderate in their attitude toward Russia. Klein noted this in the secret background memos.

which he furnished Sen. Dodd. These were used by the Senator as a guide in touting Klein to West German leaders. The background memo on Schroeder, for example, cau- Ament Heads Up Fire Station 3 R. M.

Ament was elected president of the Baytown Volunteer Fire Department, Station No. 3 at a meeting held Tuesday at Station No. 3. Serving with him will be RC. Whitaker, vice president; Lloyd Townsend, secretary; J.

D. Morton, chief; Ray Anderson, first assistant chief; C- T. Kratky, second assistant chief; and Harry Levine and J. D. Fanestiel, trustees.

Scott Fanestiel was named mascot. Luther Bright, Johnnie Otruba and Lloyd Townsend are members of the entertainment committee. Hub Bounds is score keeper and Baytown Fire Chief A. H. Lintelman, master of ceremonies.

Bible Verse HEAVEN AND earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. Mark 13:31 tioned Dodd: "Dr. Schroeder speaks English fluently. Somehow, unfortunately, he has become anti-Adenauer. Therefore, his mind might be prejudiced against me.

"With Schroeder be very emphatic that you hope his office will continue to support the Wiesbaden group which en- paged me to handle the political public relations. "Without this support, the job comes to a halt and irreparable harm will be done as, in spite of loss of business and clients, I have continued with my work under heavy expense." Of course, Klein was most concerned over how Dodd would handle Chancellor Erhard. To make sure Dodd didn't muff his lines, Klein wrote out exactly what the Senator was supposed to say. "We are very much disturbed to hear," Dodd was instructed to tell the chancellor, "that due to the distortions in the German press and inaccurate reports that the role Gen. Klein played in the political public relations field has been misunderstood.

"There has been no criticism of Gen. Klein in connection with the (Senate) hearings. On the contrary, he received praise and tribute from members of the Congress on both sides of the aisle. "You may know that I was one of the prosecutors at the Nuremberg trials, and I have been a member of the Congress for many years," Dodd was supposed to add. "I worked closely with President Johnson when he was a Democratic leader in the senate, and I had the honor of nominating him at the San Francisco convention in 1960 against Kennedy.

(The convention actually was held in Los Angeles.) SUN Slants By BHX HAKTMAJf Hfetary has always been exciting to me, provided I wasc't tested on it The other day while rearranging one of our store rooms, I ran across bound of Baytown Suns from years back. It was interesting reading, and many will remember names and events from the year I thumbed through 1952. United Nation forces usher in New Year's Day with continued artillery barrage in Korea. Miss Leslie Judy Campbell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Brandeaux Campbell, first baby born in Baytown that year. Robbie Muckleroy, Hit and Herb Bishop paced Cedar Bayou to victory in the Liberty Invitational Basketball Tournament. Wilmer (Vinegar Bend) Mizell moves up from the Houston Buffs to the St. Louis Cardinals. San Jacinto River Bridge on Market Street closed for dangerous repairs.

Georgia Tech beats poor Baylor, 17-14, in the Orange Bowl. General Eisenhower tosses his cap into the ring for the presidency. Bavtown Elks Lodge buys a 100 by 120-foot lot at 2513 Market Street. Kevin Lounsbfcrry and Herb Gray named all-staters for their 1S51 performances. Andy Balke, Norman Adams, Fred Ernst and Gerald Orton named honorable mention.

Millard Carter elected new chancellor commander of the Baytown Knights of Pythias. James Sherwood named vice president and cashier of Citizens National Bank and Mrs. Beatrice Horton promoted to assistant vice president. J. W.

Strickler named executive vice president of Harris County Federal Savings and Loan. Gov. Allen Shivers announces for re-election. Bob Matherne named president of San Jacinto Memorial Hospital. President Harry Truman demands $5 billion tax boost.

Dr. Robert I. Kahn speaks at the Jaycees Distinguished Service Award Dinner at the REL cafeteria. City of Baytown has $333,135 surplus to spend. Egypt's King Farouk's teen age wife Nsrriman gives birth to a son.

Price Daniel announces for the U.S. Senate, opposing veteran Tom Corihaljy. Sen. Kefauver announces for the Democratic nomination for president. Channelview man V.

V. Ramsey announces as candidate for county commissioner. Gala ceremony proclaims Elizabeth as Queen. Paul Prince of Alice, buys Baytown Buick agency. Equitable Life Assurance Co.

takes control of Glenn McCarthy's Texas oil empire. Sun Editor Fred Hartman gives Europe the "Baytown Treatment" on a tour with 50 other U.S. editors. A Jl million city bond election in Baytown called. Baytown Little League kicks off.

Carver Panthers win Bayshore District basketball championship. These items are only a few of the hundreds that appeared in The Sun during January and February of 1952. It is refreshing to browse through these old files. That was 14 years ago. and many changes have been made during that time.

But one thing hasn't changed. Baytown is still a mighty fine place to live. Know Your Bridge By B. JAY BECKER BIDDING QUIZ TODAY'S GRAB BAG THE ANSWtt, QUICK! 1. What two authors wrote of Sir Roger de Coverly? 2.

What two Elizabethan dramatists are famous for work done in collaboration? 3. Give the antonym of nadir? 4. What two sovereigns ruled England jointly? 5. What is the date of Midsummer's Day? IT'S BEEK SAID Examine what is said, not him who speaks. Arab Proverb.

YOUR FUTURE A day of quiet, steady progress. Today's child will have unquenchable knowledge- for WATCH YOUR LANOUAOE RHETORICAL (ri-TOR-e- belonging- to or concerned with mere style or effect. BORN TODAY Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor and manufacturer, was born in 1847 in Milan. Ohio. With little education he went to work at the age of twe 1ve as a newsboy, candy butcher and telegraph operator.

Early experiments in telegraphy suited in minor inventions that earned him enough money to build a laboratory in New Jersey in 1876. There, in rapid succession, he devised a machine to transmit up to six telegraph messages on a single line; a primitive phonograph, later Improved; the incandescent light bulb, 1880; the kinetoscope, a primitive motion picture machine also later improved; a By RUTH RAMSEY Central frmts Writer storage battery; mimeograph machine; and numerous other useful devices. Holder of more than a thousand U. S. patents, his inventive genius probably contributed more material benefits to contemporary civilization than that of any other individual.

Others bom this day are pianist Rudolf Firkusny, actress Kim Stanley and film director Joseph L. Mankiewicz. IT HAPPENED TODAY On this day In 1937, General Motors agreed to recognize the ClO-Unlted ers Union. Automobile Work- HOW'D YOU MAKE OUT? 1. Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele.

2. Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher. 3. Zenith. 4.

William and Mary. 5. June 24. You are South, both sides vulnerable. The bidding has been: East South West North Pass Pass Pass 1 4 Pass What would you now bid each of the following four hands? 1.

QJ62 A984 73 K65 2. 4 J62 J9854 J9632 3. Q4 QJ53 AJ62 K94 4. 4 KJ76 4 4 85 AJ9752 1. Three spades.

The responses to an opening bid frequently take on a different meaning after a player has passed originally. Without a previous pass, a response of three spades would be regarded as a distinct overbid, because it would drive the bidding to game with insufficient values. But in this case, the jump raise is acceptable because the bid is not forcing to game after a previous pass. It merely invites the opener to continue, bearing in mind the responder's original pass. Game is not likely to be made unless partner has that little bit extra above a minimum bid- that we lack for a full three spade response.

2. Pass. This is an unpleasant predicament where anything done may turn out to be wrong. Judging from the opponents' silence, partner has a good hand. But the danger of responding in order to protect his hand is that any bid made may cause him to go aky-high and make an already bad situation worse.

It is normal to feel that there is probably a better contract than one spade, but it is too dangerous to seek it. Matters could easily get out of control regardless of what response other than a pass were chosen. 3. Three notrump. No risk of winding up in anything less than a game contract should be run.

The hand is ideal for no- trump purposes, with strength in all suits and typical notrump distribution. It can be argued that the hand should not have been passed originally, but this merely lends force to the necessity of bidding game directly. A jump to two notrump would not compensate sufficiently for the earlier pass, which was based largely on the difficulty of choosing a suit with which to open the bidding. Even if partner opened a minimum fourth hand bid, in which case he might pass two notrump, we still want to be in game with 13 high-card points. 4.

Four spades. Here again a game contract should be undertaken. While we have only nine points in high cards, the excellent trump support and the distributional factors increase the value of the hand to the point where it can be regarded as a full opening- bid. The principle of two opening bids adding up to a game ts applied. (O 1966, King Features Syndicate, Inc.).