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Thursday, November 28, 1963 fV «_ - 4 I UMM Milfl LUIH RUU UlWfl dOURNAL Second Claw Postage Paid at Pembroke, Ga. HmUMKID IN THE CITY OF PEMBROKE, GEORGIA EACH THURSDAY FRANK O, MTU JBL- - Miter and Publisher MRS, f. 6. MBJ3L Associate Miter ADVERTISING RATES Ms OA—w bsk Minimum Ad SAM RacMr AdrsrUncmite 1S» A Line. Minjaatan Ad AOr •DESCRIPTION RATES Mailed Anywhere In The World □m Ywt--- g.W Six MobAb*»«iswww>«>w»«w>w»www>- John Fitzgerald Kennedy Pays the Price The assassination of President Kennedy on the streets of Dallas, Texas on Friday afternoon, when he was riding in a motorcade with his wife, Governor and Mrs. Connally of the State of Texas, who was also shot by the assassin, is one of the darkest blots in the American history, and espe cially bad for the great state of Texas. The President of the United States died within an hour after being shot, and the Governor of Texas is in a serious condition in a Dallas hospital. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, a young President, who be lieved in what he belived and was willing to fight for it, and of course some of the things he fought for was not pop ular the world over, and there were many in the South that would not have voted for him again, still they respected the man, and condemn the man, or men back of his assassination. President Kennedy was important to the entire free world, and he meant a great deal more to all of us, than many of us knew, or would admit. His death i» a loss to many countries, and when the news flashed around the world of his assassination, although it was midnight in France and many other countries, the rulers and leaders of these countries sent wires of their sorrow and grief, which proved the respect that the entire free world had for this great leader. His passing places our country in a precarious position, we have many things facing us in the immediate future, that it is going to take an iron hand, and a dedicated man to the principles he believed in. The Journal joins all the other newspapers of America in paying tribute to this great leader, who was cut down by an assassins bullet, in the prime of life, and at a time when he was so badly needed by all the free world. Our New President, Lyndon B. Johnson John F. Kennedy died at two o’clock and 39 minutes later, Lyndon B Johnson was sworn in as chief executive of the United States. Who is Lyndon B. Johnson? If you ask the average American citizen this question, you would probably get two answers, one that he was the vice-president and the other would be tWt he was from Texas. Lyndon B. Johnson was born in Texas in 1908. He grad uated from high school at 15 and went to California where he worked at odd jobs for about a year and a half. He re turned home and his parents persuaded him to enter college. He did and graduated from Southwest State Teachers College. He ran an elevator, and also was a printers devil in a country weekly newspaper office, having experience with the old George Washington printing press. He taught school for one term and was offered a job by one of the Texas congressmen as secretary. He took the job and traveled to Washington. Later he returned to Texas and campaigned for the House of Representatives and was elected in 1937. Later in the early '4o’s he ran for the senate and was barely defeated by the popular “Pappy” O’Daniels. Tn 1947 he ran for the United States Senate and was barely elected, and later he often referred to himself as “Landslide” Johnson. At the Democratic Convention in 1960, Johnson was one of "the main contenders for the top post, but he was defeated on the first ballot by John F. Kennedy. Kennedy personally asked that Johnson run for vice-president and Johnson ac cepted. Johnson was senate majority leader at the time and many of his dose friends thought that he would be “put on the shelf” if he were elected vice-president. Lyndon Johnson, most political observers claim was the man who put John F. Kennedy into the White House. He campaigned in 43 of the states and was the main factor that hdlped carry some of the states for Kennedy. As an example, Texas had gone for the Republicans in the two previous elections, and Johnson was the man that carried the 25 elec torial votes into the Kennedy Column. As vice-president. Johnson was probably the most active person in that capacity. He served as a troubleshooter, am bassador of good-will and peacemaker in almost all parts of the world. With all of his activity, he was somewhat regulated to a backseat with the ever popular Kennedy Clan receiving most of the headlines. President Johnson comes to the presidency well informed about the internal affairs of the nation. The late President Kennedy insisted that the vice-president be kept informed about the various matters of state. He sat in on most of the high level talks and briefings of the cabinet and intelligence services. Lyndon B. Johnson is the first southerner to become chief executive since another Johnson. Andrew, replaced Ijncoln in 1865. It is ironic that both Johnsons became president after the chief executive was shot in the had by an assassin. Many people want to know who would become president if something were to happen to Lyndon Johnson between now and the next election? 'Die next in line for the presi dency would be from the United States Cabinet. The man that would succeed President Johnson in case of need would be House Speaker John McCormac. Then certain members of the Cabinet would be in line. Johnson is a mastr politician and he has many friends that are in the house and senate. It is surmised that he will proceed along the same line as the late president with his “New Frontier." It is time that we Americans show our true mettle and rally behind President Johnson and make certain that our country continues upon the road to “greatness." which she so richly deeerves. The candidates have all qualified, two of them for Mayor, Hon. C. C. Spinks, to succeed himself as Mayor, and Frank O. Miller, who has served several times in the past as Mayor of the City of Pembroke. We have nothing but kind words for our good friend, C. C. Spinks. The people of Pembroke know him, know his record as Mayor, likewise they know Frank O. Miller, and the record that he has made the vari ous times he has served as Mayor. You are the ones to make the selection of who you want as your Mayor, and we will be happy at whatever you do. There are eight candidates for Council, they are N. L. Ham, Eugene Mock, J. D. Cason, Purvis Brannen, Robert Williamson, Harry Owens, Billy Miles and Hagan Dußois. All of them are good men, and in the past years it has been our pleasure to serve with five of the above gentlemen as Councilmen. They all made good Councilmen, the three that have not served as Councilmen, are all good men, young men, and I have no doubt but that each one of them would make a fine councilman. As said before, they are all good men, men that will serve the City of Pembroke well if elected, all of whom I would be happy to serve with as Mayor if lam fortunate enough to again be elected as Mayor. If again honored with election, I promise all the good people of Pembroke the very best in me, to make there a Mayor whom they can be proud of, doing the best I can at all times for the City. Sincerely yours, Frank O. Miller. Politics on Parade By Sid Williams The tragic death of President John F. Kennedy will have political effects so far reaching that no one is now able to analyze what they will be or to what extent they will go. This, very obviously, will be true both nationally and interna tionally. The writer does not claim, un der any circumstances, to be quali fied to predict any of the inter national effects, but we do know a little something about his nation’s own political structure, and we want to point out some of the political possibilities in the com ing year. These, of course, evolve primar ily around the new President, Lyn don Johnson. First, to what ex tent will Johnson seek to follow the courae laid down by President Ken nedy on such issues as the tax cut, civil rights, budget. Medicare, Federal aid to education, etc? Will he push on these matters as hard as did Kennedy, or will he let some of this issues quietly die? Very clearly, Johnson will not have to make a decision during the present session of Congress. Even if the Congress doesn’t ad journ for the year almost immed iately after Kennedy’s funeral — which is possible — very little business will be done in either House or Senate. So, the new President will have until January, when Congress returns for the 1964 session, to decide on his course. We would guess that Johnson will seek to carry forward most of the program Kennedy was push ing. He will do so for two rea sons, i. e., (1) the President ap parently has been in full sympathy with his predecessor's aims, and (2) the political necessity of hold ing the big city states' delegations at next summer’s Democratic Na tional Convention. And these big delegations must be held if John is to be nominated himself for the presidency. No person ean win the Demo cratic nomination without the sup port of the big city machines, which, in turn, rely on organized labor, the Negro and other min ority groups support, and lower income voters. Therefore, the can didate who would successfully seek the nomination must have a record of sympathy for these segments of our society. As Vice-President, Mr. Johnson did a complete about face to his record as a United States Senator, and became the champion of civil rights. In fact, some people claim that he was even stronger on this than Pres. Kennedy. So, we may expect him to be as adamant as was Kennedy on this legislation. Mr. Johnson, as Vice-President, worked very closely with the Presi dent on the other social phases of Mr. Kennedy's program. He is, therefore, very likely to continue along thise lines. President Johnson has a reputa tion of having been the most able legislative maneuverer in the Con gress. As Majority Leader, he kept the Senate under tight rein, dis pensing favors when earned or cracking the whip when he con sidered it necessary. Though his popularity with Con- THE PEMBROKE JOURNAL An Open Letter From Frank 0. Miller Candidate For Mayor gress dropped after he became Vice-President, particularly among Southerners, Johnson still has many strong ties on Capitol Hill, and can be expected to make use of those old alliances at the proper time. Very likely, his relations with Congress will be consider ably improved over that of Presi dent Kennedy’s. As far as Georgia is concerned, we are fortunate that Senators Herman Talmadge and Dick Rus sell worked in harmony with John son when he was Majority Leader. Shuman Motor Co. Inc. Celebrates Ford’s Biggest Most Successful Year With ’ Totally new instrument panel adds mb m — new style and driving ease. 70% H bigger glove box. Optional power BniAvM ■ &HK Ils If* r 'leering and air conditioning now I dlvVll We Ford Dealers are completing our BIGGEST X sales year in history . . . and the ’64 Fords are ■ more popular than ever. To celebrate we are offering money-saving "BIG YEAR" FALCON Buys on every new Falcon in stock. 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All will be remembered, then-Governer Van diver led the Georgia delegation to Los Angeles for the Democratic National Convention of 1960 and cast our votes right down the line for Johnson for President. Later, after Kennedy was nominated, Vandiver was one of those who helped persuade Johnson to accept the nomination for Vice-President. We would think that President Johnson can’t help remembering that. As we said in the beginning, we’re not qualified to talk about the international political effect of the change in Presidents, but on the national level, we believe that Lyn don Johnson will be a strong Presi dent and be able to bring back national unity. After all, Lyndon, like Henry Clay of early America, is known as “the great Comprom iser.” And the phrase was used as a compliment. MAN WANTED to manage and operate a retail Watkins Route in this area. Earnings of $125.00 per week from the very beginning. Write Fieldman, 659 West Peach tree St., NE, Atlanta 3-0308. 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