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NAI I O NAI EDITORIAL
1 I aslocFati.o^n
Politics On Parade
By SID WILLIAMS
The smashing victory Governor II
Ernest Vandiver and Lieutenant-
Governor Garland T. Byrd a ' l :
thieved last week over the rebel
lious leadership in the House of <
Representatives on the Appropri- 1
ations Bill emphasized two facts 1
very distinctly. They are: (1) Er- •
nest Vandiver, himself, and his
program of economy and efficien- I
ry in government, are still popu- I
lar with the people. If that were
not so, legislators wouln’t have ,
had near so much pressure put
on them from the folks at home ।
to stick with the Governor. p
Fact No. 2: Garland Byrd took :
a long, long stride forward in;
his quest for the governorship :
in 1962. He proved that he has
high qualities of. leadership, a :
strong will, and a keen and de
cisive mind. All of which are at- .
tributes the Marvin Griffin
crowd has been claiming h e
doesn’t have. Byrd proved, also, ।
that he has good political judg- ,
ment and the ability to influence
people.
The real loser in the big fight ,
was not the House leadership that I
bucked the Governor and Byrd; .
Marvin Griffin lost more than
anybody else.
Speaking of Griffin, all of his
close friends in the House voted
against Vandiver and Byrd,
though the rumor went around
tor awhile that Griffin had pass
ed the word down to support
the Geovernor and Lieutenant-
Governor. Marvin, like all who
aspire to the governorship, didn’t
scant an Appropriations Act that
ties a governor’s hands, and he
even told Byrd that his boys in
lip I«Ja jOil
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THE ARGUMENT THAT the <
United States could cut its losses <
®f gold by joining the Organiza
tion for Economic Cooperation <
and Development has about as 1
much logic as a woman’s conten
tion that she can save her has- :
band money by buying a fur coat ।
©n sale.
While it might or might not i
prove true that the United States 1
regard would have the result of
reducing American overseas
spending. Since this country’s
share of OECD costs would be
®ver and above its other inter
national commitments, the effect
of membership would be to in
crease from seven to eight the
number of international lending
agencies underwritten in whole
or in part by the United States
and to require a corresponding
increase in the amounts which
Congress would be called upon to
appropriate for overseas spend
ing and lending.
* * *
AT THE PRESENT time
American taxpayers are in debt
or obligated in excess of s2l bil
lion for this country’s share of
the operations of the six function
ing international financial insti
tutions and the seventh which
soon will be in business. It is of
more than passing interest to
note that in the cases of those in
which costs are shared, the United
States is bearing a far greater
share of the burden than any
Wther nation. Nothing has been
pnpar»4 or printed «t optwj
the House would go along with
the Vandiver-Byrd bill. Later, the
story goes, he realized Byrd an d
Vandiver would win, anyway,
and to keep them from looking
too good, he switched signals. So,
the only ardent Griffin man to
vote “Aye” was Marvin Moate,
cf Hancock County, who was |
Speaker of the House during |
Griffin’s administration.
Mr. Moate is a man who most
generally votes his honest con
victions, and he realized it is bet
ter for the state budget control
to rest with the governor in
stead of with three Representa
tives living from 150 to 200 miles
away from the Capitol. So. he
voted against the House leader
ship.
Incidentally, if Marvin Griffin
should be the next governor,
Moate could have his choice of
the jobs- of Speaker of the House, i
Chairman of the Highway Board I
or Revenue Commissioner.
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The 1962 session of the Gen
eral Assembly is very likely to
see few, if any, bills introduced
as administration measures, un
less some drastic emergency
comes along in State government
Vandiver knows that next year’s
session will be politics-ridden
from A to Z, and that ail legis
lators will be climbing on one j
bandwagon or the other. He, I
therefore, intends to take no
chance of being clobbered in a
political free-for-all—that is, un
less it’s necessary for the good
of the state.
««*»•*
The latest potential candidate
for Lieutenant-Governor in ’62 is
said to indicate that it would be
otherwise with OECD.
These agencies and the extent
of American participation are as
follows:
International Bank for Recon
struction and Development, $6,350
of $18,781 million; International
Monetary Fund, $4,125 of $14,012
million; International Finance
Corporation, $35 of $96.5 trillion;
Inter-A mcri ca n Development
Bank, $350 of SI,OOO million; In
ternational Development Associa
tion (now in formation), $320 of
SI,OOO million; Development Loan
Fund, all of $1,400 million; and
Export-Import Bank, all of $7,000
million.
* * *
OECD MEMBERSHIP could
perhaps be justified on the basis
of replacing one or more of the
existing international financial
agencies. As a multilateral suc
cessor to the unilateral Develop
ment Ix>an Fund, it could be an
instrument for spreading over a
number of countries the cost of
the questionable so-called “soft
loans” for economic development
being made through it by the
.United States alone.
Under the direction of Georgia’s
astute native son, Eugene Black,
the International Bank for Re
construction and Development, or
the World Bank as it is commonly
known, has gained worldwide re
spect for the soundness and in
tegrity of its operations. The
International Monetary Fund has
enjoyed similar success in its
sphere. It is difficult to under
stand what OECD possibly could
accomplish that they are not al
ready doing better and on a
sounder basis.
could persuade
the other 19
members to
share the cost
of foreign aid
p rojects
through
OECD, it does
not follow that
success in that
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA
Denmark Groover, of Macon, who
was Griffin’s floor leader in the
House for two years. (Mr. Grover
was defeated for re-election to
another term). Supposedly, Den
mark would have the Griffin sup
port. This makes three poten
tial candidates for the job who
would be vieing for the Griffin
ned; John Sheffield, of Quitman,
and Culver Kidd, of Milledge
l ville, are the other two.
*»**»«
Concerning this race for the
State’s number two post, we
heard a well known political fig
ure make the statement last week
that he thought he could pick at
least 100 counties right now that
Peter Zack Geer will carry in
the Lieutenant - Governor’s
race. Said he’d bet money on each
of them, too
In a spirit of levity last Fri
' day, the House passed a Reso
lution deploring the action of
State officials who go around with
collor unbuttoned and tie pushed
down. They were, of ^course; re
ferring to Judge Alan Kemper,
Director of the State Welfare De
partment, who just doesn’t like
anything tight around his neck.
This is second such resolution
passed on the same subject dur
ing the past 10 years, but Judge
still goes around “as comfortable
as an old shoe.”
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j By the time this is published,
i the bill adding two new Judges
to the Court of Appeals will have
become law, thus giving the Court
three panels, with which they
hope to catch up on the huge
backlog of cases before them. We
will predict that one of. the new
Judges-to-be is already an em
ployee of the State, and will be
elevated to the new position. The
second appointment is, apparent
ly, not yet decided upon.
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Speaking of predictions, our
readers will recall that we pre
dicted last week the resignation
l of Matt McWhorter from the
Public Service Commission and
his appointment to the Stone
Mountain Authority. This was
announced last Friday.
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Bon mot of the week: “The
Appropriations Bill victory sure
filled Garland Byrd’s tank with
CREST.”
Biscuits and speeches are im
proved by shortening.
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By The Medical Association
of Georgia
DEPENDENCE ON ALCOHOL
MARKS ALCOHOLIC
It is difficult to tell the differ
ence between a social drinker,
a heavy drinker and an alcoholic.
This is true for doctors and for
the drinker himself. It is known,
however, that all alcoholics go
through these stages, but fortu
nately, not all social and heavy
drinkers become alcoholics. Why
some do and others don’t isn’t
clearly understood.
Many people picture alcoholics
as shambling drunks and bums.
■ Yet the National Council on Al
coholism estimates that 97 per
। cent of the alcoholics in the
United States appear normal.
They go to work nearly every
day. They keep their shoes shin
, ed, their clothes pressed and—if
they’re men — their whiskers
' shaved. Alcoholics are often
charming, intelligent an<j capa
ble. In general, they have the
’ same goals in life as non-alco
holics.
j But somewhere along the way
they have begun to depend on al
’ cohol. The alcoholic finds i n
. drinking an escape for situations
to which he can’t adjust himself.
He drinks to get away from his
, 1 troubles. Normal persons, on the
other hand, meet their problems
, squarely and deal with them as
! best they can.
, I It isn’t difficult to diagnose the
' severe alcoholic. He gives himself
away. He may go on a week-long
I binge. Or maybe he’ll have sev
' eral drinks each morning, gradu
.' ally increasing the number of
drinks and the length of “the
morning.” He may drink on the
job and by himself. He usually
। winds up losing his job, his sav
,' ings, his friends, his family, and
’ his self respect.
But the typical alcoholic hasn’t
reached such extremes. Alcohol
, is affecting his life, but not to so
’ I great a degree.
‘ I In line with the alcoholic’s
characteristic way of evading
reality, he usually refuses to ad
■ init that alcohol is a problem for
him. He needs only Hie flimsiest
of excuses to justify his taking |
one drink, then another. Maybe!
a new cocktail mixture is being ‘
passed and he’s obliged to test it, j
he says. Or maybe a drink has;
already been poured and he ;
doesn’t want it to go to waste, or
he needs a drink to sleep, to’
stay awake, to finish a job, to re-1
lax and so on and on.
He may proudly boast that he ■
can stop drinking any time he:
wants to but he just doesn’t want !
to. Alcohol is important to him;
and in reality he can’t practice,
moderation or abstinance for very j
long. He may not drink every'
day. But alcohol is on his mind j
and he is looking for an excuse j
or an opportunity to have a |
drink.
Since most alcoholics think they
are able to control their drinking,l
they don’t want help. But until,
the alcoholic sees himself for
what he is —an alcoholic — and
stops using other reasons for his;
wanting to drink and until he,
wants help, treatment is not es- i
fective. Once he has taken this
step, plenty of help is available.
Some of the organizations and
individuals that stand ready to I
help are Alcoholics Anonymous |
which has local groups in many ;
Georgia communities, the Geor- j
gia Commission on Alcoholism (a |
state agency), the Metropolitan i
Committee on Alcoholism in At- '
lanta, doctors, ministers, and |
friends who understand the prob-1
lem.
Doc MAG says:
1. Normal people do not de
pend on alcohol for escape or
use it as a crutch.
2. Not all social drinkers and j
heavy drinkers become alcoholics
but all alcoholics go through these |
stages.
3. If an alcoholic is to lick his ■
alcoholism he must first admit ’
he has it, want and seek help.
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Anesthesia SIOO.
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Attending Physieian $l5O.
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How To Grow
More Wood
It is appaling how much waste
results in Forestry by leaving a
stand of timber too thick for too
long. A tree obtains its height
growth first and then if properly
thinned grows in daimeter. Trees
cannot grew in diameter as they
should until thinned and if this
is delayed too long in a lot of
cases they never obtain the prop
er diameter growth. Trees should
be thinned first for pulpwood,
i fence posts, wood etc. usually at
; about 8 to 10 years of age de
■ pending of course on the size of
i the tree at this time.
This' will vary, due to many
factors. A tree should not be
cupped for naval stores operation
! until it is 9 inches in diameter
with only one cup being hung at
this time. When the tree reaches
14 inches in diameter two cups
Air Service May Soon
Come To South Ga.
Twenty-seven Georgia communities that previously have had
no air service, either passenger, freight or mail, are beginning to
be served by Mid-South Airways. This expanding feeder line is
already serving Atlanta, Columbus, Albany, Milledgeville, Toccoa
and Chattanooga, Tennessee and intermediate points. Soon every
city in the State is expected to have daily service to Atlanta and
other metropolitan areas.
Approximately eleven flights per day are now being made.
High-speed single engine aircraft, cruising at 165 mph, carry five
passengers and are flown by highly-rated, well-experienced pilots.
Mid-South Airways now has five planes in operation and. ac
cording to company president Morton “Jim” Karp, has six still
larger planes on order which will be put into service as soon as
they are received. Delivery on these planes is expected sometime
in late April.
Expansion of this feederline service is new and growing, but
Mid-South Airways is not a new company. The Georgia corpora
tion was formed in 1958 and maintained its original headquarters
in Statesboro until November of last year, at which time the
former executives brought the company to Atlanta.
In outlining the company’s plans to Jack Minter, director of
the Georgia Department of Commerce, Mr. Karp said, "Our busi
ness was brought into being by public demand, to serve smaller
ommunities in their economic growth and development.”
With the growth of the air transportation industry and the
opening of Atlanta’s new terminal, Mid-South believes their ex
panded air service program will answer a real need for Geogia’s
small to medium-sized communities. The Company calls itself
“Geogia’s Scheduled Commuter Airline,” devoted to serving Geor
gia's highly industrial and agricultural areas of small and medium
sized communities and linking them with Atlanta and other metro
politan areas.
The Southeast, with Georgia as a hub, is now growing at the
fastest pace of any areas in the country, and as more industry
moves into the area, the need for adequate air transportation
sevices becomes more acute. Mid-South has thirty-five letters from
Chambers of Commerce throughout Georgia requesting service
and is processing these as rapidly as possible. By the time Mid-
South’s expanded air service is complete, they expect to employ
at ler.st seventy-five people.
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Under the plan, the company will pay from
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Here’s why you may need it:
In the past two decades, scientific advances
have transformed our world into a veritable
wonderland of electrical conveniences. Today
there are more than 60 electric appliances
on the market and more are on the way.
This increase in the variety and number
of appliances has meant added burdens to
household circuits. Wiring which was ade
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By taking advantage of the plan, you will
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FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1961
can be applied. Bad naval stores
practices can cause inferior trees
and decrease the lumber produc
tion of the tree later. A tree
should have plenty of room to
grow in height and diameter and
should not be cut for timber until
it matures.
If men be good, government
cannot be bad.—William Penn.
Dr. George C. Paulk
Chiropractor
Mcßae, Ga.
Office Phone 6701
Residence Phone 6721