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NAT I O NAL EDITORIAL
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Politics o1 n Parade
Ey Sid MHiams
HX AW /\W/'u Ah y
When the General Assembly I
adjourns sine die on Friday of <
this week it will have racked i
up a much better record of con- |
structive legislation than was ex
pected. If nothing else, the laws
enacted .restoring a great mea- ।
sure of budget independence to i
the legislature go far toward al- ;
lowing the people to say “well '
done’.. We wish them “bon voy
age” for another year; we hope
■they’ll all be re-elected.
•*» * ।
We had expected to hear some .
criticism about Governor Van- ■
diver appointing his brother-in
law, Robert L. Russell Jr., as .
Judge of the Court of Appeals, ।
but there has been practically
none. Apparently, two factors are
responsible for the choice receiv
ing general approbation: first, ।
Bob Russell is truly a capable
lawyer and will make an excel
lent jurist, and, second, this is '
the first thing, to our knowledge,;
that Vandiver has given any ■
member of his family.
When Vandiver was elected,[
some folks expected Bobby Rus-'
sell to be the Cheney Griffin of
the administration, with favors
here and favors there, and really I
raking in the money by virtue I
of his closeness to the Gover
nor. But, Vandiver and Russell'
are not the caliber men of Mar- [
vin and Cheney, and Russell has
"hoed his own row”. It’s an ac- [
tual fact that until last Friday, !
when Vandiver swore Russell in
as Judge, Bobby had not even
been in. the Governor’s office.
■ERMAN TALMADGE
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—
THE LATEST civil rights bill
introduced in Congress will, if
passed, ride roughshod over two
provisions of the Constitution
and a Supreme Court decision
and destroy the right of the
states to determine the qualifi
cations of their voters.
Section 2 of Article I of the
Constitution of the United
States reads;
*‘T h e House
of Reprr:- ala
atives sh’H b
coinp 3s c d c i
meird ns < 3
sen i
ond y ■ I’■
the . . . .■ ,
the : . > rcl
states, and the as hi er. m
state shall have the qualifica
tions requisite for electors of
the most numerous branch of
the Legislature.” Nothing is
clearer in the Constitution than
the above quotation—that the
qualifications of electors shall
be determined by each state.
* • *
IN 1913 THE 17th Amendment
of the Constitution was adopted.
It changed the method of elect
ing Senators from the Legisla
tures to a vote of the people
within the states. The language
in this Amendment is identical
to that contained in Section 2
of Article I. This is the only
clause in the Constitution that
is repeated in two different sec
tions.
Even Earl Warren’s Supreme
Court has upheld this right. As
sociate Justic Douglas was the
author of a unanimous decision
of the U. S. Supreme Court in
(not prepared or printed at government expense)
Compare that to Cheney, who was
on Marvin’s payroll as Aide, and
was actual governor in every
thing but name.
* * * *
Hugh Carney, who is being suc
ceeded on the State Pardon and
Parole Board by the popular and
able J. W. Claxton, will join At
lanta attorney Dan Duke in a
law firm.
* ♦ ♦ *
One result of the newly-ac
quired legislative independence
is the possibility that next Jan
uary, no matter who’s governor,
the House of Representatives may
decide for themselves, without
direction from the Governor,
whom it wants as Speaker. In
the minds of many legislators, the
fair and capable present Speaker,
George Smith, could be elected
again to the job, even though he
might not have supported the
man who is elected governor.
In fact, we’ll predict right now
! that George will be Speaker
। again, for we feel pretty sure
that Governor Garland Byrd will
i want the best man he can get to
pilot the House, and Smith is cer
tainly that man now.
♦ * * *
U nless Governor Vandiver,
himself, puts his foot down
against the idea, the State Demo
[ cratic Executive Committee will
elect Vandiver as Democratic Na
[ tional Committeeman from Geor
' gia, succeeding Robert Russell,
who had to resign the post when
he became a Judge. There is a
precedent for a governoi* holding
1959 that affirms the right of
each state to determine voter
qualifications.
Unfortunately, in our country
many in high office have forgot
ten constitutional principles.
This is particularly true during
election years. Many members
in the Congress have made po
litical careers by misleading the
so-called minority voters in the
name of civil rights. Since this
I is an election year, we must
again face the civil rights issue.
, * ♦ $
THE MAJORITY Leader has
> ■ introduced a bill in the
> egress that would completely
. is: jgard and violate the Con
stitution. This potential legis
: lation would make a sixth grade
I education sufficient for voting
I qualifications throughout the
i country. The Constitution can
be amended only by a vote of
two-thirds of the Congress and
ratified by three-fourths of the
states. The Executive, Legisla
tive and Judicial Branches all
combined cannot amend the
Constitution. Yet this bill would
attempt to do so by legislation
alone.
It is inconceivable to me how
anyone could attempt to surpass
Earl Warren’s Supreme Court
in striking down the few re
maining rights of the states.
The members of the Senate who
feel as I do will exercise every
weapon and resource at our com
mand in fighting this unconstitu
tional and vicious piece of pro
posed legislation.
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO. WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA
i this post; Ed Rivers served in
। both jobs, himself, back in the
thirties.
National Committeemen and
Committeewomen are selected
‘ every four years by delegates to
the National Convention, so Van
diver would hold the office un
til 1964, and then could be re
elected by Byrd-appointed dele
gates.
>।» » * »
When John Lewis retires as
Personnel Director of the State
I Highway Department this year to
• run for the State Senate from
I Hancock County, his post is likely
1 to be filled by Sam Caldwell,[
former public relations man in '
the Department who has been ■
coordinator of the Byrd cam- i
paign for the past several months, i
The job is Sam’s if he wants it.[
♦ * ♦ *
The largest Garland Byrd rally .
to be held prior to actual open-I
ing of the gubernatorial campaign [
will be a dinner meeting in Rome !
on March 22, to which hundreds [
of Byrd supporters from the 7th !
District will trek. Sheriff John
Redding and Beverly Langford •
are co-chairmen of the big affair.!
» * ♦ *
Those visitors to the Capital
who might have wondered why
the House and Senate need hun
dreds of pages each session,
thinking, perhaps, that a lot of
; State money is wasted, will be
I interested to know that most of
■ these young folks aren’t actually
paid their $3.00 per day by the
State. In many, many cases the
■ legislators, themselves, furnish
I the money to pay a constituent’s
I child for a day or so.
Actually, a legislator is allowed
1 the patronage of only one page
for 5 days of the session; any
body else he wants on has to be
Public Agencies Have Big Job
Setting Regulations For Hunting
1 Since our forefathers landed at Plymouth Rock
a and as long as man has hunted in America, wildlife
has belonged to the people.
For that reason, hunting regulations and controls
are set and enforced by public agencies responsible
for managing wildlife for the common good of all.
1 The welfare of game birds and animals hinges
on complete protection during the nesting or
1 breeding seasons and on a harvest of the annual
surplus during the hunting season.
Naturally, there must be some medium on which
to base hunting regulations. In the profession, it is
3 known as “biological balance,” which is nothing more
a than basing the number of animals a given area can
g support on the amount of food and cover it produces.
If hunting remains compatible with the an
nual game crop, biological balance must be de
termined by continuous inventories of game sup
plies.
It is the responsibility of game technicians to
know the abundance and location of game so that
administrators can accurately set the length and lo
cation of seasons, bag limits and, occassionally,
shooting hours.
Less Restrictive, More "Bonus"
In a year of bumper game crops, the hunting sea
son may be extended and limits increased. In lean
years, the opposite may be true.
The Game and Fish Commission has many prob
lems in setting hunting regulations. Yet, never can it
forget the most important facet in game manage
ment—biological balance.
During the past several years, hunting regula
tions have become less restrictive, more a “bonus.”
As one conservation writer put it, restrictive regu
lations say “Thou Shalt not.” The more liberal bonus
regulations say: “Thou may, by certain methods at
certain times.”
Good protection of game and efficient enforce
ment of hunting regulations is the key to mod
ern game management.
Without law enforcement, present game manage
ment programs would not succeed, for all are based
on control of breeding stock and surplus game and
fish crops.
It is no easy task for game and fish administra
tors to set regulations for hunters to follow. It’s
just as hard as enforcing the rules once they’ve i
been put on the books.
IN FIELD ’N STREAM— The State Game and
Fish Commission has released more than 150,000
bream and shellcrackers into three lakes at the new
Stone Mountain State Park. The three lakes should
provide excellent fishing two years hence.
A recent fish kill on the Withlacoochee River near
Valdosta was the result of pollution. An investiga
tion by state fishery biologists revealed that several
hundred pounds of game fish died as the result of
oxygen depletion, caused by pollution ... recent rains
will assure quail hunters of better success, although
the birds have been plentiful all along. Dry weather
has made it plenty tough on dogs.
The Cherokee County Sportsman’s Club of
Canton has indicated that it will sponsor a gi
gantic fishing contest on Lake Allatoona. De
tails concerning the contest have not been an
nounced.
The Chattohooche River below the Lake Lanier
dam, which has been stocked with trout on several
occasions by the Game and Fish Commission, will
be closed to fishing during the winter months. This
is to give the young trout a chance at growth and
I reproduction.
i i paid by someone other than the |
> I State. The legislator forks over|
' the money to the Director of the ■
I j Pages, the kid gets a badge, rims;
I ‘ a few errands and has a mar- j
>! velous time. He never knows,!
. । nor his parents, either, likely,
. . that the State didn’t actually pay
. ■ his day’s wages.
* * * *
It hasn’t been made public by j
I the daily press, but the National I
: [ Civil War Centennial plans an ।
■! Emancipation Proclamation in ■
1963 in commemoration of Abra-|
[ ham Lincoln’s Proclamation. The [
' Georgia organization, however, j
; at the direction of Chairman Pet-'
। er Zack Geer, will have no part J
[of it, and has registered a protest.!
♦ ♦ * ♦
A good indication of the man
, ner in which Governor Vandiver’s
| popularity has risen lately is the
j number of requests made to State
I Photographer Ed Friend that he j
[ shoot a picture of someone or I
! the other with the governor. Ed ■
■ says that these requests are far'
! above those of last year’s legis-I
[ lative session, and have now,
1 equalled Vandiver’s first year in!
I office. I
High School Weekend
Reinhardt College will hold its i
next High School Visitors’ Week-
End February 24-25. High school ■
juniors and seniors interested in j
attending Reinhardt will be■
guests of the college. A panel
discussion emphasizing all phases
of Reinhardt College life will be
part of the program. “Reinhardt
Varieties” including numbers by
the college choir, and a one-act ■
play will be followed by a recep- [
tion as part of the weekend ac- j
tivities.
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GAME
AND
FISH
By FULTON LOVELL
Pilot Red-Faced:
"Bodies" Move On
A pilot who sought to do ai
I good turn may be the most em-1
barrased man in Georgia today.
He was helping spot forest fires
for fire fighters on the ground
[on a recent sunny day when,
j flying over Highway 301 near the
I Wayne County - Brantley County
j line, he saw a truck and per
: haps a dozen bodies lying around ।
i it. |
Assuming a traffic accident of
[ major proportions had occurred,
[he radioed an alarm which was
i picked up in both Nahunta and
: Jesup.
| The word was passed on to the
sheriffs’ departments, wrecker
operators and ambulance servi- ;
ces in both cities.
Within minutes the Chambless
! Funeral Home ambulance, two
[ wreckers and deputy sheriffs
; from. Nahunta were racing along
। Highway 301 to the scene, sirens
[screaming.
j From Jesup, other deputies, two
; more wreckers and another am
■ bulance were dispatched. Numer
[ ous citizens of both towns fol
। lowed.
Meanwhile, the “bodies” had
I gotten up and gone about their
[ business, which was applying as-
I phalt to rough places in the pave
' ment.
Not traffic victims at all, they
were strong and able highway
department maintenance men
who had been taking an after
lunch seista in the sun as the
pilot flew overhead. They were
| waiting for a load of asphalt to
i arrive.
Good citizens that the mainte
। nance men were, they stopped
[ work and began to flag traffic
I when, with sirens screaming and
I lights blinking, the convoy of
i ambulances, wreckers and depu
| ties came roaring down the high
। way.
The result was that the would-1
be rescuers almost passed by!
those whom they were enroute
to rescue.
But finally the mistake was
realized.
“How many are hurt?” ambu
lance driver Guy Chambless in
quired of a wrecker driver as he
| reached the scene.
I “Not a one,” the wrecker man [
I replied.
[ Meanwhile, the pilot, who had;
! watched overhead while his good j
! deed turned out more like a prac- j
tical joke, flew away.
Georgia Accepts
Vinson Potrait
ATLANTA, (GPS) — Gov. Er- '
nest Vandiver has accepted an [
oil potrait of 6th District Con- [
[gressman Carl Vinson to hang [
lin the State Capitol as a token [
।of a “great Georgian, a great [
[American, a great patriot.”
The portrait was presented to
the veteran Vinson at an appre
ciation dinner last Nov. 11 hon
oring him and Sen. Richard B.
Russell for combined service of
75 years in Congress.
Said Vandiver: “I am accepting j
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• ••
this fine portrait, not just on be
half of Carl Vinson’s fellow Geor
gians, but also on behalf of the
. people of these entire United
j States. For I humbly believe that
the whole .nation — and not just
I his native state — owes Carl
Vinson honor and gratitude.”
Nineteen Dear
Released In
Wheeler County
Nineteen deer vzere released in
Wheeler County Monday by the
State Game and Fish Commission
to help restock the county’s pre
sent dwindling supply.
The deer were brought here
from the Sand Hill Game Farm
in Babcock, Wisconsin. Although I
raised on the game farm the deer;
had been in captivity for only)
the few days it took to reach
here. They appeared quite an
xious to get back to the wilds.
The fifteen does and four bucks
were released on the property of
D. M. Morrison on the Oconee
River swamp in the southeastern
part of the county. All the sur
rounding area where the deer
are expected to roam has been
cruised by the Commission to be
sure of an ample supply of food.
One other deer was brought
here but was not released due
to illness. It will be penned for
a while and then pronounced
completely well before it is freed.
Local sportsmen have been
concerned about the waning sup
ply of deer for some time. The
newly organized Wheeler Coun
ty Sportsmen’s Club was instru
mental in obtaining the deer for
1
Highest Prices Paid For Gum
At Filtered Rosin Products Co.
Naval Stores Supplies
Orin Towns-Alamo, Ga.
Let Us Help You Protect
Your Property
W. J. FUTRAL
Insurance Agency
Eloise J. FutraL Agent
Glenwood, Georgia
Phone JA 3-26G3 Box 175
raaraJarejaraiiE^^
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1962
• ; the county.
■ I At the request of the sports
: [men and the Game and Fish
I : Commission, County Representa
t > tive Mackie Simpson is intro
: ducing a bill in the General As-
I ! sembly to close season on deer
[ and wild turkey for three years.
Tom Smith and W. T. Hewitt
of the state’s Game Management
Department and Wardens C. R.
[Dixon Jr. and Dudley McEachin
| handled the release of the deer.
Newspapers Useful
Many definitions of a news-
I paper have been recorded, but we
liked this one, written by a six
year old girl named Diana, who
j sent it to her home town paper
' in California. It went like this:
[ “Newspapers. We need them so
1 ve can know who reks and who
drownds and who shoots some
body. And who wants a house or
who dies or gets a baby. It tells
, if your dog is lost. They are good
on shelves and to make bond
tires. They also good under a
baby’s plate and to keep dogs
[ offa things. You can wrap po
tato peelings in ’em. You can put
l one when you defrost. They tell
about shows and how much
' things are.” The editor added a
1 P.S. — “Diana, they are also
[ j good to swat things with, like
[ flies, and public officials and
[ things.” — Claxton Enterprise.
11 Some 215,000 Georgians have
! home food freezers, according to
' Miss Nelle Thrash, Extension
food preservation specialist.
"Keep Wheeler County Green'