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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThomas Eaton Swann Papers, Brevard-Broyhill, James ; 1v0 Ce ec htc A- W- Peso PE 4h. Cohen fi Anes bt te OO ppmerete 67¢ 1) hy) By i ile © hh. ? eae | Cc. AA o 64 (0 YD Mono sé) ab ae) c Oil Ae Pree Po ). Art. / a i CLL x js <7er \. spar / k qv Vv): i b- 2 | y t-/e3 ce hele tts : fone of fete Ay ao ir fv. bey : Me fe = ¥ a A. ot TF bMn~w -Dg it Mew ara AM khan Gala joc € Oc VG 250 ~ Beat Recon d blanc jor ne NAS. fe SN So ee sur Athen JSuc ny ie, Ri... “lr Bly khan Leake foe be 186: sett Beet - Becond CEL tec Jew . 2 é J 1906 he ft es Z : i@, Oe Ae = 21+ Ahn Jct oe TQ—WINSTON-SALEM (W. €.) JOURNAL Church Plans Renovation In Wilkes By Ruth Linney ~ Special to the Journal : ROARING RIVER. — Old Brier ‘Greek Church may soon take on.a/ NN new appearance if plans to brick-) ‘ veneer its walls and modernize its, windows go into effect. The 68-year-old building is just 100 years younger than the church. itself. It was completed in 1883 in| ‘“. time for the church's centennial \ ‘celebration. In this region it has come to be a kind of shrine. During, = the remodeling, effort will be (made to preserve its original ap- \._ pearance, chureh officials said: - | Brier Creek is among the oldest | Baptist churches, in the Northwest- ern section of the State. Certain! old records, read at the centennial | celebration, said, “It was the first! Baptist church in Wilkes, Ashe, Alexander, or Allegheny, except! George MeNeill's church on Red- dies River.” Other churches in the. region claim to be older, possibly with some truth. But Brier Creek, | founded June 8, 1783, has an un-| usually well-documented history to attest its claim to age. | Founded by Lewis Shelton , The church was founded by Lew- | is Shelton, George McNeill and) John Cleveland, who was its first | pastor. Richard Allen first sheriff of Wilkes, was its first clerk. The 11 charter members were Benja-' min Martin, John Parks, Benja- min Toney, Gooding Sicking, Ja-, cob Madcalf, Charles Bond, Diana (Harrison) Martin, Elizabeth To-; ney, Sarah (Harrison) Thurmond, | Hannah Garrison and Mary. Cala-| way. They all lived within one mile of the church. * The church has had four bulld-| ings, including an arbor for out-| side meetings. The first was al small log building, erected in 1783. | The second, a larger log structure, | was completed in 1820 and was| used for more than 50 years. It) had a gallery for Negro members. | The arbor was planned in 1865 and | completed several years later. The present building was raised’ in 1883, on land donated by Dr. Harrill from the Bryan-Carmichaie-Harrill+ plantation. However, it was mowed and remodeled in 1921. . Historic Cemetery The church cemetery, one of the most historic in this ‘section, is now «beautifully clothed in green turf. It holds the grave of the Rev. Thomas Mastin, an early pastor; Major Foote, Wake Forest profes- sor and author, Colonel James Martin, a veteran of the~ Creek Indian War, and Gaptain Augustus! ’ Martin, a legislator In i. ‘early twenties, who died in the Civil War. Miss Mattie E. Sale, who taught | school for 50 years, is the church’ historian and probably its oldest member. The church has helpe@ to edu- , cate one young .man for the min- istry—the late Rev. Solomon. Ds Swaim of Yadkin County. ———————— os ides tia: Baad joey Yu} Leak TEs fe 179-4 a . | TR : —. wrhTrmhCCTrTUChChCUCUTOChCUC VTCO'TOPClhlh Fe oe | oR RR 3! Re Re ee ‘48 c. £ s “a i | * a ‘ - f . 1 e & < ¢ e 4 : ? A \ : 2 otals $47, 9R9 YR. § #098 59 ~ $76,085 BRIER CREEK ASSOCIATION Antioch ¢: 2300 3 2163-5 49 63 Barker's Grove 00 17.00 17.00 Bethel 711.14 95. 00« 806.14 Brier Creek ow) 16 10 46 0 Brightlight Miss , ww) 0 O00 104) Calvary j oo +s) > 78 Cranberry ‘ oo $00.90 Ss) 90 Dennyville ae 00 180.00 240.00 Fair View ~~ |) 0 OO oo Fall Creek \ } 00 500.00 500 00 Fishing Creek \ Arbor ™ 00 107.15 107.15 Grassy Knob : O34.88 (34-88 Holly Sprigtes 185.00 185.00 Hunting (reek 0) 28 (0 Liberty S661 S661 Mountain View 28.00 28.00 Mt. Pisgah ; 122.66 122.66 Mt. Sinai 32.00 32:00 New Hope 115.00 115.00 New Prospect St.ii §11.77 Oak Grove 143.27 835.27 Pleasant View = 19:00 19.00 Rocky Hill : 176.00 176,00 Shady Grove : 116 90 116.90 Shiloh 3148.65 348.65 Union - 438.00 438.00 Zion s 842.40 1,067.40 Se ee 514 § 6,302.87 $ 7,419.01 « a Lk 4) Cite « a {* Coa |. mn Beles O Reever Corb: L eve : Belei. ke : 5 E eel ) Pits dA O44 | - 4h. £{o A Jb pe ageel 7 U/l: fx Jo lhe 4 AL WZ Jari . 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Banthiiccccivescceseeecevsaces spe gesesyseeeonen ts’ ae SSH SSRIS Dedicated to i a DR, ALBERT SYRITZER Orange, Texas December 17, 1952 ne Bl ge ; ott, Ken! Cp, a Chet i hg dao ie « 4 deen Halle pr. ater OD 1. ay Lect LArdeidtee ¥ ie pee- ¢) (e- OL. tad Bic eee ‘ j , kL. + / 249, ) ‘ =e tt , Pee then Gees €l. He2@ on 7 ) forest Lp; es Tee c+ y Pe hae j leer Stile Wee ip v Len 8 brats 4 Btls Cg clea ye LIT Tbh Weed Sennen, Suet \, yey wag aoe (THO ae ll aoe es att ti aes : 3 a died ar. 1125 ape od unable _Optian - Legs cre be al ead will co Ss bod Meaun b sonal ers Wale oe, 1 ea dP abs Yo Baga oar Bret T Y hficled:| “sa ah Or ee ten had £413: ba Diath. Ma: ye i, K heb ee (3 J ( dt. > a are port po loan in / > itn alls AAL Lhe Lae grr beccend. fy) or Ws Ot" p tae oe: fet) a its 7 a swany Vy baba were Thomas, .) “ave bean of ~* * ee AS ; Cee 4 p.86 Fk eee 2 *” Sturce: "Register of Maryland's Hereldic Families" - 1634-1935 a : ioe BRISCOE Under the dignity of Landed centry of and Dove" 1634, Progenitor, JON BIUsce., oe Manorial Rights to NEALE. ‘nelish Menorisi t: Of ELIZAPSETH GuB0TS of Trance, who varyland. His brother, PHILIP 321 7Gor, who of the BRISCOE fanily sister of JOHN: Lineage: E HANSON and PHILIT BAISCCE | Landed Gentry: “Sriscoe's Range", Jicodco River, 11% married ELIZADETH ATTAVAY BOND, grand-deu. of wo. BRISCOE married twice; »varried SUSAIAH BRISGOE who married FLFANOR WILLIA; £0%,- io married CHLOE HANSON and had JOHN HANSON APTAWAY BOND; had PHILLIP B2ISCOE wno marric 4 EDWARD TAYLOE BRISCOE married SALLIE FERGUSON 1 ~ = g Re BRISCOE. die PANHANDLE is great wheat country, if you work it right— unforgiving if you d machinery fails, Mr. Swann says, ‘ and n’'t—or if your ‘We run two 22-96 McCormick Deering tractors day and night when plowing and work about 75 acres a day and 75 more at night, Good gasoline and oil ke ep my. ma chinery in tip-top shape and each tractor does its 37 acres on only about 42 gallons of gasoline, which makes it cheaper for me to use good gasoline. ~ “Thave had considerable experience with different gasolines and have found what is best for me and my m I bought cheap gas and had trouble. It cost lle a gallo I plenty of n. The gas p buying now costs 13c, but it’s “Good Gasoline is inval achinery.* I —SAYS JACK SWANN, -wheat farmer, of AMARILLO, TEXAS ee, ga ¥ es cheap gas, Mr. Swann says, uable in this country.” good gasoline and in the long’ run T spend less by using it, “I use the same g asoline in my two tractors. that I use in my ; ar—and J farm 1065 acres anc land three times.” Buy good gasoline 1 go over the wheat for vour. cars, trucks and tractor: and get better work greater ( OUVCTIENCE -low er’oil con- . a . . . sumption. Oil companies.in every State now sell improved regular gasolines of 70 octane nutnher. Most of these reg- ular gasolines contain Ie ad tetraethy] (anticknock ingred), cost. Ethyl Gasoline Corporation, Chrysler Building, New York City, manufacturers of anti-knock fluids for premium and regular gasolines. nt) at no extra Dear. Mr, Swann: + No doubt you wondered ‘wha quick reply: to my Jetter on my desk and I wanted: to down and-write a. decent | egtate came into the ol ae was very kindof tainly apprec ated, name your letter deca my 6th cousin,. .9"C at Annapolis. I nav Christmas card tris ‘y her fatner,that.1 «as have heard. fr om _her Every name ard I already nad som guch, I had fntrrnrer of oy ' eS wsaiwes 4 s ‘ly was Edward a! i every?" dau;nters by Saliebur} “€ land near Marsville, ’ ‘ tHe y AN, Ye, Wud k in, Burgess Ga wrote Mocksviiie Markville, N, a singte Rl fat ner o find a + i HELA Libres : 1 appreciate your} County, . And if T- writé,. 1 now Davie correction what county } Thanks a-ain wk - . ha U-—r—1) 1+ ithe, gt * ( Ca Me Kil () + ke Lads Yavin a ceet \ f ee a } (2 Pa“ ' + > “ Re “e.. : {Pa Lt itt \ ath. or > Le. Pi bcar Dreneee IBHERS Aoll te s > 4 a 4 k ? i bs) ~—<\ o & & sy 4 Bige Conse | fete i Vite, Lede Che fs x / oe | —1+— foes ~ lee ore eee: wis ¥ Ano fHES rer { ly VEAL \ , Pew EL oncerned hd A oh € 2333 NEBRASKA AVENUE WASHINGTON 16. DO. ¢ Dear Mr. Swann? Your inquiry about Jane and Lucinds Brooks: All I have is from Maury Coe, Tenne, 1850. census, which reads truss oe om sa Abner, Brooks, de Ne Ce» Ann: «+; 2 Eliza Pe Harriet He I am interested in Rlizabeth Lazenby, who came from Society to New Hopes. The only one I can find who married Rliznbeth is Calvin, and I do not find’ her unmarried name. Know anything of Calvin? He would be of the Henry and Eleanor Baggerly line and I can remember hearing my father and my Uncle Joshua speak of him. Nothing more. do I know, except that the census lists them * lot of children: Mary Jes ‘Francis Les Nancy De, Virginia, Eligabeth, Sarah le, John Me. ant, Keu- ben MU. Calvin had # firet cousin in Georgia named Calvin, son of Ross, grandson of Henry and Elesnor. I have recently got: track of his line which went from Ga. to Arkansas. Some nov in Nev Mexico, and one, Rev. Ven Lazenby, minister of a Presbyterian church in Te ! } f “ash ] ‘ h of around petishace stn 1o tf fsa lest euaanea: MS Eee \ ’ ‘ ‘\ Swit: Vou I came across a line in a book this morning taken down from Cousin Solomon Lazenby: "Henry Lazenby settled on tne Caroline Mur- dock place.” I take it Caroline Murdock lnter owned it, | It seems the Besil Stimsons also had some of it. It is so hot toda’ I am staying close in, and doing not much of anything. “<It is of no“yuse to read the papers, since the one next; day says that isn't 80 #something else is 80. . The papers: are not .to blame; they print what they are given to print. Sincerely, oe om icon “Recioter of ¢ varylendts Heraldic Families" - 1634-1935 BROOKE ee rT Pe 89 Manorial. Rights to SLEvENT BROOKE, wo’ ’ SAL dam, of NIGHOLAS SEWALL and SUSAMIALL BURGESS. Sm ART 3 ried 1659 ELEANOR HATTON, ¢ dau. or Hon, RICHARD WsBTON, the ny Provinee of Maryland. He. was son of the Lon. OB? BROOK a * * of Charles County, 1650. He came, the -isciprant with wire, ¢c ildren, servants and fane,. Bstablished hinself within his ‘anoria! Doneain with great dignity = of Galvert Sounty and St. vary's OBERT BROOKE was son of Hon, THOMAS DROOKE of waite church ~ s wife, SUSAN FOSTER, dau. of a“ THOMAS FOSTER, Lord Chief Tre, ROBERT BROOKE narrLed several times - fet MARY BAKER DAKE! BAKER of Battle, Essex County » Mgland, and his wife ve , of Sir THOMAS ENGHAM, Knight of Goodelestone in Yent os four children, all progenitors of Maryland. very possibly the: reason of his not comin; bo 2ary: Dove". 2nd, ROBERT BROOKE married »ARY MAIN WAR WARING, Bishop of St. David's in; Land, .In’ 165° land, with more splendor and equip: lent than any nreviou ~ OF» 40 servants, 10 éhildren. Hip sone old grants in different counties. Major THO.AS BROOKE receiver. "onookfield" of many thousand acres, in 1663. | It te prince Georse's County, aryland. . — “ rs ret a Wee DE ‘+ 6 The son of Major THOMAS BROOKE, Col. THO Ae BROOKE dau. of Hon, THOMAS DENT and REBECCA WILKINSON, pled Capt. THOMAS TASKER.» > Descent: I. RICHARD BROOKE born Jisued aied. 1593 married 155¢ ELIZABETH TWYNNES © sister and heir of JOHN TWYNNE, ‘She was a a oman of JOHN TWYIINE, a son of NICHOLAS TANNE T WYNNE tio bore arms of the fT YNNE family. @ widow, was proved June el, 157). fe, died 1599. They had issues BROOKE 1. THOMAS BROOKE bw 1561 4.1612 m. @, RICHARD BROOKE - « 3. ROBER® BROOKE A, ELIZABZTH BROOKE 5s BARBARA BROOKE 6. DOROTHY BROOKE , THOVAS BROOKE born 15615 ax . 1612. He Was buried a buried the next day. issue: THOMAS BROOKE — b,. 1599 RIGHARD BROOKE »b. ROBERT BROOKE b, 1602 JOHN BROOKE _ Ds -1605 WILLIAM BROOKE “bh, 3 HUMPHREY BROOKE b,. » CHARLES BROOKE b, » SUSAN BROOKE De 9, ELIZABETH BROOKE b. 10. FRANCIS BROOKE ° ».- ROBERT BROOKE porn 1602, London , rayried 1st in Bussex, (married 10e7) a dau. at she grand-dau,. of Sir THOM. niGiiadl, and the dau. MARY BAKER died 1634, probably at birtl o: do. married 2nd in 1635 MARY pALNWARING» the end dav ROBERT: arrived in baryland on June 50s children, and 28, servants, He hac one ton dor BASIL, who, ated the sauié day. . In 1652 he ronoved 2 7 tyes Calvert County, fro. Del Lat "OOKe. jad two child: twins. He départed tiis life ‘on the 20th at Brooke Flacé, aid his wife :AaY died ‘ov. children by 2 wives: By 1st. <- Y BAL LR 3 1\ BAKER BROOKE De oat 628 a. 3-16-10 i 3, Maj. THOIAS BROOKE b. 632 d. 4. BARBARA BROOKE . ib. -* 163% 4. Os eonerd) ERT De 1544 En¢, b7 ELEANOR HATTON wtlicedtas VIL 6d A at 9 dau. ares ae e | _ BROOKE ire by tana wife = MARY MAIN VARRII CHARLES BROOKE b, 1636 d. 1571 io ROGER BROOXE —ob..:«*1637. a. 1700 ROBERT BROOKE JOHN BROOKE WILLIAN BROOKE ANN BROOKE | FRANCIS BROOKE b. 1648 d. BASIL BROOKE 2. 1651 a. (twin) HENRY BROOKE _—b,.-:«1655 4. (twin) ELIZABETH BROOKE b. 1655 4. 1m J Notes PETER DENT wes gon of WELLIAL: DEN and his wife ©. iA of Col. GERARD FOWKE, WILLIAN DENT was son of 110 a: GA WILKINSON. PETER DENT (1694-1757 carried acy 22001 THOMAS BROOKE and LUGY SMITH. | Ten Outstanding News Events Of ~ | 1882 > 1. The election of Dr. Tyre York of Wilkes County to the House of Representatives from the Seventh Congressional Dis trict. York, nominated by a coali- tion of Republicans and Liberals, e| defeated Democrat W. M. Rob-| bing of Statesville, taking from Statesville the hegemony that it) had enjoyed since Robbins had first moved there in the early 1870s. Bringing about the defeat of Robbins was the growing senti- ment against prohibition, an issue that York pressed to the fullest. York, before that a power in the Democrat party, defeated Robbing by 180 votes. 2. The big fire in the uptown district of Statesville. While it did not rank with the fire that wiped out much of Statesville in 1854, it runs it a close second and mi ght have surpassed it had. not it been for the yaliant work of the fire de-, partment and its recently pur- chased steam engine. Much of the southeast corner of the square that had escaped in the 1854 fire was burned, and the way was paved for the construction in a few years of the present building that houses the town clock. 3. The refusal of Joseph P. Caldwell to go back to Charlotte.’ When Col.| Charles P. Jones, edi- tor of the Charlotte Observer and ex-editor of the Statesville Intelli- gencer, announced his intention of deserting the Democrats and join- ing forces with the Liberals, Charlotte interests offered the edi- torship of an opposition paper there to Landmark editor Joseph | Pearson Caldwell. Statesville cit-| izens. raised a purse of $1,000 to Top Stories Of 1882| | Keep Caldwell at Statesville. Cald- well purchased a new ‘rotary | press for his paper and remained, |in Statesville for another10 years ‘or more. | 4. The celebration of Yom Kip-| | pur by the Jews of Statesville, | Led by newcomer Benjamin Ashe, the Jewish ‘element celebrated their helidays, Theur action led to; the organization of Congregation | | Emanuel the next year. ' §, The sale of Olin College and) the proposed sale of Simonton College. When Prot, William Brooks left Olin, the old college uilding was put up for sale and ‘bought by Capt. John Stikeleath- | er, or by a stock company head, ed by him. For Olin it was the beginning of the end. Whatever | Stikeleather had planned for the | | college failed, and in a few years jit was torn down. Permission, was onanted for the sale of. Simonton College in-thé settling of the: R. F Simonton estate. About the samc) 'time Mrs. Elizabeth Grant an- nounced that the college would be! closed at the end of the fall term, because of her failing health, ° 6. The opening of a toll, bridge | across the Catawba River and the: development of Beaumont Mills. The Turners, led by C..L. Turner, | bought the Granite Shoals cotton | factory on the west side -of the catawba River, and ‘renamed it Beaumosgt mills—later changed to Montbeau and then to Monbo. About the same time a toll bridge across the Catawba near by opened up that section of Cataw- ba County to Statesville trade. 1. The drive of Rev. P. P. Winn to organize new Presbyterian churches in the. rural sections. | As a result of his work, churches | were organized at Clio in North| Jredell and*near Stony Point and | Shepherds. : 8 D. C. Rufty’s purchase of a| bicycle. A new era of transporta | tion was coming to Statesville, | but it marked. by. spills and falls. 9. The opening of the new to bacco. warehouse. Statesville had had a warehouse before, one known that year as the Cash To-| bacco warehouse and operated! by. Jourgenson & Co., but during the early fall W. C. Miller made arrangements to build a. new one | where the old cotton platform had) stood, and by a new tobacco sca-| son sales were going on. there. 10. The beginning of ‘the devel-| opment of: Linster’s. Springs These springs near Troutman hac been considered poison by the In-| dians and were ‘called Poison Springs. During 1882 the Linsters | kept boarders and began to think | of development a hoiel there. La- | ter an analysis showed that one | of the minerals in the water was Barium and the mame was changed to Barium. Springs. { ' | ~ MEMORIZED: MECHANICS Francis Cabot ‘Lowell. voung | Boston merchant, memerized 4e-.! tails of a power loom on a visit to England. Reproducing it on| his return ‘home, he established | the American cotton manufactur: | ing industry m 1816 = H]- @ We MO valud / [iK | / [( iw & ( & \ & C | } «/ \ 5 ! j d1 / / ( ( ~\ fg -# ) b ~~ : 4 W Bitcan” ey : >» q ‘ ae ¢ WAY a hh x 4 ; — . 3 os : x ,™N ~ Mt ia » “ —_ eae Ne vai ~ “ Rev. J. Boyce Brooks Sounds ae 4 Trumphet Call! " Church, Roxboro, N. ¢ Pastor and Mrs. J }) the back tableson the right: ob preture Mis ition, is seated -: seated -atéthe front table, second from Believing thi } te | ! cat » college churches 3 ce between two straight line, Rev. d boy rooks, Pastor Roxboro Baptist hureh, hews straight to. Une line moral | questio! without When the Hiquor issu came up in Person County recently, and the} liquol advocates asked for an election | to be held January i1,: Mr. Brooks | took his stand, as he has always done, against liquor, and standing | upon his conviction he has issued | the following clear-cut, unmistaka- | ble statement as to where he stands | on the matter: “The liquor if dustry in all its forms is an anti- God and anti-Church | move- ment. It would destroy, if it Told, all that the God of Love would erect—the home, the Christian communily and the Christian individual. | refuse to vote to be a_ partner in a business that is absolutely con- trary to the Will of God. If one cannot pray for the liquor in- dustry, then he should refrain frem voting for it.” Destinati dtion ... . College Campus? Banquet f : or stude Phin, : Boyce Brooks are a First Baptist Chiure hh. Rovbore \ a P t Mary Leila Carwile ’ ih - the end of the back table on — ne astor and Mars. J. ‘ are » minister of educati sright-of pleture VMiss the end on the right cation, is seated at the front fable, second | s , : . second Pram During tl ring tie marth of Se : ' enfember appreyg Believing that . the shortese vals | égllege churches ce between two points 1s a straight | line, Rev. J.. Boyee Brooks, Paste Roxboro Baptist Church, — hews | the line on all moral | if hit {* straight te que tian without i When the Hirt issue came up 1 Persou County recently, aril the } asked for al election | liquor advocalt Mr. Brooks te be held January +3; took his stand, as fe has and standing | always done, against liquor, upon his conviction he has issued the follewines cleat unmistakes| ble statemenl @& tands on the matter: “The liquor sndustrs in all its forms js an anti- God and anti-Chureh move: ment. It would destroy, if it Love “Teeld, all that the God of would erect—the home, the Christian community and the Christian individual. ] refuse to vote to be’ a partner in a business that is absolutely con- trary to the Will of God. If one cannot pray for the liquor in- dustry, thet he should refrain from voting for it.” ie e os | ¢ L, ) ‘ Banquet f s s st ’ 4 or st udent , ir i Boyer Brooks are eat . : _— Bape! ( hurch, Rorwbore N ( ? \ . i seated i ' f + oa sal a + * the ‘ na of the brave k table on 1! 1 a a . ' : Mi \ ha “ rs minister of edhues i ie hee ; : + the end on the right ai ation, 1 eated at thr front { pel | : i ' eoond fron During t bis i mapth af Sent entermber UR " Pelievils thal the shorle ra eullege churns | : ce araignt line, Rev. J Pastot Chureh, je ws Roxbore Bapt! the yne on oral straight to que stions ithoul ye Calne up Wher the Tee! i County recently, gutl_gthe A jiquor adv 6 ale asked for al election | Person to be held 4 qnualy 11, Mr: Brooks | took hs etand, he has always done, against jiquors and Landing | upon his convichon® he has jssued the followine cleal cut, unmistaka- bq where he etands ble statement as yn the matter “The liquor | ndusth) iis forms is al anti God and anti-Chureh move- ment. 1 would destroys if it teed. all that the God of Love would erect— e home, the Christia® community and the Christian individual. j refuse to vote to be 4 partner pusiness that is absolutely con- trary ' ihe W ili of God. If one the liquor in- should refrain d@usT: from ¥ NATHAN ©. Brooks, Jr. First. Baptist) Church. Waynesboro, Georgia, will direct the Adult Depart- ment of the North Carolina. Training Union Assembly, Ridgecrest, June. 30- July 6 Pk Wing fo (FO 141) | Ck Cid, c : ba 1431-1997 2 eh a iia i it e Rete rd Te Re Womans World y 5, 1971 Statesville Record & Landmark Page 11-A Fe ancl aH ~& WS ae . ca = ~ . iiblatatts” £ = * OLD STONE HOUSE — Among the many Interesting cities of Rowan Museum’s annual. Historical Tour will be the Old Stone House at Salisbury. The museym’s restoration project at the house, bullt by Michael Braun between 1758 and 1766, won the initial: Jacock Award for the group. - Rowan Historical Tour Set For May 16 SALISBURY — Members of restoration projects in the present site off Mahaley 4, the Rowan Museum have sche- county. Cost will be $4. In case Avenue, was winner of the Can- duled the Rowan Historical of rain, the tour will be post- non Cup Award in 1962. Purpose Tour for Sunday, May 16. Abas. poned until May 23. of the restored school is to show tour to points to interest in § Here is a thumbnail sketch of the present generation what Rowan County will be conduct- the eight points of interest to be school life was like in the days ed from. 2 until 6 p.m. featured: ’ _of our forefather: y Biehlic : Rowan Museum is located in/ “Lower Stone Church is-the. tak Vortorel,dotuns cena Shame tat by Judge Jental| salice Maecenas cea considered the state’s oldest log Martin in 1819. It is considered a Evangelical and Reformed school house; several of the ine example of domestic archi-' (now United Chureh of Christ) Will be state’s oldest German and ‘@cture of its petiod. Its faith in this area. The present maid’s Presbyterian churches, “*umins, pilasters, pedimented chorch was erected in 179%. Michael Braun’s Old Stone “dows and elaborate plaster ‘Both Organ and Lower Stone . which was built in 1795 Work reflect thie classical trend graveyatds edntain ~many, | : , ae markers inscribed in German. | Old Stee House; “puilt by Period sfple with ihc! saan hebeon 178 isan excellent ° ‘WF how well-to-do * '» two 7 Hi rE ce SaRee : , statewide and some | in this old home which is on “e him Museum, winner of national recognition. Setzer { triking for itp simplicity. . ene Ae atk terete, whith was teeutie ey ee wT il he ie a ee ae ei . i W. L. Brown was to preach dt See ee 3? 828 55a % oe eo CS) ee, Drews fh Cork, Set ¢ f tee Celt ee te nt re cen: ent [3.0 ¢ }he Ot] # eer LF. Ares Le f . ‘ i be él Ce \ ; : re " } pte 6 Lae zd ‘ dx 2 Pn Q bee es 4 o Be beds E Bay 8 i peewee: Raine Wace Nb -/ FH & roan Bee tall: B® <atike Hes | | . B-25- 620° Cie Arwen QBeztU Wool. -3-ar ailey fed B urebeal Mitek: UTR2G & ur Bron Farr Kong $2033 Me rice dk Aedes bmn gaet Joa - 4~-/ $3 PE i at boys $-8~ 35> Ls o- see Odie 2) ele ZO -1 8 -2333 NEBRASKA AVENUE WASHINGTON 16, 0.€., Ay May 19/52 Dear Mr. Swannt 4 7 | J . My card of tod@y was confusing. The Bleanor who married _Isaeac Jones was Basil's/daughter, as you have it. Basil was a son of Edward, or so I have it... Mdward hed merried Flean r "hittle and ~ there is an Rleanor or Fllen 0. Nelly in meny of the families. Mrs. Chase contends that Brsil's Nelly. married a Bageerly but I never felt she. hed any eutrority for it except the chance of f hame. And now the tombstone confirms seg, Tee The will of Cannon Brown at Salisbury (1807/1826) inter- ests me. Davie was_in Rowantin to about 1835, He mentions wife ‘Catherine. He hed acquired land on Dutchman Cree’ and Lee Creek. from one Sein, and also 413 acres in Iredell which he requeste ‘pe BO1d. - ———— ee | * ; . The children mentioned: (1. Saren Helper, wife of Daniel Helper. These were the parents of Hinton’Rowan Helper, to whom so great injustice has ‘been done by certain writers. Brown srys: “It is to be especially une Be derstood that my son-in-law, Daniel Helner, is to enjoy the same house — as he now does, with firerood, »s long re he may went its s o's An@ Z hereby. constitute, snnoint ené@ ordain my son-in-lar, Daniel Helper, Bx : Pe cis , ag sole ea om this. sy last will and testament." , Peavine w : the eldest, * . theswidow, goon married again,y..which, Mrs. ditenkeliadies. tells me, wor ed ageinst the nterest#” children. She was F : line Helper, 9: ,nieeeof H. R. He. Shevsays the Helpers (spelled in the early days) were Alsatians, with blue eyes. In his ver age I saw H. R. He. once for a brief moment, and remember the blue eyes. Mrs. Hall has them. But to get on with the other childrens : GQ. wtxtsaxnxntxRkearerx in- of Mammaxx eieence 'Speoxand mother of ve » ¥ ‘ was the eee aaiher of James Brady. A ee | ‘faba vot af Aeweces ee { 5 sheen” S 6, Thomas 7, ‘Dentel ¥, From the land sold money WAS to be dividede4 ‘ among the children. T have considerable om Hv R. Hy and ned intended to do 66 with it, but Rave neglected, He Conmeees petaide, when there se no way out in nieaie age. bis ne ee : on » Ep is m7 } ee lait Ney tied a wn gl Tag. A. + 1c e (Maple ~ pee tS gh Aled | ie \ adhe: (Mog pts foot “ne lu', WH GA% un | We 2 quccle \ GG Rhett’ s> - KAS YT ee w f hat. 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Ba te Jptan t yeat TC Arion He ccch y(S- 20, aud f atatl post t, ro Pig evetuds a ret te Lolita y Dales lruithavsn Lf: baw thewd Autpput, pliner C4 re brew haces often aed weir NG, dete hie heerts Tk | | * b ‘ & 4 e 4 « ‘ a | ’ | “ ‘ | 2 ‘ v k ™ 4 | , | | v ‘ , 7 | . » : £ ‘ Z | : fs ° | ty | | | | : * » ' : . ‘ * © . ; s , | | ; : “ ‘ : | ¢ & @¢ - 7 | # VA) © @; > | " ' By . banners : | | v . + ¢ a « + - o ‘ “ 3 : & 7 : a , ‘ 7 ‘ ‘ | “ . | , p 4 . . < a ; ~ ’ | & F - | | , ¢ | Vv ¢ : % ° . . 3 @rpo oe », | known to Mr. Lunsford his busi- | (9 on, | ness. The party proceeded 1 ‘and Mr. Lunsford ; | to open the door. He 5 | Was at Once covered p | volvers. He had two pistols, » , under his pillow the bureau, but Mrs. JOSEPH G. BROWN 6724 BTANTON ROAD HYATTSVILLE, MARYLAND 20784 Mie fo é — 0 Lil hid ee. At vere eh ap eee eh Vor goer Lille: ” fir Jb AOE « Ket yt ss face Sfocrd As cl ae a4 ide Gets LK Vind t Ae ‘ere Crap the, 8a hoa Se pve CHeil-9 oe xy . 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L4 Lee +24 leo ae res, ¢ PIA FL bpece "On 9e1 nd ced pany tie : aay weney LO rn<ced Por vy ae oti COS ern ry Chg dt han eee | | Tp t, 4 ¢ : Ye f a 0 Dadige ug. % e é nag - oe sed ie By ROSCOE BROWN FISHER A whole new world faced Michael Braun. when he first stepped upon American soil at the port of Philadelphia the 26th day of : , 1737. Michael, at the time a of 16 years, ‘‘qualified”,on that day, along with 140 German immigrants, when he took the oath of — oe ge to his newly adopted’ - long - standing - Irishman John including a number of valuable lots in the heart of town. One of these he mentioned as Item 5 of his will of 1807 as “I give and bequeath unto. my son Jeremiah Brown the house and lot in Salisbury where I formerly lived.” Michael Braun was among the early . settlers who “were men of principle, integrity, industry and friendship,” as one writer describes them. Michael’s associations with the Dunn; Daniel. Little and others are indicative. The Dunns settled north of Braun, but their farms joined. CITIZEN MICHAEL BRAUN Many of the early Germanic settlers who made the Caro: their new home were somewhat reluctant in accepting civic responsibilities, chiefly due to language barriers, but not so with Braun. Records indicate Braun was very influential in the early life of Salusbury. He was active in civic and community affairs soon after arrival from Pennsylvania. As mentioned earlier, Braun's name appeared for the first time, officially as a juror in 1758. Several years later, in 1761, we find him constable in place of John . By September 22, 1763, , > Michael Braun — along with Frederick Hee sf7 & ; Rockwell. Braun also acquired considerable property in Salisbury, i ‘ Braun and other ‘‘natives of Germany” — is nationalized. He is appointed constable again January 12, 1764 “in the room of Jacob Fulewiden.” Rowan County Court Records show that on Aligust 8, 1771 Michael Braun was made overseer of the road from Salisbury to the Dutch Meeting House. The..Mammie.McCubbins._papers “state: Capt. Little died the last of - Pare 0 a ghey ah of Justice, the excitement of the country dewey? vented Inferior Court regular sessions from Feb. 1776 until Feb. 1777 when “American Independence’. was recorded as the first notation, and at which time Capt. Little’s will is probated and Esq. Michael Brown qualified as a Justice. The death Capt. Little left a vacancy which seems to have been well-filled by Esq. Michael Brown who was certainly faithful through the remainder of the war and century. his appointment as a Court Justice, the name Esquire Michael Braun (Brown) appears often in Rowan County Court records and elsewhere.- One cannot be certain how rapidly Michael Braun moved inte his prosperous years, or if he had considerable means when he first moved into the semi-virgin soil of North Carolina. The U.S. Census of. .1790. mentioned Michael Braun as the owner of 15 slaves. Although it is seemingly difficult to _ think of Michael Braun apart from the fact that he is chiefly remembered because he built one of the most \ Ae i township Salisbury A — ar Michael Moore,. per ater, Peter Reeb, trustees of the German Lutheran. Church located in the village of Salisbury, North Carolina.” The Brauns were zealous of their religion. BRAUN’S FAMILY Braun's first wife, Margareta, died — July 20, 1771, at the age of 37, “4 No marriage records of Michael ~ Braun have been found in Pennsylvania or North Carolina, but it is known that he was married three times. His first wife Margareta, bore him six sons and. three daughters (as indicated on — gareta’s tombstone.) She died on — Salisbury because the letter on a deed to which ar ae “Businessman, Father 4 - 4 ; born a few days before her father’s | death, November 25, 1807. Braun's oldest son was John, calied |’ “Continental John” because of rendered during the Re War. Braun's other c Peter, Michael Jr., David, Jeremiah and Moses. At this _ jg still uncertain about the names of fl three daughters by his first wile, | Margareta. However, the names of two | of Braun's daughters, M and. | Christina, by his first wife of have been established through ese os . a and other records. iS The names of two other children, Catherine and’Sophia, keep ap in old records as orphans of: Braun; but we have been unable to [ ascertain if they were the orphans of © Michael Braun Sr. or Michael Jr. We do know that Michael Braun Sr., the builder of the Old Stone House, was married three times and was the father | of at least 11 children, seven sons and | four daughters From these children, Braun's | descendants, now in the 9th and 10th generations, have markedly influenced the history of Rowan County and have | left their heritage indelibly implanted in the rolling slopes of eastern Rowan and elsewhere. ‘ fe bs Rowan County is fortunate in ha so many interesting and structures that appeal to well as visitors. Included in interesting places is the oldest western North Carolina erected Michael Braun in 1766 and the gold fields discovered in America. Below are listed thumbnail sketches a Rowan’s landmarks and historic Drive east on Highway 52 to Granite Quarry and turn left to the OLD STONE HOUSE at the sign. Built Michael Braun (Anglicized to. Brown in 1766 it serves as a house museum completely restored to its condition with furnishing of the period 1766-1810. It is operated by the Rowan Museum, Inc. and is opened to the public year afound Saturday and Sunday 2 p.m. to § p.m. Adults, 50 cents ; children, 25 cents. / Continue on Highwa 52 to Rockwell, turn right at the sign to LOWERSTONE (Grace) Church erected in 1796 and consecrated in 1810, One of the mother churches of the Evangelical and Reform in North Carolina, it was built of native hand hewn granite and still in we * ee ee ae Ten years after Rowan County celebrated its 100th birthday gold mines were being suid at public The following advertisement ing in the 1863 edition of the Carolina Watchman, printed in Salisbury: “On Saturday the Sth day of December next, I will offer for sale, at the Court House, in Salisbury, the valuable real estate belonging to the heirs of Jacob Troutman, deceased, on which there is a valuable Gold Mine, where large quantities of gold can be obtained by judicious working. There are about five hundred acres of land in three tracts, in Rowan and Cabarrus Counties, near Gold Hill, adjoining the lands of John Powlis, E. Mauney, David Culp, andothers. The widow has a dower on a part, and it will be sold subject thereto. A credit of twelve months will be given. L. Blackmer, CME.” Ice Skating » Was Once Local Sport The winters were colder in the old days. It’s not just a question of failing memory. This is borne out by an item from the Salisbury Sun of January 4, 1900. On ~ that day the Sun reported that Theo Hartman fell and broke his arm while skating at Gobble’s pond. It’s been many years since ice was thick enough on any pend here-abouts for skating. doubtedly the gidest residence in Rowan, and ROWAN’S OLDEST HOUSE RESTORED — One of possibly the gidest building. It was restored faithfully Rowan’s finest historical buildings ig this widely- Lor known Stone House near Granite Quarry. With a date by the Rowan Museum ‘Inc. SO that it is as it wae of 1766 carved in stone éver the front door, it is un- when Michael Braun completed it. _ . 5 aa Roe % fj ee SS Si oie Y Ss fa ¢ dence in Rowan, and @ D — One of doubtedly the oldest resi ibly the oldest building. it was restored faith{ully ROW Rowat'’s finest historical buildings is this widely~- ) or by the Rowan Museum Inc. so that it is a& it ¥ OLDEST HOUSE RESTORE known Stone House near Granite Quarry. With a date of 1766 carved in stone over the-front door, it is un- when Michael Braun completed it. as om 2 | ROWAN'S OLDEST NOW — The Kerr Mill, at Milt . oldest owner, has offered | it to + the county it a program of rest grist mill remaining in Rowan now that the id R eMilthas _._ protectionisfollowed. a! ee hea Bans Pastor Will Take Oregon Pulpit The Rev. Stanley A, Brown, ‘ pastor of the Modesto First Baptist Church more > than four years, has announced a nus i) EL. — UR OS ae: atone ies eS - phure TRS Pass, Ore, The resignation, effective February 10th, was revealed at the annual meeting of the church Friday. From Brown Came here “from Salinas, Monterey County, where he was pastor of the} First Baptist Church five years. He is a member of the Greater Modesto Council of Churches and of the Modesto Ministerial Association. He served as secretary, second vice president and first vice president of the council. Hej has served two years 4s moderator of the Central Baptist Association of Ameri- can Baptist Churches. Baptist Convention Brown also is a member of the board of trustees of the Northern California Baptist Convention and chairman of - the division of world mission support. His wife has been active in the church’s Sunday school program and is a member o the Ministers’ Wives Fellow-/ ship of Modesto. Since Brown came to Mo desto the church has in- creased missionary giving, nen a Bev Baptist £3 Sa aie. Moar elif pring “Tht pd % Msed pow 24 we bee. densi hgue gow bef t poh A eceee — Le - Dra Ch cx alten Ue A Frese hea nitty a — —s EM Pia. bois A fio oe peed er bie aed os + Fe Nata nt Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G, Brown, Se,/ * 6320 Brightlea Drive Lanham, Maryland 2080) ntti ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL | 6/7/ G9 WASHINGTON, D.C. Dt en La. Dnedagt Insadad dace] ha 2 ee Aad ar dur tA AML ELEY | | Noth wt need. Db heptvc | CK ide ? . i AP — ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL WASHINGTON, D.C. [ oe 3 hao, L Agfa Saleateurg? by 22 whe Livte) ww the sth Qdge Lee JULIE BROWN Bie. My Le. | | Po : ; ep riged atid. 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LAL fs Ant nerry : i o-) +p : eit eel A) 4 tw Mery haciAy A AL pa A f — lt te A 98-1 rt ppt ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL WASHINGTON, D loife, tad. poasnd. yan isian dD | ra bo, / oe Be Con ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL WASHINGTO . hetating? aa ae thee we ed ig Ws: Armertel ae Hy Y “us haa Te Se pete y ow alee, Wy Ae cp tenga seine act oa fit an Yo ly j Aerts. 8798 sluedale 3t., Alexandria, Va, 22300 Dee, 19, 1971 Dear vir, Swann: Thank you very much for your letter of the L3cth with intormation on location of Bethany Presbyterian Church, I1ts generous of you Co offer to take me around when fimpe weather returns, IJ hopé to yet down that way Sometime next year and if I do 1 will look you up, I gather from your letter you are a memve r of che congregation, If so, our people were probably contemporaries, If you can suggest clues on Evan seal and bavid beal, 1 will ve glad to keep an eye out for them during my research nere, 1 pore over oo: masses of material looking for my ancestors, 1 would judge or every 100 things i check 1 may find .one lead, I would be most happy to see the maperial) you have-and 1 am most appreciative of your extending the courtesy, “« In case you want to write later whenever you find time, I am sending areturn envelope, Meanwhile, may 1 wish you and virs, swann a happy holiday season, . ao Sinc@rely, ble eu F. F. Brown (See Page 6) & From the Office of Congressman James Broyhill, 1020 House Office Bldg., Washington FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1965 WASHINGTON REPORT by : CONGRESSMAN JAMES T, BROYHILL BLOOD MONEY Today, more than 130,000 smattien servicemen are in South Viet Nam fighting Com- munistaggression. The dabbaley lists are growing longer. It is also no eecret that some of our allies and nations receiving foreign-aid assistance from the United States are carrying on a ptofitable trade with Communist North Viet Nam. Ships of these hese countries are carrying cargoes that strengthen the ability of North Viet Nam to pursue eaisientie dobigne which our nation has committed troops and billions of dollars to stop. It seems inconsistent, foolish, and not in our national interest to fail to take strong action.against this kind of trade. We may have no authority to tell other countries with whom they may trade. We can, however, take steps to sisttebk Vine through diplomatic channels that their policy is wrong. Efforts of this kind are apparent ly in Sickie. Nevertheless, it | seemed reasonable and necessary be he for the Sohawes to make a strong assertion that American foreign ‘aid. will be withheld from any country whose ships are carry- ing the: sinews of war to the North Viet Namese. We have already set this precedent concerning trade with Castro's Cuba and the urgency of the Viet Nam situation is at 6 Ff least equally grave. “ Last Friday, the sindctmity for such a stand came in final ‘action on the 1966 Foreign Aid bill. On the critical vote, the proposal failed by ten votes and the legislation goes only to the point lok giving the President "discretionary authority’ In a shooting war, this seems inadequate if we are to let our friends abroad know that the American people vill tolerate no "bleed money'' profits in this struggle. PAY FOR CONGRESSMEN Several years ago, the Congress endorsed the principle that salaries of Federal employees should be comparable to the pay received for the same kind of work in nee vate industry. This is,a sound principle and creates an orderly process whereby the ‘ say of Federal. workers would be-reviewed from time to time and adjustments made on e Page Two - 10/7/65 PN. the basis of national comparability studies. For iin. the House Post Office and Civil Service foumittee, of which I am a member, has been considering a pay bill in accordance with che acthetpla of compar- ability. When the final bill was written, it was my feeling that some of the pro- visions were too broad. * However, it was particularly disturbing to me that the bill reported out of the Committee contained a formula whereby members of Congress, Fed- 3 eral judges, and top-level executives of the national government would be granted very large pay increases. I felt strongly that this provision of the-bill was wrong and that is should be knocked out of any legislation passed by the House of Repre- sentatives. e Members of Congress voted themselves a $7500 a year increase only last year. I opposed that move then since I felt it was not justified. Nevertheless, the new bill provided a formula whereby those elected eid appointed officials of the Federal. government would automatically ride the sbat-tatle of the rankrandefile government employees and come out with huge increases in pay amounting to at least $3000 to $4000 per year. The comparability principle vad wilvak tenandes to work eu these high-level le, positions. If it had been, the ehdl tion of the President would require a salary’ of | several times that of the highest paid corporation executive, a number of whom o receive more than $500,000 a dear! There are other factors in sabbic service which ettract men te political and top administrative positions. When the debate on the bill arose last week, I ‘fought to knock out this section ° the bill and I am pleased that when the final vote on my amendment came, we were ible to remove it. The result was particularly encouraging because ny efforts to 3trike out this section of the bill earlier in the debate’ had been_defeated. With the Congressional pay raise removed, I supported the bill as did 370 other nembers of Congress while: only 7 ‘ydehd against it. I feel that we achieved a signi- cicant victory in the amendment and it is my earnést hope that the Senate will not cavesin on this matter of principle. a From t the Office of Congressman James T. Broyhill, 1020 .H.0.B., Washington, D. C. FOR RELEASE: Thursday, August 5, 1965 WASHINGTON REPORT by CONGRESSMAN JAMES T. BROYHILL b ‘Right-to-Work' A terse coment in President Johnson's State of the Union message in January shinai off one of the ‘major debates of the year. The President's call for the re- peal of Section 14 >) of the Taft-Hartley Act, transhated into legistation, and ©: brought to the Floor. of the House last week stirred a storm of strong foakeney that divided the House of Representatives oneber down the middle. The question on: this. far-reaching issue was whether the forces for the repeal of this section of the law had succeeded in muster ing enough support to achieve what they have failed to do for’ s almost two decades. : x The issue of Section 14 (b) can be stated briefly.: Under this section of the Taft-Hartley Act, each State is guaranteed the right to decide whether "union shop" agreements between management and labor are legal. Under a "union shop" agreement, all workers employed: by a company , which has a union organization, dust join the, union soon after they are hired 4s a condition of continuing employment. | | The right of States in Section 14 (b) was not something new that was gratited in Taft-Hartley. ‘Tt had beats chebdatices as a natter of principle for many years and it had been comateceiat delet by the Federal Courts. Twelve States had such so- ° : called ‘ptaehtoouek laws when the Taft-Hartley Act was written in 1947. Since: then, the total of States has grown to 19, North Carolina is one of these vhieh has a ‘right-to-work” law. | Ranoving this section of the law would, in effect y setae? Federalize Labor statutes. , it has long been the objective of the leaders of labor unions. These State laws have not destroyed the right of iehoas to organize workers, @s8 | has often been adleebt. Where “such laws exist, union membership is voluntary rather ches compulsory. : 3 | Membership. is actually heed ‘upon, the union’ s ability to ‘persuade participation. — In this way, each man and woman retaine the freedom to make his own choice to belong $ 4 A Page two or not to belong. A bee's thilute (to. join and to pay dues will not cause him to lese his job and, with. it, his means of earning a living. If a working man disagrees with the peaitical purposes to which part of his union dues are devoted,” he is-free to withdney his support. If he’ feels that the leadership of a union is representing his interests as he sees them, he can refrain from membership . If. he has ica se ates eenvictions daninw teinius a labor crganizaticn, he is net required to beleng to one: The choice is his to make. luoking back over the history ef the inarioni labor siovenent; laws have beer written to assure the right bel yorkine people to joie: union if they wish. In this way workers voices can be hearé where this may not be possible because of the - “Signess" of a particular company or an industry. Put, there are also dangers in the "bigness" of unions.“The threat of union discipline can and has been used to restrict or silenee free expressicn in some unions. This, and other kinds of wrengful compulsicn, are often reasons why States have passed and kept "right-to- work laws." yo I feel strongly that the people of each eee should have the right to come oa to their ewn conclusions and that -the present law should ve Kept intact, The ‘Taft-Hartley Act has served the country weak, Union growth and power his net dimin- ishéd under it. The basic questi¢h being dewated was whether the right of States is te be sacrificed forthe principle cf compulscry unienism. To repeal this section ef the present law would not, I feel, advance either the cause of freedom, demecratic procésses, or cf organized laber. As the fermal ‘debate began, tactics tow beccming commenplace in Washingten »— appeared. (ne interest group was to be dragooned into supporting legisdation en behalf of another. This time, it was the agricultural economy, including cetton tex- tiles, which was to be marched up to the firing line. If Section 14(b) was not repealed, there would be no farm legislation. The threat fizzled, hewever, partly because the Administratien's pending farm bill has angered se many farm groups. In this hard battle, all amendmerts except ene narrow prepesal were ruled "eut ef erder" and in « final vete of 221-203, one of.the closest votes ei the year, 4 rajerity dn the Heuse agreed with the President. I feel that both en the specific peint at issue and en the breader principles involved in this legislatien, the House . actien was a great mistake. The argument. now moves te the Senate which, I hope, will reverse this unfortunate decision so that State laws and even the previsiers © some State Cofistitutiens will not be struck dewn by any such action. From the Office of Congressman James Broyhill, 1 1020 House Office Bldg., diahineien J. C. FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY , August 26, 1965. : WASHINGTON REPORT by | coveressian JAMES BROYHILL oMnvTBUS FARM BILL All year, back-stage arguments in Congress have been simmering shoot the pro- posed farm legioiatidn. Last week. this block-buster bill was moved onto the Floor of the House for full-dress debate. “space limitations prevent a full discussion of this bill here. However, its seven sections deal with dairying, wool, feed grains, cotton, wheat, tobacco, peanuts, and a new version of the old "soil bank’ concept to remove farm | and from production. It cuts a wide swath across our entire agri- enltural economy. The legislation retains some existing programs, changes others, ~ adds new provisions and abdlighes some. Looking over the vast assortment, some of — the measures are good while others range from questionable to ) undesirable. Omnibus bills like this, which the Administration seems to prefer, often turn out to be gigantic stew- ee of provisions making analysis extremely ‘difficult as all of the unrelated elements ace ebighell and balanced. Thorough and careful comiaels ation becomes almost an impassibtikty. If we nesd no further than the opening phrases of the bill, we see the ambitious . purposes of its authors. Included are sts: ieedntennnes of farm income, the stabiliza- tion of prices, the assurance of adequate supplies of agricultural commodities, the reduction of surpluses, the lowering of peveenne eases promotion of foreign trade, and creation of greater cbbaalé chudcuusitiok in rural areas. By — only this far, it would seem dan the baffling and ever-present "farm problem" is on the verge . of being solved. What follows in the bill gives us no justification for such high hopes. In fact, the main hope is that the problems of agriculture will not be made . worse than they are. already by this bill. Of great interest and importance to North Carolina are the wheat aNd cotton 2 sections of the bill. For. many wheat oa complicated "certificate" plan a imposed last year has brought confusion and hariship. Under it, the iron hand ot government regulation held both farmers and millers in a tight grip. In fact, the he \. : . Y The new . Page Two 8/26/65. ¥ millers were compelled té become tax collectors ‘for’ the Federal governmeftt plan would increase this” burden ahd tesult in what has been called a ‘iseiad tax" on’ all consumers of wheat ctgducts. The argument was raised, with justification, that the same Congress which removes excise taxes on fur coats and jewelry imposes, in effect, a price increase on bread to be borne by those who can least afford to pay. > : Kno¢king out this provision of the bill became a major fight. If this compromise * oe * &. had not been made, the bill certainly could not have been passed. Measures in the original bill that would have largely shifted cotton production from the Southeast- ern States to the large corporate farms of the Far West were also knocked out of the legislation, Of tremendous importance, too, is the continuation in this bill of the one- -rice cotton program that many of us fought so hard to obtain last year. These pro- 8 visions are vital to che duerican cotton textile industry and the millions of jobs and hundreds of cndinaitihe that depend upon ity Under this program, Anerican mills were accorded the right to buy American cot- ton at the same price the cotton vas sold to their foreign competitors. During the time of the discriminatory and unfair two-price cotton situation, the position of American mills was seriously threatened. However, since the passage of the one- price cotton program last year, there has been a great burst of activity.in the tex- tile industry. A series of wage increases have been granted to employees and plénts have been expanded at a rapid rate, We have seen evidence of these developments in the 9th District, ‘proving again that American industctes can compete effecti vely if < the government does not hamstring them with impossible burdens. If this part of the bill had failed, the textile industry would have been forced. back into the unfavorable position it occupied until 1964, Raw cotton prices would. immediately rise by one-third, Production and expansion. plans would skid to.a halt and grave econo&ic problems would undoubtedly result. All this would bring gloomy prospects for the cotton farmer as his best customer withdraws from the market. Although there | are many revisions that I would like to have seen in this bill, there is satisfaction that the urgent one-price cotton program is being continued and that the House has made important and necessary improvements in the legislation. 9 From the Office of Chagressuan James Broyhill, 1020 House ofkice Bldg,, Washington DG . FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1965 ~\ « WASHINGTON REPORT by CONGRESSMAN JAMES T, BROYHILL - A MODEL ANZI- POVERTY PROGRAM Only days after the heated arguments and partisan charges about the poverty program, the House of Representatives considered and passed a large and important bill that will result in great returns. The ideas in this Vocational Rehabilitation tage iglation are not new, Infact, this Federal-State cinta has been ig-existence since 1920 and has earned its title as the original anti-poverty program, There was not one dissenting voice against ,it, a sharp contrast over the lengthening list of reasons ? for dissatisfaction about the so-called "war on poverty." The support of. the Vocational Rehabilitation program and its genuine achieve- ments over the years has been so general that the mechanism of its operatéén have been =~ overlooked,- it seemé to me, by those planning assaults on other areas of poverty and, te a large degree, by the general public, For almost a half tela the strength of the Vocational Rehabilitation effort has rested on the cooperative energies and resources of Federal, State and local sovermmente plus the initiative and assistance of industry, business and pri- vate groups, Since this has been a joint undertaking, the program has achieved a sanse of regponsibility, an enthusiasn, and a pride in accomplishment that has given it increasing fapatind: Today, we know that several buihdeed thousand persons becomed disabled each year. When the calamity of disability strikes, the prospect of employment dims, savings are depleted, and families impoverished or broken apart. Bitéerness often follows as the disabled person finds that his disability does not Ls the rigid re- quirements for help under the Social Security ‘program. The opportunity to become pro- ductive again is the great hope held out by this program to hundreds of thousands of disabled or handicapped people. That hope has been translated into the reality in many a cases, Last year, 135,000 men and women received rehabilitation training, More then 83% of these are now employed and are earning their own way, moving them from the Page Two - /12/65 bleakness of continuing dependence to self-sufficiency. : The humanitarian consequences of this program “ clear enough. But equally important are the economic by-products. Of those assisted Last year, 207 had been receiving some form of public assistance or support. An even larger number received support of families, friends, or private charities. Time-tested studies show that for every dollar spent ax viektional teldbilitation, the Federal Treasury seeeiies five dollars in income taxes. Contributions by these people actively at work in support of States and communities are at least equally great. This new legislation makes provisions to increase the number of persons who may be given training to | rate of 200 ,000 per year and provides new administrative .” and financing aidhias thceaiies to neet this goal, We can have every confidence that the program will achieve its mission with the same quiet, well-managed effective- ness that hes eibhidl it eicarens for the good of the country through the years. | REA PPORTIONMENT One of last week's Congressional "spectaculars" was the- conclusion of the de- bate in the Senate on ‘the proposal for a Constitutional amendment to allows State to apportion one house of its legislature according to factors other than population. [This principle has been followed throughout the héstbry of the country and wos not an issue until the Supreme Court asserted its ''one man, one vote" concept last year. The Court had assumed new judicial power in response jto.charges, often justified, that , ; \ some State legislatures had ceased to be representative. \ Widespread confusion has followed the Court's decision that both houses ina |, j State legislature must be selected only on the basis of population. To allay that confusion, a Constitutional amendment was proposed to restore the legitimate rights of _ States’ struck down by the Court and still assure that the arguments that led to the Court's action could not arise again, ; The heart of the proposal provides that the people of each State may decide for themsleves if factors other than population are to be used, When this is done, popu- lar referendums must be held every ten years to assure that the apportionment process still reflects the will-of the people. I feel strongly that this is far more democre- ‘ic and acceptable than the flat assertion of the "one man, one vote" principle cf the Court. Sea eee ps Last week, the Senate rejected the amendment by a eel Gs However, it will ve brought forward again and will surely arise in some form in the House of Represen- tatives, as well, 6 a. ; i : "Page 2° 9/9/65 | | ad , abroad. The same problem applies as well to other elenents of the health professions. The new legislation extends for three years the existing program to assist in the construction of new medical school facilities and the expansion of existing schools. These institutions are no longer the relatively simple series of classrooms of only a few decades ago. Today, they involve intricate and complex equipment and laboratory facilities whieh are, absolutely essential. for adequate training of students B. who are to be trained to take theik pare in these demanding and arduous professions. With the physical facilities available, the number of students that can be accepted Even though admission qualifications are high, each year many is severely limited. The - well-qualified applicants are ¢urned away for lack of space in the schools. first challenge, then, is to stimulate the expansion of the physical plants. It is also a sobering fact that the cost of education in the health professions has increased very greatly. A high school graduate who desires to be a doctor must anticipate that his education will cost $20,000 to $30,000 over an 8 to 12 year period, Most of the cost of attending a health professional school must come from parents and what help can come from the student 's own earnings or those of his spouse. With this kind of economic deterrent, it is no accident that among bdi-. cal students nearly half come from the 20% of the nation's families with in s of e $10,000 or more. It is becoming more difficult for students and families to bear the cost even R/ : though in most cases, public support of the. schools has also been involved. For this “Ss 2 reason, the House bill includes programs of student loans and scholarships to assist young people to enter these long and demanding courses of instruction. In the overwhelming vote by which this bill was passed, we see a reaffirmation The of the impatience of the American people to expand and improve health care. investment in the future which this bill represents is also an expression of hope and faith that the "miracles'' of modern medicine will continue and that the life- | sustaining services of the health professions will be available in each community “as they are required. From the office of Cong. James T. Broyhill, 1020 House Office Bldg. , Washington, D. FOR RELEASE: Thursday, — 9, 1965 WASHINGTON REPORT a Congressman Jans T. Broyhill HEALTH PROFESSIONS ASSISTANCE * oe The trouble with American medical science is its success. This may sound liké 3 | tb year. } but it has been the subject of intensive study in the Congress this ‘ a paradox, However ,. the problem is a serious one and last week, major legislation was enacted \, 4 . + 4 \, 5 ° as a result of the evidence developed on the question. ~ ‘ Our people live longer and are more free from diseases than ever before. 8 Fantastic strides forward have found new cures, new methods of treatment, and new ways to prevent diseases which once took & terrible toll in disability and death. Each year sees the frontiers of knowledge moved back and the future holds a promise of even greater progress at an increasingly rapid pace. Medical research activities have multiplied many times and research activities are well financed by both private and public grants of money. ' Now we are having to mare the — of these advancements as we begin to see increasing strains upon the nation's precious reservoir of trained manpower in the health professions. There is a pressing need to assure that we will have the number of doctors and other practitioners in the health ae inthe future if the benefit of advancing knowledge is to be made envi: It does Little as to have the know-how to cure diseases if the doctors are not available-to translate the y The House Interstate and i ee { Foreign Commerce Committee, on which I serve, has been carefully considering this results of research into care for individual patients. problem for some’ time. Looking at the most conservative estimates, we will need 346,000 physicians by 1975 if the present ratio of physicians to population is to be maintained. The nation's 87 medical and 5 osteopathic schools graduated 7,694 physicians in the 1963-1964 academic year. Presently planned expansions of existing schools and the . 12 to 15 new schools being developed. will result in about 9,000 graduates per year by 1975. This rate will not maintain the present ratio of physicians to population which can be apparent ly mét only by the substantial importation of physicians eeteed From the office of Congressman James T. Broyhill, 1020 House Office Building, Washington, D. C. FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, aes 4, 1965. - WASHINGTON REPORT we CONGRESSMAN JAMES T. BROYHILL GOVERNMENT AND THE ARTS Whenever the government seeks to do all things for all people, it does not take long for it to turn its attention to the arts.: This past session of Congress considered and paanes legislation which would put the Federal government firmly ia, 6 4 $ the buisness of financing the arts and humanities studies for the first time. The program involves sie ‘abtebitdtieede of a National Foundation on therArts and Human- .aties financed at the | rate of $20 million a year until 1968 and an undetermined fjgure ae that. Part of these funds would be used to subsidize the: production of plays, ballets, art exhibitions, eels: readings, and motion pictures. This program is now ‘signed into law, but I feel that there are very searching \ questions about what we have set in motion. One of the most serious questions \ arises from the very testy study given to the bill in the House of Representatives. hs é matter of fact, this major shift in national gitiey was condidated in the full Committee on Education and Labor for exactly 15 minutes before it was reported out . for quick passage by the House, - Throughout the history of the country, we have followed a consistent Federal ( policy of "hands off" the arth The policy has been pursued not because the American people were not ‘belpebees: th artistic expression or cultural activities. This is jarvatnly not the case. More than half of the world's symphony orchestras are in this country. The 5,000 museums in thd United States is a setae number than sll the museums of Western Europe put together. The number of plays, professional and amateur, produced in this country would dwarf similar efforts in any country in ¥ the world. The policy of "hahds off" the arts has not come about because of indif- ference: We have had in this country a deep feeling that cultural life should not be . financed by Washington, because we know that financing ie followed by direction. The feeling has a sound basis in that we believe that cultural expression should be Page two =~ 11/4/65 free of censorship or government domination, that our artists and writers should be allowed to deve lop their own ideas in their own ways and that they. should not become terms as one commentator of the = the wards of the government. . Putting it in simple arts did recently, th our political processes, the "The less the arts have to do wi healthier they will be." Other countries have not been so careful to eliminate government control over the intellectual life of their people. In fact, in the Communist countries, artists, composers, and writers have no independence at all since their talents are mobilized “ \ into a gigantic propaganda machine to do and say what the dictatorial apparatus of government tells them to do and to say. I do not mean to infer that we have traded our system for Communist ways by passing this bill. The new program, in my opinion, is not desirable, but it, by ao means, does that, I mention this only because the extremes of the attitude of the Cammunist countries toward their artists and writers gives us an object lesson about how bad government control can become ultimately for the country's artists and for the country as a whole. ‘ _K “_§ ] | As we look over the new program, its very general policy outlines:are clear. Nevertheless, the bill is a jungle of inconsistencies and administrative confusion which lacks meaningful definitions. Sideestepped almost entirely is what is to be considered as "art." As this law is written, it seems that baseball or "rock and roll's would have a legitimate claim for Federal subsidies. If that is not what we pean, we certainly do not say so in this program. This is one of the examples of the hazy kind of laws the present Congress has A written. A vast new power is asserted and the beginnings of what could be political control of cultural life is a part of it all. It could be that’ when the new session opens in January this will be one of the programs which gets a new look and a more thorough consideration than it had this year, | From the Office of Congressman James T. Broyhill, 1020 House Office Building, Wash. D. C.: . FOR RELEASE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1965. THE FIGHT GAME Among the bills in the last Congress which did net receive widespread public attention was legislation to create a Federal Boxing Commission. This bill was de- a veloped by the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee on which I serve and was passed by the House although Senate action is still pending. Like much of .the: legislation Congress has considered this year, the boxing commission bill is a complicated measure that involves the public interest, American radio and television, and prokésstonel boxing itself. Over the years, there has been a sharp change in how the lita are made in professional boxing. In former years, revenues came from the tickets bought to see championship fights. Today, gate receipts at the ring age no longer so important. Radio and television coverage now supply : the economic lifeblood for boxing. [Even so, neither State: not Federal governments have authority to assure the proper utili- zation of radio and television for such events, ; These circumstances were highlighted by the ClayeListon championship fight, held in Lewiston, Maine, on May 25, 1965: The fight had been moved to Lewiston in crder to permit closed circuit .television in theaters to cover the fight on that date. Obigindiiy; the fight had been scheduled for Boston, but a suit had been brought ‘by Massachusetts authorities against the séanoters of the fight and the suit could not be resolved before the schedaled day. Our committee heard a number of witnesses connected with bexing promotion urging, that televised bexing matches should be licensed by the Federal gcvernment, It was clear that this situation haa been building for a long time as ways have been sought to assurfe standards in the conduct of boxing nace hes dea to prevent Sollusion and other criminal activities which affect the integrity of professional ‘Soxing. In the past sevecal years, bork has been involved with scandals and some ‘iminal activities that have brought on its present problems. It! is unlike cther Pea ae .ofessional team sports such as football, baseball, and basketball which have estab ished organizations to police their. own activities, set their own prcefessicnal « Page 2 - 11/11/65 thowed that this kind of self-policing is not practical for profession: i a . ? The Federal Boxing Commigsion that this bill seeks ..to establish posed of three_commissioners whose authority would be limited to cas = rY matches where televésion, radio, and other interstate and forcign cor facilities are used. At the same time, the bill would safeguard the pov ' ¥ os sponsibilities of State and local boxing ccmmntataeee It would hav license boxers, promoters, agents, and referrees, and to issue contLacts, Agiecnents, arrangements, and understandings concern It would also set standards for the promotion, conduct, and ¢ matches that are to be covered by radio and Lekevii ton. Actually, this legislation is an attempt to get at a very icult proble although I supported it> I doubt that it will do the job fully. is alse ugfortu- nate that it restricts the activities of the communications media. is every indicatiom that 2 things stand now unscrupulous boxing prcmote fury well flaunt State and local regulations in money-making schemes ertions. , It is a sorry commentary that. legislation of this kind is necessary / lowever, its goal is only the restoration of integrity and honesty in become known as the "fight game," If young men wish to become. boxers. * & , . . ‘ be possible for them to train, compete, and develop their talents without havi stage sham and collusive matches. If this legislation is finally cnacted we can hope that it will help drive out the gamblers :and criminai invaded the fight business for the purpose of reaping un justifiable *xpensa af the public. From the office of Congressman James T. Broyhill, 1020 House Office Bldg., Washington, D.C. FOR RELEASE:. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1965. WASHINGTON REPORT by - CONGRESSMAN JAMES T. BROYHILL AN APPRAISAL At 12:52 a.m, last Saturday morning, the gavel came down in the House of Representatives ending the first session of the 89th Congress which started its é record-shattering work ten months ago. The end of any sbssian bf Congress is an appropriate time for thoughtful re- flection about what has been done and siuke trends have been at in motion by the new laws and new programs. Certainly, there is no doubt that this has: been one of tthe busiest sessions in many decades. The quantity of the new programs authorized and their vast ultimate costs are not in doubt. At this time, the national dis- cussion begins not only about the productivity of the Congress, but also how much better or worse the bdunkey is because of its efforts. It.is a debate that will go on for a long time and judgments are likely to vary. We can be certain that this Congress has approved tremendous new powers for the Federal cscaednilia and hele written a tremendous new role for Washington in managing the lives of the American people. In education, housing, welfare, uealth, agriculture and in a sweeping list of other fields, the Federal government = has preempted authority. a Questions about moving too fast, too far, too soon, and in the wrong direc- tion have been avept laside duking the past ten months in what has often seemed like a compulsive drive to hand over Sokats to the President and his executive agencies that would have been deeply shocking to the American people only a few short years ago. Whether the country has lost its ability to be siicicna at this change in American life remains to be seen as the consequences are more fully realized. Among the most striking facts in the Washington scene this year was the willingness of the Congress to ''go along’ and to subordinate its independent role to the wishes of the White House. This has happened time after time although it was clear enough that the results were questionable, vague, and badly written laws Page Two - 10/28/65 whose effects no one can fully explain. This seems to be dawning now on some of the leaders on the majority side. A few days ago, the Majority Leader of the Senate, Senator Mike Mansfield, warned that, "We have passed a lot of major bills this session - some of them very hastily and they stand in exteeme need of going over for loopholes, rough corners, and particularly for an assessment of current and ultimate cost in the framework of our capacity. to meet it." While it seems that about everything the White House wanted was done promptly, there are a few instances where the end of the session saw misgivings by the Congress about being driven -into agreement on some of the legislation. We saw that ‘. the Senate's refusal to repeal Section 14 (b) of the Taft-Hartley Act after the House had approved such a bill. As recently as last week, there was some slight rebellion about two other Administration programs. In these instances, the Congress stiffened its backbone-and refused to grant funds for the programs of Federal rent subsidies and the formation of the Teachers Corps that had been de- manded by the President. Both of these programs had been approved earlier. In the Teachers Corps, we can see how far the Federal government seeks to go in public . education since it would place in the hands of the Commissioner of Education power to recruit, train, and assign teachers to local school districts - all without the approval by the States. As we close this session, we can hope that Congress is regaining its senses. OFFICE HOURS Through this long and demanding session, I have been able to return to North Carolina only briefly and it has not been possible to hold regular office hours in ay each of the eleven counties of the 9th District. Plans are being worked out now 80 that I will be available to anyone who would like to discuss national issues or > a personal problems they are experiencing with the Federal government. The detailed schedule will be announced in the local newspapers of each county soon. a the office of Congressman James T. Broyhill, 1020 H.0.B., Washington, be: FOR RELEASE: Thursday, September 30, 1965 WASHINGTON REPORT by GONGRESSMAN JAMES T. BROYHILL ° Heart Disease, Cancer, and Stroke Heart disease, cancer, and stroke are the cause of /0/ of the deaths in this Pe ‘ : . " <<. 3 - country today.. Public interest in combating these killers is high and tens of millions of dollars from many sources are being poured into research activities to_ find new methods of treatment and, hopefully, to find eventual preventive measures and cures. There has been progress and reason to expect more achievements from the he battle being: waged against these dread diseases. What these developments will - ® remains for the future to disclose. \ a a premium is placed Advances in medical knowledge are occurring so rapidly tha on effective and convenient. transmission of information to the medical practitioner < who, in the final analysis, mist decide what his patient needs and how he is treatec. é . R The momentum of the present research offensive causes a problem, which the House-of Representatives considered last week. The debate came after months of study ? . of the legislation by the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee of which I am a ‘ember. baat ! In the drafting of the original bill for legislation in this field, it became clear that what was being proposed was a program to inject the Federal government into the medical field ona huge scale. A bitter argument ensued and it became apparent that the massive plans of this program were, in fact, ill-defin¢d. The ote ‘ . language would cast the Federal government in a new and unfamiliar role which. promised little in the way of positive results although the program could well upset . the balance of medical care in! this country. The American Medical Association and other professional groups in the health- care field provided. jvaiuable assistance as they offered informed perspective in the formulation of new legislation which our Committee developed carefully. That legis- lation met objections which were raised and set the wheels in mation for unanimous aereement in the Committee on a bill that had shown every promise of being one of g the most controversial measures of the year. Qa , The new program would suppert’ cooperative arrangements along lines already d out in some areas between medical schools and their affiliated successfully worke teaching hospitals. with research centers, local-hospitals and practicing physicians under which patients could be provided with the latest advances in diagnosis and “2 treatment for heart disease, cancer, and stroke. We can hope that from this legis- lation will come valunhle: assistance in the future at the bedside of those. stricken wy bPpeoera Vircares. : THE PORK BARREL | In the public mind, authorization bills for rivers, harbors , and flood control are the original "pork barrel" bib. |The 1965 bill was debated and passed by the House last week ee ¢ , Certainly, one of the oldest and most solidly based Federal responsibilities relates to control of rivers, harbors, ark floéd prevention. This work is costly, but the failure to carry out needed projects can be far more expensive. Many hun- ireds of past projects are paying off in. economic development, contributfons to ommerce and soil conservation, and the erotectton of lives and billions of dollars orth of cneeeis from the ravages of annual floods. In this sense, the rivers and arbors legislation Ades net deserve to be painted with such a broad brush“of public corn as sometimes happens. Nevertheless, the reputation of the legislation stems rom an over-anxious desire to throw ito bills of this kind projects that have not x } - given adequate study ‘oan which threaten to be wasteful white elephants: Unfor- unately, the bill last week had elements of that | ind in it One of these is a billion dollar baer tc develop the Trinity River in Texas y making available for navigation a canal twelve feet deep, 190 feet wide, running 00 to 400 miles across Texas. This scheme would turn the inland city of Fort Worth ito a seaport. All of this is not just an exercise in imagination. Its costs are ist, indeed, and I do not believe the pelnrbes should give its stamp of approval > the very sketiclty and ‘nitunieka evidence that has been presented so far. . Bills like this can do great harm to the confidence and the pocketbooks of the rican people if the Congress insists upon sloughing over the very serious questions it have been raised about spch pr: jects as that planned for the Trinity River. is only leads to the further and justifiable public charge that the Congress is tlicipating again in its favorite sport of fishing in the "pork barrel.” — 4, 3 From the office of Congressman James Broyhill, 1020 House Office Bldg., Washington FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1965. WASHINGTON REPORT CONGRESSMAN JAMES T. BROYHILL HIGHWAY BEAUT IF ICATION Too’many symptoms ot wid has been wrong with this session of Congress were in full view last week as the House of Representatives complded ‘with the White House ~ demands and passed the Highway Beautification bill. It is unfortunate that the ‘whole record of this legislation has been a sorry exercise in how laws ought not be written. There have been few such obvious displays of attempts to convert the Congress - ‘into a meaningless circus that jumps through hoops at the icemand of the White House. This is the Laty appbomeiake description of what went on during the consider- ation of this bill in the Public Works Committee and during the so-called debate on the Floor of the House. Proof of the charge that this has been a "rubber-stamp" Congress certainly can be found in this farcial performance, if, indeed, proof is needed. Pal - The actual bill relates to the beautification of American Highways. No one would disagree that action needs to be taken to improve the appearance of many stretches of hig tinny today. lost Ambcicans would agree. The controversy arises in what and how to do the job ail on these points the arguments became very heated. As I see it, this bill is full of unworkable, unwise, unfair, and inconsistent vrovisions tossed together in dbwiohe thabite that will lead to Cities trouble if the pill is finally enacted in it’s present beri: That the Congress will have to do a 1ajor repair job later is a virtual certainty that is sttvately conceded 6 by aany of the bill's dpdé effusive supporters. | Federal funds avd used for the construction of many highways. Under the terms o£ this bill, st would be mandatory that dedecal money be withheld if the Secretary o£ Commérce decides that States have not made provisions for "effective control" of sutdoor advertising, displays, or scrapyards. Problems ehibe confront States are gnored as States are stripped of much of their traditional authority in this field. October 14, 1965 (cont'd. ) -2- Even the time necessary to amend State congtitutions and to enact needed legisla- In most States, there will be only one session of the legis- é. tion is not granted. latures hetwess now and the deadline date. The Secretary of Commerce would Wecone the czar controlling all signs and. notices along our Interstate highways. Even signs required by State laws concerning applications for zoning changes. and those relating to hunting and fishing regulations would fall under this provision. Under this bill, there seems to be a prémium offered to States that have been slow in construction of Interstate Highways. Also the complex issue of using Federal funds for the improvement of privately~owned property has been raised in the bill and how it will be resolved seems of little interest to the Congress. Neither were costs considered with any care. No one knows -now what funds would be necessary although the bill authorizes the spending of $320 million in the next two years even though the Secretary of Commerce is not asked to submit a cost estimate until 1967. d I believe all Americans can be proud of many of the fast new highways that have been built. However, travellers in unfamiliar territory need information concerning camping facilities, lodging, eating, or vehicle service and repairs. es Their interests also include natural wonders and historic sites. Completely blanking out information of this kind can be a serious detriment to the general public. It was disappointing that all efforts by the minority party to insert or even discuss reasonable alternatives and changes in the bill were rejected in a blind haste to send a bill to the White House. Political drama written with a bulldozer certainly does not assure either a sound or a great society. I opposed the bill in its present form. It was adopted, however, to give the Administration its way. ¥ From the Office of Cong, James T. Broyhill, 1020 House Of fice Bldg. » Washington,D.C. FOR RELEASE: “ 29, 1965 WASHINGTON REPORT by CONGRESSMAN JAMES T, BROYHILL WAR WITHIN A WAR Aster a year of the.war on poverty, the program is badly entangled in adminis- trative confusion, pork-barrel politics, -and tactical blundering which shows signs of getting mired down iia further, Last week, the program was debated in the House of Representatives, is uns extended with little change other than being given approxi- mately double the amount of money it had in its first year and handed an increase in authority to do what it wishes without regard to the advice and wishes of the States where projects are to be established, The House's action, in my opinten, gave the ‘program an undeserved vote of confidence. No American of good-will advocates the preservation of poverty or the conditions which consign individuals and families to its blight. said whole way of life is 7 bound up with seueltiae soberboalty for people to better caneatoas. The history of this country is studded with milestones, both public and private, pointing te a fuller, richer life for the American people. The success of this process is the standard of living achieved here, It is a continuing process and, in one way or utind, every American dedicates a part of his life to furthering it. | Last year, legislation for the Lpbcatted “wae on poverty" was disturbingly \, vague, Its ontatng goals were clear enough, but how the goals were to be attained was net clear at all, It seemed to me that the Congress was being asked to approve a pregram which, stabest: was based on the faith that money and Federal power were the only necessary ingredients because the details would take care of themselves, I felt then that this shotsihrthh-derk appreach leaves a much to chance and that it is the duty of the Congress to take careful aim at the root causes of poverty, enlist the active cooperation of State and local authorities and go forward together teward specific. objectives. Any war is won, one battle at a time, The loose bundle of Sa hee hey eres by the Congress Lovited excesses and with its lack ef gwidelines, the first year of the poverty war has turned into a war within a war, Rewards to the politically faithful seem to have been too often its Page 2 - 7/29/65 | | : outstanding achievement. Whether a major proportion of benefits. will eventually trickle down to those the program was intended to help remains an even bigger questirn today than it was 4 year 480. It was charged in the debate that the program was an effort '''to poor.” However, the romance is likely to be short-lived at the rate thing: As things stand, the poor people of the country are receiving little benefit 4 going. and the taxpayer is poorer’ for the effort. What is wrong, it seems to me, is the high-handed insistence Chat any alterna- ? to be the ° tive to the present program ? is to be rejected out of hand, That seemed attiteds Tact punmer and, in spite of a year of sorry performance, it 16 stiit tne ati itnude, 6 &~ With a — of experience with an admittedly experimental program, the Congress + has a responsibility for evil natitag] wtiat has happened and where the successes and failures lie, Still, the hearings in the House Educatien and Laber Committee were limited to a study of only one out of the ten serk of the program, This was the Cemmunity Action activity where the evidence showed the strugy le of big-city politi- cal machines for authority, money, plush jobs, and who is to get what,. After this disturbing beginning, chnalietation was shut off abruptly, leaving the other parts ‘f the program very much in doubt, Congress turned its back on its duty to assemble the: evidence and reach its conclusion: : ons on the basis of facts rather than clinging to a badly battered faith, fhe bi- i partisan and seemingly well-documented criticism of the program a swered, U e « Until we can get beyond the slogans and evaluate the fact and f real h i : 7 oa : elp betng given to pocrer- people, public confidence in the program is net likely to rise. Last week' Shes | s debate put off until anether day the time when Cengress 1111 have sy . te provide the standards, the guidance; and the leng and short-term gcals hat this or any o ony pot Sete program must be provided by the branch of government chargec y for writing our laws. Conferring an abundance of money end power u rc © m Pe raticn Cc , ‘ j “ From the Office of Congressman James T. Broyhill, 1020 House Office Bldg. Washington FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1965 , WASHINGTON REPORT CONGRESSMAN JAMES T, BROYHILL < “a These are the closing days of the long and busy session of Congress which began of new programs enacted a its work early in January. ‘There hag been a record number into law. In fact, much of the legislation has been put on the law books with such speed that too little thought was given to how much it will cost or how these costs would be financed over the years. Now, the Congress has the additional job of going into the details of how much toney should be spent. This is. done through appropriations legislation, It is in this process that the Congress must add up the cost for the bill to be presented to & : the American people. The appropriations legislation is presented over many.months of orderly ee This has been done already for the normal money bills for 1966. However, last week we took up a "supplemental" appropriations bill, which is, as the word implies, a catch-all bill to finance many of the programs which were noi # considered in the regular appropriations bills earlier in the year. Certainly, the Appropriations Committee of the House had done some cutting on : this bill before it came up for debate. However, as I studied it, I had very sericus \isgivings about it. and I think a good deal more cutting should have ieee ee During the debate, this bill was called the anweicaplaet on the new welfare pro- ‘rams wich sh was so willing to approve this sae: “As we look at the price tag of nis Congress, the costs are very sobering, indeed. By the time the gavel falls on this session, probably at the end $f lehib week, Congress will have appropristed yetween 116 and 119 billion dollars. All this-totals twelve - thirteen billicr fo lollars more than was’ appropriated for the current year, making it the most expabeivel session of Gongreee shoce’ the height of World War II. : There is no possibility that with this kind of spending we will come anywhere ear a balanced budget this year, which means more deficit spending. No one knows ow much the deficit well be. > Page Two - 10/21/65 Hopefully, this supplemental appropriation will be the last of the money bills. . However, it is even now con- ceded and expected that the Senate will add another $400 million, to push the total It includes $4.2 billion for a broad range of items. toward the $5 billion mark, Many of the provisions of the bil} contain funds for programs that Congress is under obligation to continue. There’ is little option in such circumstances. The bill must be paid. hoveidt, ‘chere ie other things in this legislation on which I feel Congress should declare itself. For instance, the bill contains another $14 billion for the poverty brogtek to bring up the full amount for next year to over $2 billion. For this, we see some startling revelations about where the monev is going and how it is being used. In the Job Corps conservation centers, which are part of i the poverty program, it. costs $4,536 for each person enrolled. We are told that, on the average, a young Sarin petni nine months in such centers. That would make the cost about $3,300. We are also told that in the VISTA program, the cost is about 7,000 per year for each volunteer sdpkthg in the program. These costs are clearly nut of line and the bhet. way: to start the overhauling that is neided i to withhold Dy vhe money until things are corrected. Also in this bill was $6 million to start the Federal rent subsidy program. Of vourse, this is a deceptively small amount- for a program that will probably mushroom into a $6 billion item. Dugigg the floor debate, we were able to knock out the rent tubsidy provision. This bak a victory of sorts, but it will be back for the Congress to consider next year.if indeed, the Senate does not demand that funds for it be re- re S stored in this bill. 2 & This legislation illustrates, I believe, that the Congress must do a more ‘horough job than it has done this year of reading the price tags and looking ahead ») see what really fantastic committments it is making for future years. To be sure “ese programs start small, but they grow into really astronomical expenses, Over -e mext decade we are going to see the bills roll in and it is then too late for 2 taxpayers to complain about the huge new burdens they have picked up without fully - alizing it. Page ‘3wo--9/2/65 Its formula favored immigration from certain countries ineligible for citizenship. on ehe premise that gome countries and arcasare far closer to th United States in cvitute, customs, staniatds of livizz, respect for law and exoaphatce in self-govern- ment. As the years have passec, new situations hev2 arosed increasing criticism of the imei gration laws. Both Presi*ents kznnedy and Jonson ‘ove urced the Congress to change the law to edmit aliens on the basis of skills ra‘<her then on the basis of their coun- try of origin, This is a persuasive idea, but close study of the actual legislation disclosed some serious flaws. As it was first offered, the bill would have increased the number of immigrants by several hundred thousand each year and would surely con- tribute to the serious problems we already have--unemployment, welfare, housing and education, The original bill would also have legalized the status of ship- jumpers. It ‘ , i ; : would shave removed present, restrictions ageinst the admission pf the insane. And it would have handed over Congressional powers over immigration matters. to the President who would have decided who and how many immigrants could enter. This bill, I am glad to say, was completely rewrittcn by the House Judiciary Committee and a much more spec- ific and tighter version was presented to the House. I feel that the bill, as it was finally offered, takes an important step toward what our immigration policy ought to be. It is written to promote reunification of families, it protects the country from pressures of population surplus, and it encour- ages the cultural and technological growth of the country. It establishes a ceiling _ Even with all these improvements, however, it leaves 9 of 170,000 immigrants each year. a glaring hole in the law. The 170,000 would be drawn only from the Eastern Hemi sphere- Eurcpe and Asia. No limit was placed on immigration from the other countries of North and South fsnevica. 4 ' Throus ut Ietin Anerica, the population growth is twice that in the United States Imrerse po; atios pressures are occ srfing there. In the last few years there have ° been starti 12 incveases in immigrat:on from these countries and at the present time. trere is no restriction on the membe’:s who may enter the United States since the national quota syétem does not apply to Latin America. : So long as.ncthing is done to correct this problem, the legislation would surely fail to meet the immigration issue and tertainly is not in our national interest. Strong efforts were made to close this big gap in our national immigration policy. Ho:.cver, because the efforts were unsuccessful, I felt compelled to oppose the final passage of the bill, ed From the Office of Congressman James Broyhill, 1020 House Office Bldg. ; Washingto salto aa FOR RELBASE: rear ta SEPTEMBER 2, 1965 WASHINGTON REPORT by CONGRESSMAN JAMES T. BROYHILL- TMMIGRATIO There have been heavy pressures to change the nation's immigretion — for .the the White House has urged that these lous be cted in 1924. past decade, For the last five years, rewritten to discard the national wn system which Congress first ene Last week, the long-awaited debate on what our immigration policy should be, took -place in the House of Representatives. Any country's national self interest determines its immigration policy. Many countries today sever ly limit admission and some permit no immigration at all. Australia allows only members of the white race to enter. Liberia excludes all per- Jordan and Morocco permit only Arabic — sons who are not members of the Negro race. people to immigrate. Israel accepts only members of the Jewish faith. Switzerland and Japan forbid all inmigration and the Soviet Union accepts no immigrants except under special circumstances. . In the United States, inmigration has played a major part in the development of — the country. Throughout the last century, this country welcomed and encouraged peopl te to come here from all over the world. Great tracts of land to be developed and & growing industrial economy provided room and opportunity for all. However, by the. early part of the twentieth century, great changes had occurred. The American frome tier had been conquered in the West. Vast numbers of immigrants were arriving each month, Bewildered by. our customs, our language, and our institutions, these people gravitated to ghettos in our large cities where they could speak their own Language and cling to old and fami liat customs. A vast — of social problems festered in ghettos. Unemployment and grinding poner cy wer compat and it became imperative: that our national policy be changes. posed Limiting the number The change was made in 1924 when a yearly quota was im of immigrants who could enter the country. The quote was divided into sub-quotes each country of the-world. This law also barred persons who would eventually be fc FROM THE OFFICE OF CONGRESSMAN .JAMES T, BROYHILL, 1020 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, WASHINGTON,’ D.C. | FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1966 WASHINGTON REPORT by CONGRESSMAN JAMES T, BROYHILL THE STATE OF THE UNION * & Our Constitution requires that each year the “President shuld prepare.and pre= sent to Congress a message on the State of the Union, What that message should sontata or How ‘it should be presented is not spelled out. For most of the coun- try's history, Presidents have sent a’ message to the Congress to be read into the proceedings. However, in this-century, it’ has become traditional for the President to come to the hanitot to dak tiec the deaais in person. As radio and television has developed, the State of the Union Message has become a ceremonial occasion - 2 : : v that combines formal tradition, politics, suspense, and most of the elements of genuine drama. As the entire nation watches the Chief Executive, the precesses of national government are injécted into the family circle, understanding is deepened, and partietpeciin assumes + ie dimension of immediacy. This year's State of the Union Message has been even more eagerly awaited than those of recent years, . The growing challenge of the Viet Nam conflict presents problems. of such seriousness that the war effort and the corollary peace effort S demand the major part of bur pdtionel energy and resources, President Johnson em-- phasized this when he said, "Tonight, the ebp’ of peril is full in Viet Nam." As many of us listened to the President in the House of Representatives Chamber, . we were lapcacest with the. long .and sweeping list of programs and responsibilities he believes the Federal government sileale wildievaie. The war cn poverty shduld be speeded up at home and the battlefield should be extended throughout the world. Cleaning our river basins, attacking crime, rebuilding at cities, ending death on the highways, abolishing racj discrimination among Americans, are only a small part of what the President has Latied "4abing ana imaginative’ projects worthy of a great nation at the height of its wealth and ie The commitment to armed con- flict clouds the immediate future with uncertainties which, at the least, demand sreater consideration of national priorities in domestic programs than were indi- & 8 Page 2 - 1/20/66 cated in the President's remarks. The President gave his answer to the long-debated question of "guns or " to the question of whether we can afters. | He seemed to be giving an enphati¢ "yes r more than $60 billion into our eptenee effort and, at the same tine, cone to pou tinue full speed ahead on domestic sieuee programs of even greater cost and com plexity than those we have already undertaken. While speeches such as this seem to be blueprints for the future, they raiec good many more questions than they ansver. The principal issue here is how all that is being recomended can be done without very significant increases in Federal revenues -- that is, increases in taxes. The President assured us that next year, "Your perenne ‘will collect ¢ billion dollars more than it will ‘spend. ‘This appears to acoure that deficit = spending will be abandoned and that the inflationary pressures” that present Federal financing is causing will be brought under control. Quite frankly, there are very grave doubts thet this can be done even if the old excise taxes on telephone service and automobiles are restored, as the cresident has asked, ‘We must wait for the details of the budget message the white House will present before we can evaluate how we can achieve the very jhiaias goals the President is requesting so impatiently. Public reactions to the President's message have tended to follow predictable party lines. However, it is significant, I think, that one hears more and ‘more off-the-vecord comments on Capitol Hill about the quality of Federal performance. ' Bridges from slogans to meaningful programs are hard to build. There is, for ample, increasing worry that the war on poverty will continue to flounder and ¢ confusion, waste, and blunted purposes will discredit it further while calle for more of the same are forthcoming. ’ This worry is oily ¢ one of many that boil down to one conclusion -- that the country needs to digest what the Great Society has embarked upon in the last year . hefpre it goes on with a full head of steam into new experiments with the Am con society. I am sure that this will set the theme for the debates to come in 1966. * From the Office of Congressman James T, Broyhill, Room 1020 House Office Bldg., Washington, D. C.° FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY , oa aeeee 9, 1965 WASHINGTON REPORT by , CONGRESSMAN JAMES T, BROYHILL CRIME AND THE POLICE One of the most serious problems that confronts the American-people today con- ‘ 3 cerns the rapid increase in crime. Statistical reports are published from time to time which bear out what many of us know is happening throughout the -country . that the number of serious crimes are increasing rapidly and that there is a grow-. ing need for the coordination ,among law enforcement authorities. Last summer, the Director.of the FBI, Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, released information that 2,600,000 serious crimes had occurred in 1963. The FBI Director, in thés sobering baencts elie upon local law enforcement agencies to improve police administration to attempt to use the manpower available to them in a more ef fic- ient way. In particular, Mr.. Hoover stressed that police must be elext for new technological divelcinecta, that will help them do the very difficult job that ‘rests in their hands. Certainly, the basic job of law enforcement in this country rests with local and State police. This is as it should be. ‘However, criminal elements realize sthat if they can get away from the scene ‘of their crime, the legal problems of Jetection and jurisdiction can assist them in escaping penalties that the iaw pro- ‘ides. It is for that reason bthee there has been a growing feeling that the ‘ederal government can and should cooperate to a greater degree in helping local, ind State police. This past Congress enacted legislation which ts intended to help in this ae sortant process. The purpose of the new law is to strengthen local law enforce- ‘ent. At the same time, it specifically prohibits Federal intervention into the _ yperation of local police and sheriff's departments. The funds and the powers. provided the Attorney Gobaret of the United States by his new law are designed to help deal with the problem aed. at the same time, to ® ove cout foualy into this field, Page Two ~ 12/9/65 It appears now that a number of benefits will be obtained. First, special training programs kev: police! dEdicers have been authorized to help police depart- * ments train not only new wih taceubces into their force, but also to keep more experienced officers up-to-date about new law enforcement techniques and practices. Secondly,-the new program will help obtain information about electronic equip- ment and methods that could be.used in high crime areas to assist police in carry- ing on their work more effectively. - We know that many police departments are bogged down with administrative drudgery and that there is a great need to speed up the processés of criminal identification. Some Federal grants, particulagly for smaller police departments, can help in bringing to them the benefits of computers and modern methods of storing information for quick use wien it is needed, We also know that local officials: have a great need for imaginative suggestgons and solutions in dealing with persons who are charged repeatedly with minor ietiond: Municipal court dockets are over burdened with cases brought against chronic alcoholics, vagrants, and traffic violators. The juvenile offender is also a major problem today. Research and experimentation needs to be done in this field and the new law hopefully may provide this kind of information. Among the grektese problems that our police departments face today is the need to strengthen public support and participation in the work of the. police. pee times, the failure 6f the public to nels police departments actively has resulted in criminals going free and justice being thwarted. This can create a vicious © 4 circle since the public is quick to blame the police for failures that can be traced to public irresponsibility. This whole ‘process chips away at both the con- & 4 fidence in law-enforcement work as well as effective police-work. It is hoped that 4 : this new legislation will contribute in uniting all of those agencies in government ‘ ; at every level whose mission it is to protect the general public from criminal activity. While I do not feel that there is any quick and easy answer to this pro- »lem - and certainly this legislation will not result in solving-the dilemma that ‘aces us, still, I believe it is a needed step forward in trying to help cut down -he amount of crime in the country. The -problem is alarming for all law-abiding wmericans and is Surely a national responsibility that must be dealt with now. ‘hrough the new law, I feel we can be more confident that we have a balanced pro- aran of govermental action against the causes as well as the éffects of crime. From the Office of Congressman James T. Broyhill, 1020 H. 0. B., Washington, D. C. FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1966 WASHINGTON REPORT CONGRESSMAN JAMES T, BROYHILL THE ROAD AHEAD Tor those who thought that the first. session of the 89th Congress had left few stones unturned, the opening days of the new session may be surprising. There , is still major legislation left over from the "Great Society’ proposals of two ¥ years ago as well as a number of proposals intended to deal with new situations. However, the view from Capitol Hill-this January is strikingly different from 12 e months ago. ‘The chief difference this year is the dominance of our involvement in Viet Nam, Vast commitments of men and material influence the thinking in the Nation's Capital, virtbally all domestic ocoatene willbe viewed through the prinm of - Viet Nam's mounting costs and military Adeahde! Already, the stage is be) Ede a request from the White House for from $13 to 14 billion to help meet the costs of the war in Southesat Asia for the next six months. It i¢ on this legislation that a reassessment of our Viet Nem policy is likely to be debated more searchingly than the Congress has explored the question before. ? During the last twelve months, U. S. military personnel in Viet Nam grew from 23,000 to almost. 200,000. Last April, U. S. defense expenditures in Viet Nam were * at an annual rate of 1.5 billion-=$70 million ‘for food distribution; $300 million for economic assistance; $330 million for military assistance; and $800 million for U. S, air -and sea Guerattdol. Present expenditures are not avgilable although hey are clearly much higher. Theke! ie a possibility that the war costs in the irst six months of this year will rise $8.8 billion over expectations, Ma jor economic legislation ts certain to receive high priority ta this session™ f Congress. As the econbay.-akeand along at a record rate, the threat of inflation -ooms, Cost of Tiving figures for November reached an ail-tine high. The contin- iing upward trend is predicted when theuses for December are released. Voluntary ‘estraints.on management and labor to “hold the line" on prices and wages secr Page 2 =. 1/13/66 harder to maintain, Talk of tax hikes or @ graduated withholding tax to pour funds into the Treasury at a faster rate are a contrast to the economic pump-priming measures under discussion at this time last year. Sesser {n spénding in the War on Poverty and such programs as Area Redevel- opment activities are likely to be among the growing list of cutbacks in thé wel- fare legislation that was launched with considerable fanfare last year. Some of the "Great Society" programs have been slow in starting and are still on the drawing boards although the Congress voted them into existence some months ago. Whether they will be earmarked for the’ full amount of funds iain intended seems unlikely now in a \nunber of bean A brief run-down of some of the issues of new and unfinished work for the Congress is as follows: Continuation of the argument over. the hdiltedgeeacion's plan to repeal Section 14(b) ofthe Taft-Hartley Act, funds for rent subsidies and the teacher's corps, revision of the! Electoral College system in Presidential electiens, 8 G. I. bill-of rights for. veterans of the cold war, home rule for the District of Columbia, revision of minimum wage and unemployment compensatiou laws, firearms control legislation, -foreign aid with emphasis on an expanded use of U. Ss. ptiocktaral products abroad. Other items that have received less public attention ire also in prospect, All of this points to @ busy session that will be filled with considerable aiteuterey and uncertainty. Earlier predictions that Congress will devote itself srimarily to pasting over the cracks in bills rushed through last year have little ustification, Neither does the dwindling talk that Congress will be packing its sags to leave Washington by early summer. From the Office of Congressman James Broyhill, 1020 House Office Bldg, Washington _ FOR RELEASE; THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1965 WASHINGTON REPORT CONGRESSMAN aes BROYHILL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT All statistics pouty point to the fact that the country esjoys an unprecedented prosperity, Nevertheless some seabt ting contrasts exist in our economy. There are some areas which nitee chronic economic distress, where jobs are ecaree or non-exis- tent, opportunity is limited, and detwie prospects dim, Certainly, there are As Ameticans who would not favor solving this pcobign quickly and decisively if it could ee done by the relatively! siupie expedient of legislation. Last week, the Public Works and Economic Development bill which had this as its stated intention, was brought before the Coogreas. Many of us felt a deep sense of . disappointment that the bill fell so far short of being responsible and sound legis- lation. Again, we~see the same choice that bas been presented 80 often in the Congres _ where good intentions try to take the place of good legislation. Federal programs need to face problems squarely and provide the step-by-step processes for dealing with them. Ringing declarations of high purpose are fine when they are backed up by thoughtful and meaningful formulas for carrying them out, If the formulas are = ‘ or non-existent the results can be 5 ecniteebons: cross- purposes, on “en of the- problem, ®& we From the Office of Congressman James Broyhill, 1020 House Office Bldg, Washington _ YOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1965 WASHINGTON REPORT by CONGRESSMAN JAMES BROYHILL ECONOMIG DEVELOPMENT All statistics today point to the fact that the country ejoys an unprecedented prosperity, Nevertheless some startling contrasts exist in our economy. There are: some areas which suffer chronic economic ‘distress, vhere jobs are ecaree or non-exis- tent, opportunity is limited, ahd future prospects dim. Certainly, there are few Americans who would not favor jsiving this problem quickly and decisively if -it nts not be done by the relatively simple expedient of legislation. , Last week, the Public Works and Economic Development bill which had this as its stated intention, was brought before the Coggreee. Many of us felt a deep sense of jigappointment that the bill fell je 'Mak shote of being responsible and sound legis- lation, Again, we see the same chétee that bas been presented so often in the Gongres where good. intentions try to take the lias of good legislation. dauaxel programs need to face problems squarely and provide the step-by-step processes for dealing with them. Ringing declarations of high purpose are fine when they ai backed up by thoughtful and meaningful formulas for carrying them out. If the formulas are faulty or non-existent the results can be confusion, cross-purposes, and aggravation of the problem, | | This bill ptovidse for $3.32 billion for new massive and indiscriminate Federal spending in aul which lag behind economically. The bill is essentially a restat:- sent of previous progratis. It seeks to continue to stimulate economic activity chrough the use of Federal funds, ~ Basically, this concept seems to ignore some of the complex reasons why a partis cular area-does not progress economically, Often these reasons include geographic ‘ocation, land terrain, lack of avaflability of water and other natural resources, the eéecline of industries once located in the area, sparcity of population and serious transportation problems, > ‘The Area Redevelopment Adminfstration was created by the Congress early in the Page Two-- 8/19/65 1960"s to provide loans to companies which would locate plants in certain designated areas of economic distréss, Actucliy, the ARA program became so controversial and unsatisfactory that the Congress refused to provide funds for its’ continued operation two years ago. Several years ago, Congress also established the Accelerated Public Works pro- stam with considerable fanfare. The justification for this program was to create temporary employment in designated areas because of an economic slump. Actually, this program did not substantially reduce unemployment although its costs were very high. As a matter of fact, the Administration opposed additional money for this program some time ago and no further funds were made available. . In the House bill last week, the somewhat bedraggled ideas of the ARA and. the Public Works program were put together without any significant changes in the con- cepts that time has shown to be faulty, Although the Federal government has had ample opportunity to evaluate its exper- tence with these programs, the new legislation is broad and vague, with even its strongest supporters having difficulty to explain what it would do and how it would work. oi As we got into the deficencies of the bill, it seemed clear that there was no strong requirement for State and local effort and that we could very well have @ sit- uation where Federally-financed plants could be opened in direct competition with those financed thseugh private incentive. The ARA effort has been marked by instances of this kind, As @ matter, of fact, there ie now pending before the ARA a loan application for $3 million to establist - very large broiler production operation in Pennsylvania. If the Federal government makes this loan and puts a new company into business because of it, there is no doubt that the poultry production industry in North barelins and other states will be seriously harmed, This is a kind of “robbing Peter to pay Paul" operation that creates more problems than it solves. It is one illustration of the very prob- lem in this kind of Federal activity. Another is the pirating of jobs from one area’ to another, ; ie After the years of experience with these Federal efforts, we should be profit- ting more by what we have learned. It is regrettable that many of the amendments offered in sincere attempts to perfect the bill were rejected with callous disinter- est by the Administration's large rubber-stamp majority. From the office of Congressman James T. Broyhill, 1020 House Office Building, Washington, D. C.: FOR RELEASE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1965. WASHINGTON REPORT by CONGRESSMAN JAMES T. BROYHILL SERV ICEMEN'S LIFE INSURANCE &® Veterans of World War II and the Korean War will remember the system of National Service Life insurance. Under that system of government insurance, 4 man in the Armed Forces: could obtain life Lisuirancs in amounts from $1,000 to $10,000. In the event of his death, his wife, children, parents, or the benefi~ ciary he named could receive-the cash value of the policy. Insurance of this kind was considered an emergency measure. After the Korean War, the need for the government to dedetoue the program for men in service was not great beeguse regular: commercial life insurance could be obtained readily. For that reason, Congress discontinued the life insurance program in 1957. In ~ its place, another program of indemnity payments for wives and dependent parents of deceased servicemen was, substituted. However , world conditions have now i? changed. With increasing peeer eatin of ldbectonn troops in combat action in Viet Nam and cout iy in the’ Dowdnican Republic, the private life insurance companies have had to insert war ex¢lusion clauses into the policies they write for service- men, This cogil indian: thot the private insurance a man carries on his own life may not be paid if he dies sh jcoabak: In the case of men alerted for duty in combat areas, it is almost thiposaible to obtain insurance protection. | In view of this increasingly distressing problem, the Congress acted at the end of the session to wake the situation. The bill which was developed with almost no OS éaigtaonbat was enacted and is now the law of the land. Since ft was . given little publicity at the time, I am finding as I talk with families of servicemen in Viet Nam that they are unaware of the new program-and I would like to explain its provisions briefly. The new Law does not authorize the resumption of the National Service Life ~ : . Page two -- November 18, 1965 @. 4 j e Insurance Program, Instead, it is a joint effort by the Federal government and surance companies to provide 14f€ insurance coverage our men in service . ¥ private in need today. Under the new law, each person on active duty in the Armed Services may have $5,000 or $10,000 in life insurance coverage. The policies are underwritten by the insurance industry with the government bearing the costs resulting from deaths due to extra-hazardous service. Costs as conditions stand today are pre~ 2 dicted to be about $4 million a year. The coet to the serviceman is $1.00 per Sf Z month for the $5,000 policy and $2.00 per mooth for $10 ,000 coverage. - When the law became effective at the end of September, each man in service at the time was provided with automatic Overage of $10,000 in insurance.” If he requests in writing that he wants the ‘$5,000 policy or no insurance of this type . x at all, his wishes will be respected. The same provisions apply 6b -thone entering the service by enlistment and by induction. The serviceman himself must state how payments are to be made in the event of his death by electing for his beneficiaries either a lump-sum. payment or a settle- ment divided into 36 equal monthly installments. This insurance will remain in force for four months after a man. is discharged and the veteran may continue his insurance with one of the private coauraace companies participating in the program without a physical examination. It is. believed this provision will be of particu- ‘lar importance to men who are seriously disabled as a result of military service. Certainly, the new program is welcomed by the servicemen themselves aud their families. Before the passage of this legislation, parents of deceased servicemen received no compensation unless they could show that they were finan- cially Sepeddins Lions their ‘son in uniform. Under the new law, this inequity is corrected, | Although fami lies can never really be compensated for the loss of a son in the country's service, the new program was seriously needed to restorea semblance of fairmess in these difficult times. * es T. Broyhill, 1020 House Office Building, gressman James “THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 25, 1965 From the office of Con FOR RELEASE: Washington, D. C. ‘ WASHINGTON REPORT ‘ by CONGRESSMAN JAMES T. BROYHILL IN ‘THE DARK On the night of November 9 at 5:28 p-m., the nation was stunned as the most populous section of the country went dark. From Philadelphia, north to the’ ’ Canadian border, electric power suddenly went off and thirty-million people were | plunged into darkness. g were crippled, hospitals were forced to Radio and television facilitie 2 Page two - November 25, 1965 waiting for Congress to reassemble in January. a As the plans seed now, » subcommittee will hold its first meeting in Washington on November 29." At that time, the procedures and guidelines for the At the con- : * a investigation will be decided and the study will begin soon after. clusion of the study, we hope to have a full picture of exactly what happened, | why it happehed, and what may be done to assure that failures like this will not happen agsin. We must then look at all the facts and decide what new legislation may be needed to preter’ the security of the country and the interests of the general public. ” ‘Surely, among bbe many aspects of this problem, there are very y power supplies, much of the public transportation system eround to a halt, and millions of Americans were suddenly left stranded as they were returning to their homes from work. The first reaction was disbelief and confusion, followed by a realization that uninterrupted electric power has been so much a part of our lives that we have taken it for granted. This greatest power failure in the nation's history was grim reminder of what could happen if electric power was destroyed by an enemy. Certainly, this was a lesson in the vulnerability of the country that will not forgotten soon. | ; ¢ nts As you will recall, the President was quick to act as he called upon the Chairman of the Federal Power Commission to begin an investigation immediately so that the causes could be,determined. This report has been completed and is PA or Z now on the President's desk. 3 Additional steps have now been taken to draw the Congress into a continuing study of this very serious, situation. Last week, at the r@quest of the Speaker £ the House of Representatives, a special subcommittee of the Interstate and OL Foreign Commerce Committee was appointed to investigate fully this sudden and unrealistic power failure that blacked gut the Northeast. I have been asked to * 9 serve as one of the five members of .this subcommittee. Certainly, I am honored at this appointment and I am looking forward to participating in this detailed study. I also agree that the investigation should begin immediately. without é serious. security and public-interest ramifications. I would emphasize that we do not know that new laws will be necessary, but if they are needed, it is certain that the Congress will respond quickly and responsibly. Any question of this kind involves extremely complex and technical information because the electric epwik: tekedeiseion system of the country has been developed, over many years, so that disastrous power failures would be avoided. We have ale ready been advised that the tying together sk the electric one of New York, Ontario, and New England produced a freakish accident that caused the trouble. The Chairman aé the Federal Power Commission has stated that the failure occurred in Ontario and within @ short time a "cascade" of failures took place. One by one, safety devices shut down power plants and icanintbokin lines to avoid balan ing out. It has already been concluded that the power load shifted to the New England and Southern New York systems and that the load was beyond their capacity. The gesult was the complete collapse of their service. “while . am sure that this is what actually happened, why it happened raises many new and disturbing questions that will hove to be fully explored. The new subcommittee bears a heavy responsibility to the people of the country and I am pleased cmt ffom my bagel gut tons with the other members, it is plain to me that the esbplonndbttity is ace ted. We can sincerely hope that from its . bn tineréetons will result in ay even stronger electric power system whose full reliability at all times will assure a stronger and more secure America. From the office of Congressman James t; Broyhill, 10.0 House Office Bldg. -, Wash- ington, D. C. FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1966 ae WASHINGTON REPORT ae CONGRESSMAI! JAMES T, BROYHILL THREE-WAS SQUEEZE Last week, I discussed the three-way squeeze of Federal costs, revenues, and — commitments. The growing problem was dranatized as the tax bill I talked about. Both pieces of legiste- was debated one day ahead of a major appropriations bill. tion related to aspects of the general problem. The tax ‘bill that was considered and passed allows the Federai-government. to. get its hands on revenues quicker than would be possible today. It would also... _ restore the old excise tax on telephone service and passenger automobiles that Congress had allowed to die last year. Certainly, the decision on whether to support this legislation was not an eaay one. However, I finally came to the con- clusion that the extremely grave problems which we face require that we start: putting our financial: house in order, During the pact fear, the sduinistration has ehown less and less restraint in its financial management of the country. Government spending has been greatly in- creased, This is not attributable solely to the expense of the war in Viet Nam, An increasing number of new comestic programs are also involved, In the next. twelve months, spending will have increased to $112.8 baliion. To this should be. | added an additional $6 billion realized from the sale of loans and other 4 ment assets which has been used to reduce expenditures for the next Sena veut For this reason, we are dealing with an expenditure budget of $118.8 billion for © the next fiscal year, or a $37 billion increase in the level of Federal spending since 1961. Less than one-third of this increase has been occasioned by the war in Vidt Nam, cece Certainly, our troops in Viet Nam must have our full support on the home front, Their needs must be fully met and it seems to me that any fair evaluation of the present situation demands more belt-tightening at home than we have seemed willing to do. The tax bill, in a sense, asks the American taxpayer to tighten his belt to. Page 2 -- 3/3/66 the extent of $6 billion in accelerated tax payments and increased taxes. If we are to ask the American people to do this, the White House, I believe, should show an equal effort to cut baek non-essential expenditures and defer a number of ite new programs until after the present emergency is over, The war in Viet Nam is not the only war that this country is fighting. Of equal #mportance is the wer on inflation at home and very careful strategy is required if we are to win both. The reason that I think a new look at our fiscal position is urgent is that we have no way of knowing how hong our military operatéons in Viet Nam will go on or what they will require. If we had any indication that the war would result in victory during the next year, the fiscal re-evaluation would not be so necessary. However, all of the facts that we can see at the present time call for a long and probably even more costly struggle than we have seen to date. It is almost a certainty that the White House will be forced to seek Federal controls over wages, prices, and credit, as well as further increascs in taxes if an it continues its present course. The seeond bill that I referred to concerned funds to support the vast economic aid program that we have embarked upon in. South Viet Nam. After a careful evaluation of the evidence on this bill, I supported it with some reluctance. There is no question that repairing the ravages of war so that the country can govern itself is just as important as our military operations there. In fact, this program will, in the long run, save American lives. It is probably as essential as the bullets for the guns of our soldiers and the bombs for our planes. I feel that the bill is written too loosely and that it is not specific oP about what the money would be soe for. Abvercheless,; the Jegislation is surely an essential part of our effort to keep Southeast Asia free of Communist domination. The vast cost of all this, however, only proves again that we must plan to pay the bill from “revenues and not by more ted ink on our ledger. From the office of Congresiaiar Tebes r. Broyhill, 1020 louse Office mullding, Washington, D. C. FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1966 WASHINGTON REPORT ‘by CONGRESSMAN JAMES T. BROYHILL THE BUDGET: FACT AND’ FANCY © Congress at no one time ever F approves or actually considers the Federal Budget submitted each year ty he President. Instead, it takes up many bills which include elements of the Budget recommendations. Yet, the Budget proposals do serve a useful purpose because they put. into one gigantic document what the government wishes to. spend and how much it expects to take into the Treasury. It is, at best, a blue-print and events may or may not prove its predictions to be right. Last week, the President submitted his Budget proposals. They involve enor- _ mous figures that are difficult to imagine. Nevertheless, we must gear our think- ing to figures involving tens and hundreds of billions of dollars. . I é According to these estimates, your Federal government would spend $112.8 billion with $58.3 billion going for defense and $54.5 billion for other govern- mental expenditures, The President explains that we should take in $111 billion in taxes, leaving a deficit for the. peer of $1.8 billion. We hope these figures are correct, but many of us are concerned that they are not, To go into all of the details that have been added together to make these figures, we will have to study a volume the size of the Manhattan telephone directory. However, there are This will take much more time than we have had. some points of caution which appear to be valid in an early analysis. The first very serious question Anvolves the estimate of spending. mate leoks tco low. Defense spending: during the first five months of fiscal year 1966 came to $20.5 billion. If we project this rate of spending with the build-up now. going on to support the war in Viet Nam, it seems more than likely that Defense spending could reach $62 billion or more. In one year our ground forces in Viet- Nam have jumped from 20,000 men to 200,000, That we may double this number of men in Viet Nam is a soberly discussed prospect in Washington today. This esti- | site eee Ma Page 2 - 2/3/66 With this kind of increase in defense spending and the likelihood of sudden requirements for even more defense support than we can foresee now, the problem of fiscal management of the country becomes severe. This is particularly true tf WE continue to increase spending on domestic programs as the present plans demand, All of these estimates require the senttinnaton of good cae and @ booming economy, Senuaialdeds this will not entirely account for the $11 billion more that we must collect in taxes little less than $2 billion, Othet things Considerable expansion of the economy is expected. next year to hold the deficit down to a that indicate the strain for lowering the Budget deficit involve some tax increas~ es, new user fees, profit from the removal of silver from our coins, sale of government stockpiles of materials, and the sale of an unprecedented $4.7 billion of imtenpete in government-owned loans, plus the collection of several billions in 1968 revenues to aay against the 1967 deficit. As pine: stand now, there seems to be very little Elextbiliey for unforeseen developments. If our economy should dip even slightly, the Federal deficit would jump immediately and we would alee turn loose inflationary pressures that could ] ° be dangerous, indeed. | i This budget does not. leave room for uncertainties or for very legitimate question marks. Certainly, there is always @ mixture of fact and fancy in any Federal budget, but this one is a genuine disappointment because it does not seem to take into account the very serious pressures developing in the economy. In times of national emergency as we have become involved with costly _ tary commitments, we have felt it advisable to cut back spending at home to asvure that we can meet our responsibility to our troops in the field. This tine, the White House believes we can continue to increase spending at home and still in- crease the vast burden of our military expenditures. If this stimulates inflation and causes further increases in the cost of living, we are going to be hurting most severely the very people that our welfare spending is supposed to help -~ and in the process, we will be weakening the ~~ economy of the country, If we do that, we will be, in fact, chipping away at the country's ability to defend'itself. Many Americans will be applying this kind of 2 yardstick to what Congress will be called upon to do this year. .. From the Office of Congressman James T, Broyhill, 1020 House Office Building, Washington, D. C. FOR RELEASE: ~ THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1966 WASHINGTON REPORT d by ‘ Congressman James T, Broyhill DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME In ‘these days of rapid transportation and instantaneous communications, the problem of time besets us is ways unknown only a few generations ago. With the coming of Spring, many areas of the country will set their clocks ahead one hour as they observe daylight saving time. The problems of a Leck of time uniformity have increased over the ne and the issue-of daylight saving time has become a lively and sometimes bitter one in communities, State legislatures, and, to a lesser degree, in the Congress. ‘How to deal fairly with the sion al cons of this question has been a perplex- ing problem, Last cit. the House of Representatives passed legislation which I feel is, in general, unwise, Debate on the bill came after long discussions of the proposal in the Intetetake and Foreign Commerce Committee on which I serve, What had been a sound and essentially constructive bill originally was, unfortu- nately, changed in the Committee to a more stringent piege of legislation. Some time ago, the Senate. gonssdered and passed a bill which had relatively simple provisions, It said that if areas observed daylight saving time, they mst begin at 2:00 a.m. on the edt Buadéy in leet and end at.2:00 a.m. on the last Sunday in October. This legislation for ail its simplicity would go far toward resolving the costly confusion that results when areas shift their time of day irregularly. It is my feeling that this is: the bill the Congress needs to pass and to go farther only assures that one kind of confusion will be replaced = by anotier, ¢ The House-passed legislation would be manditory on all States. It would knock out much of the legislation already pagsed by State legislatures as they have sought to solve the problem according to the wishes of the people of the State. Each State can, however, through its regular legislative process, remove itself from the provisions of this bill. ‘If it does this, however, it must be uniformly on standard time, No part of the State can be granted local options to be on ; = Page (2) - 3/24/66 , daylight saving time; An “all or ninhdaal provision of this -kind assures vecessary donneybrook in ane State legislatures where members will have been titi Aas by the Congress, "This you must do," Their option is likely to be a bitter wrangle to reflect the interests of their constituents. _ Daylight saving time creates real problems for rural families, It is usually : popular in urban areas. The fight in the legislatures will probably divide alon3. these lines and will offer no positive or productive solutions. Examples were cited in ‘the debate of the problems created by this approach, The State of Nebraska, for instance, is 500 miles wide, It is already split into two time zones, It has metropolitan and rural areas, both with decided but oppos ing points of view on the daylight saving time issue, We also see the problem graphically in the Washington, D. C. area where the urban regions of nearby Varginia and, Maryland do not abare. the economic interests of the rural sections of . Any city near a time zone in one State in another on. Western Maryland or ; Southern virgen: whose economic structure is geared to a city in another time zone ¢canot afford to go along with a decision that would give it a different time of day from other parts of its natural trading and business area? Our efforts to allow the States greater flexibility and to provide for a ‘measure of local ‘option were defeated and the bill was passed in essentially the same form as it was reported to the House, The iterereuans between ‘the House and Senate versions of this legislation remain unresolved, It is my hope that the bill finally agreed upon will reflect a more moderate approach taken in the Senate bill, If it does not, we will be creating far more confusion and dissatisfaction in many of the States than now exists. From the office of. Congressman James T. Broyhill, 1020 House Office Building, Washington, D. C. FOR RELZASE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1966 | WASHINGTON REPORT CONGRESSMAN JAMES T, BROYHILL |, SMALL BUSINESS | t <n One of the trends in this country has ‘been the growth of giantism in government, s organized labor, and in business, In most aspects of our productive economy, we see the influences of great corporate enterprises. There is certainly nothing wrong with bigness in business 80 long as we are careful to build in safety devices to assure that fairness and that equitable competition exists. (Cur anti-trust laws. ‘are written with that in mind to make certain that the strong do not devour the weak one that the law of the jungle does not prevail in our economic a I feel that if we are’ to bdepeles the free enterprise system in this country, we must do everything possible to create a climate whercby small businesses have a decent and fair chance to grow and prosper. It is well to remember that very few of the giants of industry started bie. They, too, had small beginnings. They struggled for survival and, step by step, they have grown larger. Today, however, the problems for ost business are growing greater wt t feel we must keep a watchful eye on whether: the door to opportunity for them is being slowly closed. The Federa! government has a legitimate responsibility in helping to create this kind of economic climate. | : | Back in 1953, the Congress passed the Small Business Act, There were a number ef purposes to this legislation, ‘The legislation established the Small Business Administration, an independent. agency, which would operate within the Federal government as the spokesman for the nithoo's small businesses and provide: “ase= stop" service to small companies in their dealings with Washington, There is a rowing concern among many of us in and out of Washington that this agency is being systematically dismantled. S There were several specific responsibilities that Congress assigned the Small Business Administration which are of particular importance. One responsibility was che authority to lend money to small businesses when it could be shown that there ¢ Page 22/10/66 ‘ there was a reasonable assurance of repayment and that funds were not available~°™ from private banks and lending institutions. The second important responsibility was a program to assure that small manufacturers received a fair share of govern: ment contracts to counter the favoritism of Federal purchasing officers to deal . e Te with large firms. Today, the Small Business Administration is and has been for some time without ~ an Administrator. This situation has left the agency without leadership and its role as a force in the economic life of the nation has been reduced. To many of us, the handwriting is on the wall that the SBA is being phased out although the Congress has not changed the Small Business Act and has given no indication that i intends to do 80. On the contrary, Congressional support for the SBA program, properly operated without political overtones, is as strong today as it has ever “ee been, The SBA loan program is at a standstill. Although Congress has provdded the f 3 3 a funds it requested, excuses are given that no money is available for business loans because available funds have been used for disaster relief loans in Alaska and along the Gulf Coast following hurricane Betsy. Applications, we understand, are not being taken and there is no indication when the moratorium will be lifted, if ever * “| : pe : , ( 3 Only recently, the procurement program also was put on the skids. This program has worked well to see that small companies get a fair break in the tens of billio of dollars of Federal purchases. SBA has withdrawn its representatives in Federal procuremént offices despite strong opposition from the Congress and the entire emall business community. The direct liaison between contract ing offices and the small business community has been broken. A number of us have lodged strong protests of this action with the President. — We hope that this ig not a calculated and determined plan to destroy this indepen- dent agency of government. There have been in past, and there are now, voices in Washington who have said that SBA should be neatly tucked away in the Department of | Commerce. Certainly, I would grant that this all looks plausible on paper. Hows — | ever, the Department of Commerce has never been able to provide the dynamic and effective service that American small business requires and it was precisely for that reason that the SBA was established as an independent agency. I feel strongly — that the SBA must ngt become a casualty of "big" government. It is my intention to - continue the fight to see that a vigorous and effective voice on behalf of small business is not silenced in the councils of government in Washington. i RE hee we “aR aad casi . cuties of the Ginited States | Mouse of Representatives Mashington, B.C. February 8, 1966 Mr. T. E. Swann Route 1, Box 147 Statesville, North Carolina! Dear Mr. Swanhi: : It was very good of you to write and I am grateful for your comments about my work in Washington. It has been a great disappointment to me that re-districting plans will result in the rémoval of Iredell and Alexander Counties from the Ninth District. It has always seemed to me that these two counties have occupied the geographic heart of the District. In the few short years. that I have had the privilege to represent Iredell County in Congress, I have come to know a very large number of people in your area whose personal friendships have come to mean a great deal to me. Even though Iredeli County may no longer be in the Ninth District after this re, I value those friendships and I intend to keep them. - Your remarks about the proposed four-year term for members of the House of Representatives were particularly appreciated. In the discussion of this issue, the possibility of electing members for a four-year term on the "off year" has arisen, I think this does somewhat offset the objection that terms concurrent with the. term of the President’ would create a "coat tail” Congress, Never~- theless, the disturbing objection remains that a four-year term, no matter how it is devised, would result in a House of Represen~ | tatives less sensitive and less responsive to public will. James T, Broyhill Member of Congress J It often teaches that if the voters want an active Congressman, they will have fo make a change. % |t often teaches that a Congressman who, in ten years, manages to introduce — and have passed only one public bill, . needs more than “Seniority” to.get the jobdone. * It teaches that our people have not been fully heard in Washington and will not until we have an established two-party system in our.district. | All A An aa a: = Ae: A a A i A ON A i te A Ee te It teaches that if we are going to get «things done in Congress we. have fo ~ have a Representative with the courage fo stand up for the convictions, of the people-in his District. : * It teaches that. the time has come for 8 ~NEW Gongressman for the 9th Dis- trict of North Carofina: va 5 = . i RE a a REE artes a a RO a # a. * a * g INVESTMENT THAN “SENIORITY. ’ 4 ELECT - James T. Broyhilt is wee To Congress . THE MAN WHO WILL GET THINGS DONE! - 9th District Citizens For Broyhill - “. JAY FRANK, Chairman ® ES ETE CE RTE EOE AR Se ew eT —" | , THURSDAY NOVEMBER 1, 1008 STATESVILLE RECORD & LANDMARK a : A 4 = . £ 2 a i = ae oy ¥ ‘ : 4 ae Ga os ¥ - ’ : . a ° - oe Pe os ) * aa oe <4" ‘ ; : : & ioe ‘ pe . § ee * 5 si = L 4 .— es ° a : * a a » ag | | e * * Se é. ‘ oe a = CHOSEN TO RUN ‘ am . £ a £ I € oe & s . ! 4 BS 4 3 F a aa : 4 5 oil : %. * i . 4 = ‘ ‘ ; by nd ion ‘ ». e 4 eo eS. & i th District? JAMES T. BROYHILL i The enswe 7 and pitch, thinking and what you want me to do for you. You, too, will & ae oe b a . . rua hohe ct sereciaianh want to know what's happening and what | m doing to put ' Hes rec fy on toward higher expenditures, more control = your wishes into action. fess i I. vet , . — aes — 3 “| Please feel free to call a yet any time. I'll toke seed : ing b eracy, __ the time-to listen and to follow up and act upon your sugges: oa me ote a on i the threat of _tions and requests. My concern is for you, and you'll de we stsade to the textile industry, the danger of federal con- both a favor by keeping in touch. ' tl ln abla other things which are disturbing : a at os , 1 ORE mony other thing . vol | offer my services to the people of the 9th Congressional hey disturb me. a y | ' Le 4 District because | must. | feel thet it is my responsibil —— OS my promise that when‘elected | will do some- _— a. citizen who is free to serve and as o citizen who cares r . Vido ing in my power to protect your interests serve. t ep 0 ered free ond open. And you can be sure. ; : | a ee on what's going on in Washington, | 1 ask you to vote for me November 6th because | vincanall s. Wm there on the job I'll see thot you keep informed.’ believe that it is in your best interest to do so. When ele “4 . ps | Ls | | will do my best to represent you with honesty, courage and < yring the time thet I’m not actually in Washington I'll ee Put your vote to work for you by sending me to do the. ; fre Gt your service, Regulor discussion sessions will be jobin Washington. I'll get it done. : fowns throughout the district, so that you and | will: | Cordially, a | Jim Broyhill: y N NOVEMBER 6 Broyhill for Congress Committee — Jay Frank, Chem. : ec to get together. | want to know whet you're © as “ ; ies ¥ : oe ' : s . - “a cA. . -? ca ms . cae ‘ sal bo : Le ‘ me : ‘ 4 ae ; a. “ ated Recap a Ine ¥ ae From.the.0ffice.of. congressnan James. I. Broyhill, 1020 House Office an anes Dn POR RELEASE: Thursd » August 18 18, 1966, a - it wee ‘aii ae See ge me Bere GR SO, ‘ WASHINGTON REPORT. » Madiheiadtbhvmvaaal hrs ciedulini T. Broyhill =~ Sh nt 6a » SEVIL RIGHTS siilitile = pamee ee ; For twelve days, the House of Representatives, has been debating the 9 Civil Rights bill recomended by the Administration, “Although the ‘debat lee and often difficult to follow, Congress ~ considered Sry, , as complex as this one. fu is ea i els a In this latest proposal, as in previous civil righte measures, f is a choice between longrestablished rights and never concepts ise colle tdered over-riding and necessary. Cantedile, aaah TE just if4 fc charge that the bill was “neither all good nora bad” and "neither all stitutional nor y all! um-Constitutional." tah . Any” legislation as ewsep ing in ite scope ue tha on te Bad 0 mate mnt «tir serie eo Neverthelesay I want to d | the problems that led to rave ningivings as. I viewed, the bill as pe by the least controversial and the most controversial, sections ofthe 1 The first section of the ‘Legislation attempts to assure that ne no discrimination in the selection of juries in, Federal and State courte, of race; Our jury eyes ds one of the patel a ” yi vidu. poser si comueale Little content or, a8 as it: canee = me, little the debate, an ominous varning was sounded. _ ues! +t ri site judiciary and from: Const sevtsonal experts have arisen about the ApH Mag dies ae wat mca pon tate si nthe ration of Ee t it ae As Surely, the nost “controversial of all the provisions of. hia new i Moi eS ee 2 a 2 ¢ - * ; F404 + Ae i Page 2 = 8/18/66 another proposal which in all candor appears to have been hastily put together and it was charged, politically eatitvated and unrealistic, Under this proposal, a homeowner, realtor, or lending institution would be sharply limited in selling or leasing real estate if racial discrimination is alleged. The homeowner could find himself involved in a lawsuit under State, local, or Federal laws. ‘In fact, the homeowner could be challenged dot only by a private citizen; the Attorney General of the United States would also have a right to intervene and throw the entire weieht of the Fed- eral government against the accused individual. We would: be well advised to look at a typical Law guit under this part of the Administration's plan. The complaining party could be provided with an attorney ar! court costs, while the accused party would have to pay his-own on to defend himself, A restraining order could be issued and the property taken off the market until a decision was reached, It could easily take the Federal courts many months ‘r even years to complete the case. While this was going on, the homeowner's -sset would be frozen. If the complaining individual won his case, he would be entitled © to damages. The accused homeowner would, on the other hand, receive nothing if the court decided in his favor and would have to pay the full cost of his defense. This unfair treatment by itself is enough to cause serious misgivings about this pro- vision, However, even more leépiy involved is the fundamental concept of property rights through which we have recognized the risht of the property owner to use his property as he sees fit so long as he does not interfere “with the lawful rights ot his neighbors or endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the community. _ Fortunately, in the House of Representatives this particular section was re= written to more reasonable proportions. Under the bill as passed, single family dwellings and owner-occupied buildings would not be covered by the law. Multiple family dwellings occupied by the owner and not more than four families would bc exempted. The law algo would not apply to the rental of rooms in an owner=occupiec single family dwelling. Religious and Fraternal organizations would be exempted. It seems to me that the Administration recognized that it was necessary to compromise in order to get its bill passed at all. Nevertheless, I feel strongly that the Administration's acceptance of this compromise was easy since the White House knows well that once the principle of Federal jurisdiction is established, it is relatively easy to expand Federal power to the full extent. I opposed this bill since I feel that in many instances it will not advance the cause of the rights of any group of Americans by suppressing the rights of others. It is likely to create confusion and bitterness. Discord and animosity are certainly not the products we should be seeking at this time, The levislation will now go to the Senate where it is sure to receive a more searching analysis than :t received in the House, bce From the office of Congressman James T, Rroyhill, 1920 ¥. 0. B., Washineton, 3. C, “POR RELEASE: Thursday, July 21, 1966 ‘ WASHINGTON REPORT by Congressnan James T,. Brovhill "| -FORFIGN AID Virtually all of last week was devoted by the House of Representatives to the comnidevattin of the Foreign Aid Bill hich has become an sian ritual in the Congress. This teide, however, the legislation deserved even more thorough con- sideration than it received, in my opinion, While we have had Foreign Aid bills each year, this one marks a,major departure from the procedures that the Congress has followed previously. The bill provides for the. authorization of Foreign Aid — for two years, Previously, legislation was pensed for one year at a time. , Fowever, the Administration has called this procedure cumbersome and has been urging the Congress to approve legislation for even longer than the two years that had been recommended by the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Uncer this legislation almost $8 1/2 billion. would be authorized, Under the proposal, the funds would be divided between military and economic aid to a number of countries abroad, The military assistance would be earmarked ‘rimarily for 10 countries which maintain about 2 million men under arms, I would like to emphasize that this military assistance program does not include ™ military ad for Viet Nam vhich is handled in other legislation, The military a assistance figure carried is the bil] is $917 million for each of the next two fiscal years, so ee 2 The rest of the funds are for economic assistance to many countries. It is — that causes ; this kind of assistance, in an almost bewildering number of programs, ‘ + tremendous dissatisfaction and leaves so-many questions unanswerec. Included in _ — these figures are funds for economic assistance programs for Viet Mam anc some of the Southeast Asian nations. As I viewed this bill, there were a number of important aspects which needed to be given priority. first, it seems to me that there has been a steady | Page 2 - 7/21/66 progression toward a loss of Congressional control over the Foreign Aid program, This process is not new. It has been going on for many years. AS a result, the United States is committed, one step at a time, 6 greeter and greater support of foreign governments, I feel that the Congress has turned its hack on its ae 3ibilities in the past by allowinp the Executive Pranch to do pretty much as it pleases in the Foreign Aid program. I certainly do not mean to imply that all of the foreign assistance we have given has been wasted, However, it is alarming that so much of our Foreign Aid has been ineffectual. Twenty years after Foreion Aid began and $120 billion later, we should have learned more than we have about here our national interest lies in this program. I vigorously opposed relinquishing sabe Congressional control over these vast sums of money, particularly when there are already $9 billion of bnexpended money’ in the Foreign Aid pipeline... In addition to this, the United States government owns | over a billion dollars in foreign currency scattered in almost every. ebuntes in the world, No effective use of this money has been devised and some of the aspects of the Foreign Aid program go on increasing this amount. If this country were as affluent and as inexhaustably rich as some of our friends abroad think we are, the waste and ineffectiveness of so much of our Foreipr e Aid effort might not beso important. To deal with this problem, many people argue - that all Foreign Aid should be cut off immediately. In my view, both attitudes ar« vrong. We are not rich enough as a nation to fling SS over the world without- weakening our economy and,, as a result, our political ahd military strengt> in the world. At thé same time, it is in our national interest to provide assistance to carefully selected countries who are seeking to better themselves and who wish r> remain free. Many of us have felt that the failures and inadequacies of Yoreign Aid were so manifest that effective reforms must be made. Unfortunately, the Foreign Aid bureaucracy-has been self-perpetuating and efforts to streamline the program over the years have been very largely ineffectual. This year was no exception as attempts to amend the program were defeated in the House. Still, I believe that circum- stances are going to force us.to limit assistance *o those nations which have a genuine strategic value to. United $tates interests. "e must also determine an order of priority about the relative importance of various Foreign Aid projects instead of assuming that we can carry through every idea that may seem remotely . desirable. We must also be mindful that the continuing huge Foreien Aid outlavs are contributing to the outflow of our gold reserves. If these problems are not met directly and honestly, there is going to be a very serious accounting and the time is not too far off. Broyhill, 1020 House Office Bldg, Wash. D.C. Prom the Office of cieenmmenes James T. FOR RELEASE: Thursday, May 26, 1966 . WASHINGTON REPORT ie Congressman James T. Broyhill : ‘GIMMICK FINANCING Congress has been bracing itself all year for a pitched battle on one of the most complicated proposals relating to the financial management of the country in g-awaited debate occurred, Tue purpose of the many years. Last week, this lon legislation according to the bill itself, was "eo promote private financing of credit needs and to provide for an efficient and orderly method of liquidating financial assets held by Federal credit agencies," Those who supported this mea~ sure strongly contended that the objective was to substitute private for public —_ in providing money cor Federal loan programs. but it seemed to me that This Certainly, this ‘Adea sounds. fine on the surface, other purposes were undisguised and amounted to ome ‘high-handed gimmickry. 6 so-called participation Loan Program would oreceuhis t holds as 8 result of lending programs being "sell" some of the billions in assets that the Federal governmen conducted in about 100 agencies ‘These loans would be placed into a pool with the Hogeral National Mortgage Association acting as trustee. A new kind of government saper called "participations" would be issued. These participations would be sold in the capital narkets of the country and would be interest bearing. In other words, Proceeds from the sales would be returned to the Treasury: a new kind of arrestee’ borrowing is being created. The immediate effect would be to bring money to the Treasury within the near future and to make the budget defi- cit seem to be Spee,” According to the plan, the sale of "participations" in the ch the Treasury would have to borrow next two years would produce $8 billion whi otherwise. In reality, this is not a "sale" of assets at all. It is merely 4 1 have a very decided affect upon the nation, refinancing scheme that, I believe, wil ew boost for the inflationary spiral. was the fact that this compli- including 4 0 One of the most unsatisfactory developments * cated bill was given only three hours of consideration in the — and Currency d to the House of Representatives. It seemed to me Committee before 1¢: was ordere "when you've got 4 bad piece of to be a very good sideein of the old saying that Page 2 - 5/26/66 merchandise, wrap it Up before anyone can get a good look at af. The more ye studied this bill, the more it became plain that the public was betas fooled as to vhat was involved and that there was a big sleight-of-hand . e 4 : operation going on. If the government assets were actually being sold, then the purchaser would assume the burden of servicing costs and the risk. However, in this plan the taxpayers are continuing to shoulder the burden and will, in fact, be asked to pay more in the long run, It seemed likely that this is a windfall e $55 interest while the small.investor who for the big investor who will collec | »¢ - buys government bonds out of his paycheck will continue to receive a 4,5% return. At the same time, the average taxpayer will have the privilege of paying the taxes f necessary to support the higher interest rates. ¢ Not long ago, President Johnson said in a message to Congress, "The consumer has just as much right to know the cost of borrowing money as to know the a eric of eny other article he buys." Certainly, it looks as though all the hocus- pocus on this bill was an attempt to keep the facts away from the public. When the bill was considered in the Committee, private lending institutions were not even given an opplittiatby. to testify. If i: were actually true that the bill was replacing public credit with private crecit, then I am sure that there would not a. a have been so much reluctance to hear the views of the bankers, the savings and loan institutions, and the other private lenders in our economy. This appears to be a method to achieve a littie better looking balance state- ment by pure bookkeeping means. The national debt limit, long regarded as a warning signal, would beccme meaningless with the sort of back-door spending that this plan would permit. The psychological lid to Federal expenditures that the debt limit legislation provides would be blown sky-high. One of the very serious economic problems that we is the shortage of credit for normal business operations, This may sound like a problem that has little meaning for the average citizen. But every American is affected more than he may realize by complicated problems that many assume should be of interest only to bankers, If we want a concrete example of this fact, we need only to investigate the problems that homebuilders are encountering and the increasing difficulties that families are experiencing in their efforts to borrow money to buy homes. Certainly, this new scheme by the Treasury Department will tend ‘to tighten the money market and aggravate the economic pressures at work in the country today. , , : e I. After a long and terse debate, this measure was passed by the House of Representatives by a close vote of 206 to 190. I regret very much to make the prediction in the aftermath of this debate that the American people will have to pay dearly for it. ‘face in the country today | From the Office of Congressman James T, Broyhill, Room 1020, House Office Bldg., Wash..ugton, D, C, FOR RELEASE: Thursday, October 13, 1966 WASHINGTON REPORT by Congressman James T, Broyhill ' AID TO EDUCATION phen dactlinaneatah Nineteen months ago, direct Federal aid to elementary and secondary schools was approved by’ the Congress for the first time, I opposed this legislation be- cause of the serious questions it raised about how our schools are to be financed and ultimately controlled. The first money, as a result of this legislation, was ‘tributed about one year ago, The year of experience has seen an alarming ‘vend tow7rd Federal dictation in this program, Washington's demands-for "guidelines", "compliance", and "reorganization ar familiar, indeed, now to local officials in every school district as a result of this program, Last week, the House of Representatives considered whether the Howeve program should be continued in its present form, The bill was approved I joined with all of the other Congkyssnen from North Carolina in voting against - it. When the legislation was first written last year, its lack of standards, sence of definitions, and its failure to provide priorities cauked serious con- cern, Efforts to add reasonable amendment s were rejected virtually without --ngideration and some of the very basic inconsistencies in the bill were ignored completely. oa. . / We were assured that the real purpose of the program was to provide assist: ce economically deprived children, The plan, however, had no ae ean requiring at the “nds be used solely for the children of poor families. It was predicted, then, that well- o- counties wourd syphon off a large amount of these special funds, The ten vichist counties in ‘the pownery became entitled to $10 million during the year and the ten poorest counties received $6.7 million, Relatively speaking, this bill makes our rich counties richer and our poor counties poorer, { all at Federal expense using borrowed money. © : = I said at the time that "the bill attempts to put an attractive face dn what is * Page 2 - 10/13/66 likely to be the first, gicantic-¢ffort to bring our schools under the domination of the Federal Office of Education." During the last year, we have seen how the powers placed in the hands of U, S, Commissioner of Education by this single piece of legislation have been fully used te force compliance with his particular view of what Anerican education Ought to be and what our social and economic directions should be. The concept of neighborhood. schools is wrong, the Commissioner has decided, "I want to em- haste”. Commissioner Harold Howe stated last July, "that the educational effect- “iveness of a mixture of children from different backgrounds does not refer only to racial integration, «It also refers to economic land social integration," The Commissioner’ of Sihcetien is a controversial figure in Washington and it is important that the Anerican people realize what he has in mind if they assume that the Office of Beucagion is only in the benign business of passing out money to help give our children a better education, ws intentions are clear enough from Mr. Howe's eer The rene as I see it is whether: we want to go in this direction and whether we want to. confer upon Commissioner Howe or anyone else heading the Office of Education billions of dollars and vast authority to decide what constitutes educational needs and desirable educational practices in thou- sands of communities, Under the new bill, the U.S, Commissioner-would determine ~ which applicant schobl districts are to receive Federal funds sd bo they are to be used, He would decide what constitutes obsolescence in facilities, crowding in classrooms, and the racial imbalance in a school system, 5 Newey and State altthority have taken a battering during the last year as ‘a re- sult of this program and the full potential of the remaking of American education is yet to oo Causing a local school district to be financially dependent upon the Federal government is a a potent weapon in the hands of Washington were. crats. with an idea to sell, We certainly should not increase the present dangers, a as I think oe of this new bill has done, In my opinion, the failure of the | Congress to limit the authority of the Office of Education and to assure a strong and proper role for the States in all matters dealing with primary and secondary education is a serious mistake that will surely have to be dealt with later. — A From the Office of Rep. James T, Broyhill, 1132 House Office Bldg., Washington, D.C. FOR RELEASE: Thursday, August 31, 1967 WASHINGTON REPORT by Congressman James T, 3rovhill "FOREIGN AID For twenty years, this corn has pursued a policy of economic and military essistance to other nations. deel ‘00 billion has been expended in a program that. is w*t+hout parallel in human history, At one time or another, nearly ninety percent of Uh countries of the world sia bole vhclbieate of this generosity. For many reasons, the American people have deeply questioned both the propriety and the ef- iekivences of the toreden aid prbiran. Last week, the frustration which many Amer- icens feel about this program found expression in the House of Representatives as the foreign aid bill was debated in one of the longest and the most angry session we ~ have seen this year, After a 15-hour session that lasted until almost four o'clock in the morning last Friday, the forcign aid bill was passed by a narrow margin of eight votes. Despite dissatisfaction with the program, it had ae before come so close to re- pudiation in the House of Representatives, I voted agatoet the bill even oe the ee reductions and changes hioce curtag | the debate resulted in more satisfactory legislation than had been recomm:; Jed for Hessage. As the smoke cleared after the debste, the House had cut more than $500 million from the bill and had written into the lepislation restrictions which I believe were needed in order to spell abst a more meaningful national policy. ' The Aantginteatt on had requested $3.4 billion for foreign aid this year. The: leeislatibe, would also have comuitted the Congress for an authorization of another $3.8 billion next year,’ Ae urucl, taes? firures were said to be the absolute "bare- bones" needs to assure the cotlin of United States interests around the world, In view of part experiences, the Coneress 1s obviously dubious about the "bare-bones" claim, The House Committee on Foreign Affairs reduced this sum to $3,1 billion, A total of $2,8 billion remained’ at the conclusion of the debate. Perhaps of equal importance to the reductions. that were achieved in the bill were other changes which were clearly intended to assert greater Congressional control over the foreign aid program than ve have had for many years, One of me principal changes was the refusal of the House to authorize funds over a two-year period. This requirement that the Administration return to the Congress ‘hext year with a request based upon a current assessment of needs can surely be attributed to the manner in which the foreign aid program has been administered, Information has been withheld from the Congress and there has been @ continuing chege that etniniss: trators of the program felt they were not answerable to the Congress. However, the | debate seemed to make it clear that this program must be more responsive to the American pecnte, By authorizing the program for only one year instead of two, Con- gress can make certain that a full review of the activities of foreign aid will take place in 1968, Other amendments added to the bill would withdraw certain trade concessions which we now make to Poland if that nation continues its policy of active help to the government of North Viet Men. Congress also took needed action to ban sales of American arms and weapons to any country shipping cargoes to North Viet Nam. Still another amendment would require this country to step training foreign military pet sonnel of countries that have broken diplomatic relations with the United States, It is reported that we are now training in this country 400 soldiers from Ireq and the Sudan, Both of these countries have severed diplomatic ties with us and regular — ly denounce the American policy in the Middle Fast, The House version of this bill =~ makes another long overdue change in ending the authority of this government to buy up promissory notes of foreign governments, This is part of a tightening of fiscal policy under which the foreign aid program must operate, This legislation must now be considered in a conference of the House and Senate, Only recently, the Senate passed its own version of the aid bill, ‘The Senate has also dealt harshly With the Administration's proposals, Now the tvo bodies must decide on the final version of the bill, Whatever conclusion is reached, it will be the most drastic reevaluation the foreign sid program has seen in many years. Dee spite promises to do so, the Administration has refused to overhaul and redirect this floundering and wasteful program, The Congress has been very tardy, indeed, in forcing a restudy of this entire issue, It looks now as though the American people ean see in the foreign aid bill a first step in this direction, Sore ae