October 28, 1965 (20 pages)

SG DOUN SUH) GPeAaAgN W RR Ee ae sIgOL October 28, 1965.Nevada County Nugget. ppp s > one : WASHINGTON CALLING THE JOHNSON SYSTEM CAUSES SOME RESENTMENT WASHINGTON, -The scoreboard for the session of Congress coming to an end shows most of the runs tacked up for the star player, Lyndon Johnson. How much of this is performance, how much public relations and how much the big Democratic majorities pulled in by last year's landslide the historians will sort-out, ° But however it is judged, the score is as impressive as any in this century, New legislation has meant advances in every field from the arts to medical care ez to highway beautification. The program has been the President's, bearing his stamp to an extent unequalled since the hundred days of the New Deal. Johnson to the surprise of no one is a one-man band, Or, to change the figure of speech, he is like a great banyan tree with branches that send out shoots which grow down to the soil and form secondary trunks, Covering a wide area these trees cast a deep shade that kills all other vegetation, Other scoring players are obscured by the big letters at the top of the scoreboard, Sen, Mike Mansfield, the majority leader, has followed a sensible course trying to keep the machinery moving at White House orders, On the House side, the Democratic leaders have shepherded the top heavy majority with unassuming skill at the signals from Executive office, Given the Johnson approach as a master maneuverer, it was in the cards that one of the few figures to emerge with stature isSenate Minority Leader Everett McKinley Dirksen, When Mr, Johnson led the majority in the Senate the two men worked in complete harmony and friendship, That relationship has continued, with the President talking with his friend Ev whenever either man wants to discuss a given situation or just have a good political gossip, If there is resentment among some Democrats who feel they are on the outside looking in while the head of the opposition has the latch key to the White House, that feeling is reflected even more strongly when it comes to the score of the pressure groups with a special stake in legislation, Organized labor is at the bottom, having failed to get any of the measures on the AFL-CIO's prescribed list, The bitterest blow was the failure of the Senate to join the House in the repeal of Section 14-B of the Taft-Hartley Act. This is the section that permits states to adopt so-called right-to-work laws, Dirksen is the front and center villain of this piece since he put together the old alliance between Republicans and Southern Democrats to block cloture and allow “prolonged debate, " or a filibuster, to go on in the stale, end-of-the-session atmosphere of the Senate, But the target of labor's wrath is not so much Dirksen --he was just doing what comes naturally -as the Administration, And the blame is shared out between Mansfield and Vice President Hubert Humphrey, with the President more or less home free. Besides the collapse of the attempt to repeal 14-B, labor failed to get an increased minimum wage and a revision of the unemployment compensation law setting standards in the states, AFL-CIO spokesmen point to the fact that their legislative objective has broadened over the years so that while they are deeply disappointed at the failure of their own proposals they can claim some credit for the adoption of medicare and other parts of the LBJ program, On civil rights the President more than the rights leadership scored a personal credit. And with the shakeup in the civil rights setup in the government and the abolition of two major civil rights units, Humphrey is taken entirely out of what had been for the Vice Presidency for a decade an important field of activity. With authority decentralized and diffused through the departments, the President's personal power is énhanced, Business scored with the elimination of most excise taxes, With a booming economy, profits soaring as never before and the full treatment from the White House, business had little to ask for, While organizations such as the U.S, Chamber of Commerce opposed medicare, aidtoeducation and other parts of the Johnson program this seemed to be a reflex out of the past. The familiar prescription, relax and enjoy it, was the attitude, On foreign policy the session started with a number of vociferous critics of the Administration's policy on VietNam, Almost without exception those critics have been silenced, The President has had his way and a steady buildup of American forces in South Viet Nam goes on with the total expected to reach 200,000 by the year's end or early in 1966. It is Johnson, Johnson, Johnson all the way. And it is hard to see what new triumphs can equal those of the first two Johnson years,(Copyright 1965) LETTERS TO THE EDITOR TIMES HAVE CHANGED To the Editor: I would like to say a few things about Nevada City when I was a kid up there. I think I said some thing some time ago that our water bill was 50 cents a month, There was no such thing as N,I,D, then. Someone else will have to tell how that started, I don't want no part of it. One thing I can say is that politics did not mean to muchtothe people at that time. Everybody that was able to work and wanted to, the work was there in the mines, The wages was not much $2, 25 and $2.50 a day, That is more than the sheriff and the night and day men were getting. ---Marquis Childs In those days Grass Valley was called little Cornwall and N.C, was little Italy, But there were a lot of boom miners who came to make a stake andthen hit for a new mining camp. The boomer miners and whiskey drummers were always coming to N.C, and G.V. The men had to have their little toot to wash the mine dust out of there throats, In those days whiskey was only ten cents a glass and good old steam beer was a nickle, A big change I know andthe stuff you get today has a different effect on you it will put you under quicker, One thing I hate to admit, but I was afraid of girls when I went to school, After I was on the road I soon got overit. [always noticed when I was a young kid that the ladys were never molested up there, Even the ladys that lived on Spring St. were never bothered or insulted, 1 think the men in those days were more of a gentlemen then they are now. Here in Oakland they take a big chance when they go out afterdark, There has been several cases of old ladys 65 and older getting knocked on the head and their money taken from them, I can say that I don't know of anything like that up there in either N.C, or G.V. knock on wood I hope it never does, I hope no one takes offence to what I write I put down what I know I alway did believe in saying what I think, come what may. If the weather isnice I hope to come up for a couple of weeks around Thanksgiving time I hope I will see you folks at the Nugget good luck to you all, “ PUBLICITY PRAISED Oakland To the Editor: The members of the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Auxiliary wish to thank you for the articles and pictures you publishedin your paper on our recent house tour, It is publicity like this that made the toura fine success, Sincerely yours, Maxine Tamagni Corresponding Secretary Sierra Nevada Hospital Aux. ‘DOLL HOUSE SUCCESS To the Editor: Please accept the sincere thanks of each of our members for your interest in our Doll House Project. The success of our venture was aided by the publicity we received in your paper, and we take this opportunity to express our gratitude, Very truly yours, Vivian I, Lindley Grass Valley Soroptomists Corresponding Secretary L FEEL THE HORRIBLE, ITCHING, CRAWLING URGE. N ODD BODKINS . I MUST \ EIGHT IT . ! ZD HAVE TO WIN! L CAN'T SuctUMs . USE IT'S NO I! 5'M LOSING THE FIGHT . . I CAN'T HOLD OUT ANY LONGER! GL AH eer @oo YEBKLE DAN ONE

SG DOUN SUH) GPeAaAgN W RR Ee ae sIgOL October 28, 1965..Nevada County Nugget.. ppp s > one : WASHINGTON CALLING THE JOHNSON SYSTEM CAUSES SOME RESENTMENT WASHINGTON, -The scoreboard for the session of Congress coming to an end shows most of the runs tacked up for the star player, Lyndon Johnson. How much of this is performance, how much public relations and how much the big Democratic majorities pulled in by last year's landslide the historians will sort-out, ° But however it is judged, the score is as impressive as any in this century, New legislation has meant advances in every field from the arts to medical care ez to highway beautification. The program has been the President's, bearing his stamp to an extent unequalled since the hundred days of the New Deal. Johnson to the surprise of no one is a one-man band, Or, to change the figure of speech, he is like a great banyan tree with branches that send out shoots which grow down to the soil and form secondary trunks, Covering a wide area these trees cast a deep shade that kills all other vegetation, Other scoring players are obscured by the big letters at the top of the scoreboard, Sen, Mike Mansfield, the majority leader, has followed a sensible course trying to keep the machinery moving at White House orders, On the House side, the Democratic leaders have shepherded the top heavy majority with unassuming skill at the signals from Executive office, Given the Johnson approach as a master maneuverer, it was in the cards that one of the few figures to emerge with stature isSenate Minority Leader Everett McKinley Dirksen, When Mr, Johnson led the majority in the Senate the two men worked in complete harmony and friendship, That relationship has continued, with the President talking with his friend Ev whenever either man wants to discuss a given situation or just have a good political gossip, If there is resentment among some Democrats who feel they are on the outside looking in while the head of the opposition has the latch key to the White House, that feeling is reflected even more strongly when it comes to the score of the pressure groups with a special stake in legislation, Organized labor is at the bottom, having failed to get any of the measures on the AFL-CIO's prescribed list, The bitterest blow was the failure of the Senate to join the House in the repeal of Section 14-B of the Taft-Hartley Act. This is the section that permits states to adopt so-called right-to-work laws, Dirksen is the front and center villain of this piece since he put together the old alliance between Republicans and Southern Democrats to block cloture and allow “prolonged debate, " or a filibuster, to go on in the stale, end-of-the-session atmosphere of the Senate, But the target of labor's wrath is not so much Dirksen --he was just doing what comes naturally -as the Administration, And the blame is shared out between Mansfield and Vice President Hubert Humphrey, with the President more or less home free. Besides the collapse of the attempt to repeal 14-B, labor failed to get an increased minimum wage and a revision of the unemployment compensation law setting standards in the states, AFL-CIO spokesmen point to the fact that their legislative objective has broadened over the years so that while they are deeply disappointed at the failure of their own proposals they can claim some credit for the adoption of medicare and other parts of the LBJ program, On civil rights the President more than the rights leadership scored a personal credit. And with the shakeup in the civil rights setup in the government and the abolition of two major civil rights units, Humphrey is taken entirely out of what had been for the Vice Presidency for a decade an important field of activity. With authority decentralized and diffused through the departments, the President's personal power is énhanced, Business scored with the elimination of most excise taxes, With a booming economy, profits soaring as never before and the full treatment from the White House, business had little to ask for, While organizations such as the U.S, Chamber of Commerce opposed medicare, aidtoeducation and other parts of the Johnson program this seemed to be a reflex out of the past. The familiar prescription, relax and enjoy it, was the attitude, On foreign policy the session started with a number of vociferous critics of the Administration's policy on VietNam, Almost without exception those critics have been silenced, The President has had his way and a steady buildup of American forces in South Viet Nam goes on with the total expected to reach 200,000 by the year's end or early in 1966. It is Johnson, Johnson, Johnson all the way. And it is hard to see what new triumphs can equal those of the first two Johnson years,(Copyright 1965)

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR TIMES HAVE CHANGED To the Editor: I would like to say a few things about Nevada City when I was a kid up there. I think I said some thing some time ago that our water bill was 50 cents a month, There was no such thing as N,I,D, then. Someone else will have to tell how that started, I don't want no part of it. One thing I can say is that politics did not mean to muchtothe people at that time. Everybody that was able to work and wanted to, the work was there in the mines, The wages was not much $2, 25 and $2.50 a day, That is more than the sheriff and the night and day men were getting. ---Marquis Childs In those days Grass Valley was called little Cornwall and N.C, was little Italy, But there were a lot of boom miners who came to make a stake andthen hit for a new mining camp. The boomer miners and whiskey drummers were always coming to N.C, and G.V. The men had to have their little toot to wash the mine dust out of there throats, In those days whiskey was only ten cents a glass and good old steam beer was a nickle, A big change I know andthe stuff you get today has a different effect on you it will put you under quicker, One thing I hate to admit, but I was afraid of girls when I went to school, After I was on the road I soon got overit. [always noticed when I was a young kid that the ladys were never molested up there, Even the ladys that lived on Spring St. were never bothered or insulted, 1 think the men in those days were more of a gentlemen then they are now. Here in Oakland they take a big chance when they go out afterdark, There has been several cases of old ladys 65 and older getting knocked on the head and their money taken from them, I can say that I don't know of anything like that up there in either N.C, or G.V. knock on wood I hope it never does, I hope no one takes offence to what I write I put down what I know I alway did believe in saying what I think, come what may. If the weather isnice I hope to come up for a couple of weeks around Thanksgiving time I hope I will see you folks at the Nugget good luck to you all, “ PUBLICITY PRAISED Oakland To the Editor: The members of the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Auxiliary wish to thank you for the articles and pictures you publishedin your paper on our recent house tour, It is publicity like this that made the toura fine success, Sincerely yours, Maxine Tamagni Corresponding Secretary Sierra Nevada Hospital Aux. ‘DOLL HOUSE SUCCESS To the Editor: Please accept the sincere thanks of each of our members for your interest in our Doll House Project. The success of our venture was aided by the publicity we received in your paper, and we take this opportunity to express our gratitude, Very truly yours, Vivian I, Lindley Grass Valley Soroptomists Corresponding Secretary L FEEL THE HORRIBLE, ITCHING, CRAWLING URGE.. N ODD BODKINS .. I MUST \ EIGHT IT . ! ZD HAVE TO WIN! L CAN'T SuctUMs . USE IT'S NO I! 5'M LOSING THE FIGHT . . I CAN'T HOLD OUT ANY LONGER! GL AH eer @oo YEBKLE DAN ONE