September 12, 1962 (8 pages)

Page 8.Wednesday, September 12, 1962 .The Nevada County NUGGET ‘Published Every Wednesday By NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET, INC, 182 Main St., Nevada City, Calif. Alfred E. Heller. . . R. Dean Thompson. . Editor -Manager Second class postage paid at Nevada City, Calif. aed No. 12,406 Subscription Rates: One year, $4.00; Two years, $6.00 Three years, $8.00 Printed by Charles Allert Litho, Nevada City. ee ere Publisher Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960 Decree EDITORIAL Fall Colors And Deadly Brown The Fall season of the year is approaching, the time of the year when nature turns the beauty of Nevada City into an even more spectacular vision. But there are vistas in Nevada County that have already seen the change of color---from lush green to deadly brown. These are the areas along county roads where a brush eradication program on county rights of way has been proceeding Since May. Roadside brush control is a necessary county function, all connected with the program agree. One of the functions of the program is tokeep under control brush along the roads that could, if left to spread and fill in, But no rebecome a major fire hazard. sponsible forestry official will deny that the brush eradication program is in itself a contributor to fire hazard from the time of spraying until the end of fire season each year. ° The program is one authorized by the county supervisors and carried out by the county agricultural commissioner's office } using road department equipment, from May through most of September. Already this year the area between Bear River and North San Juan have seen the results of this killer spray. In two more weeks the job will be done for this year. The program is selective, spraying only those roadside rights of way where the brush has encroached. But the Spray is not selective inits deathly effect on plant life in its path, and you will find small trees as dead as is the brush Surrounding it. You will find larger trees still living, but with lower branches brown, forever to be-barren. Intwoweeks, as the delicate shades of Fallcoloring serve as an added attraction tothose who enjoy the beauty of our Sierra foliage, the scenic damage of the roadway brush killer will have reached its peak. The brush eradication program is nearly finished for this year. There is no intent herewith to point a finger at the agricultural commissioner's office, at the road department, nor at the Supervisors. Our finger is pointed toward the darkened roadsides, questioningly pointed. Is there not a better brush control. program ? Mechanical or manual removal of the brush is too expensive,we have been told. Perhaps this is true , although we have seen “crews of four or five men working over a fire trail miles in length. doing the same type of work; and we know that there isa work program which makes use of volunteer county jail labor. But we are willing to accept the word of our County officials that such a program is too expensive. Inreturn, we ask that they initiate a Study to determine whether other areas HIéH 2. PISTO M { ©) WEVADA Go AFTER ARRIVING, 1 A CHECK MY Gear /. . AM THe {pean POWERED RIFLE 3. HUNTING WNIFE 5 Sg abe df CAO — 4. CASE OF WHISKEY. THE N, WHEN ALL /s /N DENIZENS OF THE FOREST. ONTY NvuEe6eT EVERY YEAR (2 BRAVELY LEAVE My NWATWE HAB/TAT, THE. c/TY, AND TRAVEL TO THE FAR UILDERNESS. LAST SEASON, T (#) BAE6EL 7Wo COWS u A HORSE . THREE IZZY WeNTERS, AND A = LOGEING SPECIAL WASHINGTON REPORT By John S, Most people have no idea that the Veterans Administration is larger than U.S. Steel, General Electric, or most industrial giants and big government agencies, Butto our 170,000 employeesthe challenge of efficiently running a big business for 22 million veterans and their dependents makes up for the lack of fanfare. This challenge includes Operating 170 hospitals, administering the nation's third largest-ordinary life insur ance enterprise, disbursing $3.5 billion annually in compensation and pension payments to approximately five million ex-servicemen or their widows and orphans, and assisting veterans with more than 150,000 home loans each year, VA's stabilizing influence on the national economy was dramatically illustrated early in 1961. President Kennedy called for accelerated payment of the $250 million regular yearly dividend to VA GI insurance policyholders. VA responded by disburSing it in six weeks, Primarily, this money was a return to veterans of part of Gl insurance premiums not needed because veterans were living longer than had been anticipated in the actuary tables, The increasing age of veterans leads to a major proAdministrator of Veterans Affairs Gleason, Jr. blem, Veterans have reached the age where they require an increasing amount of hossically handicapped, VA leads all Federal employers. VA uses efficient tools of management, including automatic data processing. 22 Million Vets Get Improved Service Although difficulty was encountered in converting VA's large insurance and benefits payment, the problems have been solved, is California By Alfred Heller A young San Francisco publicity man, Carl V, May, the guiding light of an organization known as the AntiDigit -Dialing-League(ADDL), hasa number of men and women in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and various way stations, at a fever of indignation over the imminent loss of the lettered prefixes of their telephone numbers, After listening to their argument, you might suppose that the loss of the "picturesque" and “historic” exchange prefixes would be a national disaster equal to the burning of the White House in the War of 1812, The villain of the ADDL's piece is, of course, ‘the telephone company, which one gathers is out tode-humanize everybody and make a number out of him, As I remember, the phone company is the same outfit that claims to be adding luster and humanity to our already be-numbered lives by offering us (at a slight extra charge) the fragile, dainty, neon-lighted Princess phone, colored phones, phones that answer the post man's ring by telling him to keep his distance, and other confections, Asa matter of fact, the phone company has on display at the Seattle World's Fair several experimental machines intended to brighten milady's chamber in Century 21, They push you through that exhibit pretty fast, but! think I even saw a tiny phone you ean attach some day to your dog's collar. You could use that to call him home for supper. Or ifhe were off roving, you could call him up and tell him to mind his manners and be a gentleman at all times, May insists that the ADDL is made up of all ages and shapes of people, young and old, liberal and conservative, ectomorphic and mesomorphic, When I suggested to him that the preponderance of his backers sounded to me like footloose souls of the “liberal" camp, he said no: “Why, even Hiram Johnson the Third is on our board of directors, and you can't call him liberal," said May, I know that May himself is a man of conviction and principle, concerned with some of the great issues of the day, sol asked him what he hoped to accomplish in this seemingly frivolous enterprise. "We can show people, " he said, “that it is still possible in this day and age to stand up to a giant monolithic structure like the telephone company, There is too much public apathy when these organizations make decisions which affect our lives, " While admitting that his goal was worthy, I wondered whether public apathy toward the loss of lettered telephone prefixes was really a key issue of the day. I also wondered whether the ADDL program didn't really amount to a safe and easy substitute for meaningful political action, After all, the easiest and safest thing in this world is to complain about the telephone company, But it isnot so easy toc omplain about the never-ending, increasingly reckless world arms race, or the danger which Pres, Eisenhower foresaw in the growing power of an American "military -industrial complex," or the lack of large-scale programs to cope with the problems caused by a rapidly growing world population. May did not say I was right, But he did not say I was wrong, either, pitalization, More than 500,000 go into VA hospitals each year. Three times as many are treated in VA's 91 Outpatient clinics. To accommodate this increasing responsibility, VA is modernizing its permanent hospital buildings and replacing temporary buildings. At the same time, VA, largely through improved hosWASHINGTON CALLING MARQUIS CHILDS Thirty-one percent of California's total land area is used for pasture and nonforest rangeland, have found means to control brush without . damaging the scenic qualities of the land. A meeting of representatives of the agricultural office, the road department, the supervisors, withstate agencies having similar problems with brush, and with private agencies interested in conservation might come up with a program which could solve the brush problem without spoiling the beauty of our roadways, We residents of Nevada County are proud of our county's beauty. We have chosen to live here partly because of that beauty. . We have no quarrel with a brush eradication program, but we want to see the beauty of our chosen county without having to see it through or over the deadly brown of eradicated brush. ADVERTISING NOVELTIES PRINTED FORMS and leave Messaye’ Trade At Home Outstanding Values Beautiful 9' x'12' Rugs!! (only) Mohawk ‘Castleton’ at the fantastic price of $49.95 Assortment of colors and patterns from which to choose, ACT NOW while this offer lasts. Also, Mohawk All-Nylon Forerunner9' X 12 "rugs at $79.95 (available other rug sizes and wall-to-wall.) Designed to withstand tough, pital management, is treating more patients with about the same facilities. In 1961, VA hospitals treated 28,000 more patients than in 1960, and will treat 30,000 more in 1962 than in 1961, This gain is equivalent to operation of nine 500-bed hospitals, Training provided World War II and Korea veterans has helped more than 11 million veterans obtain better jobs. Gains in income taxes on increased earnings more than pay the cost of the GI training programs, The Department of Veterans Benefits administers vocational rehabilitation and education, GI loans, guardianship, and compensation and pension payments through 67 regional offices in the50 states, Washington, D.C., the Philippines and PuertoRico, While the education program is nearing completion, the GI loan program currently is increasing in volume of business, VA estimates more than 168 , 000 GI loans will be closed during 1962, 25%} above the previous year, The guardianship program supervises estates of some 400,000 minors and in= competents valued at $700 million, VA employs 170,000 professional, white collar and blue collar employees in accordance with the President's Fair Employment policy, Twenty-three percent of VA's full-time employees are Negroes, In this area, and in the employment of the phyWASHINGTON --~.-Whatever other powers the Presidency may lack in a complex society in a world of crisis, the present Occupant of the White House is showing once again what the appointive power means, He is reshaping both the Supreme Court and the executive branch of government, and with two more years, and possibly six, he will work a transformation, W hat is happening to the court is evident enough, A majority of five of the nine Justices has more or less consistently held together on issues of civil liberties, and frequently on social legislation, against the four who have followed the liberal interpretation of the law, The retiring Justice, Felix Frankfurter, was one of this majority, The political and social outlook of the President's first appointment to the court, Byron S, White, has not been clearly defined, But withthe addition of Arthur Goldberg there canbe little doubt of the formation of a new majority under the leadership of Chief Justice Earl Warren, who was appointed by President Eisenhower, Goldberg was a skillful lawyer for the Steelworkers Union, one of the principal components of the CIO prior to the merger with the AFL, when he entered the Kennedy cabinet, Despite criticism from those who felt he would inevitably be a partisan, he has had a high rating in the post he now leaves. While Presidents have been bitterly disappointed inthe past with the individuals they have elevated tothe lofty independence of the court, the bent of Goldberg's thinking seems so clear as to leave little doubt about the direction he will follow, Onthe law of averages, the President should have one and possibly two additional appointments to make. The alteration of the court is, therefore, likely to be completed when he retires. Thus the whole course of judicial decision far into the future --perhaps as long as 20 or 25 years-~-is being determined, Letter To The Editor ~§Dear Sir: About the middle of Last June the city water department installed a new water main from Bennett Street up Lost Hill Road to the top of the hill. They backfilled the trench and patched the pavement with cold patch asphalt, This pavement repair isin bad punishment, easy care and} beauty that lasts for years. Forerunner comes in a range of exquisite styles. at Jim Heather _Call ART PHELPS.273 -7593 FLOOR COVERING . 233 Mill St., Grass Valley Ph, 273-6028 Paul Jones, ges T. H. McGuire «& SO CONSULTING EnGINcERS 311 Neat Stacer P. O. Bex 1118 GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA PHONE 273-7281 Surveying The County Since 1906 T.H, McGuire, CE. No. 640 C.E. No, 2311R.J, McGuire, M.E, No. 5886 E.A. Bailey, C.E. No, 5621 C.T. McGuire,JL;S. No, 2089 . . eed 4 condition. It is full of deep ruts, cracks, bumps and sinkages. This will create a hazardous and dangerous situation when winter arrives with heavy rains, ice and snow, particularly as this is a steep winding road we all have to use to get to the city dump. : Iam wondering if the city can make the needed repairs now before we get bad weather. I am sure everyone would be very appreciative, Sincerely, John Williamson Nevada City WATCHES “ep CLocks . JEWELRY‘Reparring : E.M. DALPEZ .: Dial 265-4501. JEWELER 231% BROAD ST, NEVADA-CITY The court is, tobe sure, an unpredictable body, When the Opportunity cameto him, as it has to few Presidents, early in his first term to name a Chief Justice, General Eisenhower could scarcely have foreseen the line that Earl Warren was to take, Warren had had a successful political career, climaxing it with election to an unprecedented third term as governor of California. But he had missed his chance for the Presidency, The belief was widely held--by Warren among others, it was said--that he lost the chance because of the machinations of his fellow Californian, Richard M, Nixon, A residue of bitterness had been left, and his appointment as Chief Justice was interpreted at the time as part compensation, General Eisenhower considers himself a conservative or perhaps a moderate, Yet his Chief Justice has become a primary target of the right wing, hated in the South for his leadership in the integration cases and rabidly denounced by the ultras, This violent obloquy has never seemed totrouble the outwardly gentle Warren, who has consistently held to the liberal construction of the law. Two justices appointed : by Franklin D, Roosevelt out of the New Deal have been consistently with the Warren minority, One is Justice Hugo L, Black, who at 76 still Plays a vigorous game of tennis whenever the weather permits, Justice Black has unfailingly defended the rights of the individual, His dissents in civil tights cases have ranged far back intothe history of the long conflict between the individual and the state, Justice WilliamO, Douglas, who also came out of the New Deal era, has likewise defended the individual against the encroachments of Congressional committees, He has thereby earned the hostility of conservatives in Congress and in the country, faa The fourth Justice found more often than not with the minority is William J. Brennan Jr, , an. Eisenhower appointee whocame tothe supreme bench from a New Jersey judgeship. Presumably the intellectual bias of Goldberg, and perhaps also Justice White, will match that of the minority judges, They will constitute a new majority of five or six against a new minority of three or four, The latter will have as its hard core Justices John M, Harlan and Potter Stewart, alone in their prior experience as lower court Federal judges, named by President Eisenhower, together with Justice Tom C, Clark, Clark, the only justice still on the bench to be appointed by President Truman, has become a Narrow contructionist who frequently castigates the four minority justices for their liberal interpretation of the law. As such, Clark is the hero of the right both in and out of Congress, To alter by the appointive power one of the three coordinate branches of government is no small feat for a President in office less than two years. The outcome may overthe years prove quite different from the present expectation,. In the rarefied atmosphere of the court, free of the pressures to which earthbound politicians are subject, a judge may find his perspective Strangely altered, Nevertheless, given the many frustrations of the Presidency it is a high privilege to put the finger of destiny on an individual, even if it is only to see a new face in that solemn array of black-robed figures in the marble palace of the Supreme Court of the United States. (Copyright, 1962) 7 ? a” V4 Stag ere oO me wn Ft et ret

Page 8..Wednesday, September 12, 1962 ..The Nevada County NUGGET ‘Published Every Wednesday By NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET, INC, 182 Main St., Nevada City, Calif. Alfred E. Heller. . . R. Dean Thompson.. . Editor -Manager Second class postage paid at Nevada City, Calif. aed No. 12,406 Subscription Rates: One year, $4.00; Two years, $6.00 Three years, $8.00 Printed by Charles Allert Litho, Nevada City. ee ere Publisher Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960 Decree EDITORIAL Fall Colors And Deadly Brown The Fall season of the year is approaching, the time of the year when nature turns the beauty of Nevada City into an even more spectacular vision. But there are vistas in Nevada County that have already seen the change of color---from lush green to deadly brown. These are the areas along county roads where a brush eradication program on county rights of way has been proceeding Since May. Roadside brush control is a necessary county function, all connected with the program agree. One of the functions of the program is tokeep under control brush along the roads that could, if left to spread and fill in, But no rebecome a major fire hazard. sponsible forestry official will deny that the brush eradication program is in itself a contributor to fire hazard from the time of spraying until the end of fire season each year. ° The program is one authorized by the county supervisors and carried out by the county agricultural commissioner's office } using road department equipment, from May through most of September. Already this year the area between Bear River and North San Juan have seen the results of this killer spray. In two more weeks the job will be done for this year. The program is selective, spraying only those roadside rights of way where the brush has encroached. But the Spray is not selective inits deathly effect on plant life in its path, and you will find small trees as dead as is the brush Surrounding it. You will find larger trees still living, but with lower branches brown, forever to be-barren. Intwoweeks, as the delicate shades of Fallcoloring serve as an added attraction tothose who enjoy the beauty of our Sierra foliage, the scenic damage of the roadway brush killer will have reached its peak. The brush eradication program is nearly finished for this year. There is no intent herewith to point a finger at the agricultural commissioner's office, at the road department, nor at the Supervisors. Our finger is pointed toward the darkened roadsides, questioningly pointed. Is there not a better brush control. program ? Mechanical or manual removal of the brush is too expensive,we have been told. Perhaps this is true , although we have seen “crews of four or five men working over a fire trail miles in length. doing the same type of work; and we know that there isa work program which makes use of volunteer county jail labor. But we are willing to accept the word of our County officials that such a program is too expensive. Inreturn, we ask that they initiate a Study to determine whether other areas HIéH 2. PISTO M { ©) WEVADA Go AFTER ARRIVING, 1 A CHECK MY Gear /. . AM THe {pean POWERED RIFLE 3. HUNTING WNIFE 5 Sg abe df CAO — 4. CASE OF WHISKEY. THE N, WHEN ALL /s /N DENIZENS OF THE FOREST.. ONTY NvuEe6eT EVERY YEAR (2 BRAVELY LEAVE My NWATWE HAB/TAT, THE. c/TY, AND TRAVEL TO THE FAR UILDERNESS. LAST SEASON, T (#) BAE6EL 7Wo COWS u A HORSE . THREE IZZY WeNTERS, AND A = LOGEING SPECIAL WASHINGTON REPORT By John S, Most people have no idea that the Veterans Administration is larger than U.S. Steel, General Electric, or most industrial giants and big government agencies, Butto our 170,000 employeesthe challenge of efficiently running a big business for 22 million veterans and their dependents makes up for the lack of fanfare. This challenge includes Operating 170 hospitals, administering the nation's third largest-ordinary life insur ance enterprise, disbursing $3.5 billion annually in compensation and pension payments to approximately five million ex-servicemen or their widows and orphans, and assisting veterans with more than 150,000 home loans each year, VA's stabilizing influence on the national economy was dramatically illustrated early in 1961. President Kennedy called for accelerated payment of the $250 million regular yearly dividend to VA GI insurance policyholders. VA responded by disburSing it in six weeks, Primarily, this money was a return to veterans of part of Gl insurance premiums not needed because veterans were living longer than had been anticipated in the actuary tables, The increasing age of veterans leads to a major proAdministrator of Veterans Affairs Gleason, Jr. blem, Veterans have reached the age where they require an increasing amount of hossically handicapped, VA leads all Federal employers. VA uses efficient tools of management, including automatic data processing. 22 Million Vets Get Improved Service Although difficulty was encountered in converting VA's large insurance and benefits payment, the problems have been solved, is California By Alfred Heller A young San Francisco publicity man, Carl V, May, the guiding light of an organization known as the AntiDigit -Dialing-League(ADDL), hasa number of men and women in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and various way stations, at a fever of indignation over the imminent loss of the lettered prefixes of their telephone numbers, After listening to their argument, you might suppose that the loss of the "picturesque" and “historic” exchange prefixes would be a national disaster equal to the burning of the White House in the War of 1812, The villain of the ADDL's piece is, of course, ‘the telephone company, which one gathers is out tode-humanize everybody and make a number out of him, As I remember, the phone company is the same outfit that claims to be adding luster and humanity to our already be-numbered lives by offering us (at a slight extra charge) the fragile, dainty, neon-lighted Princess phone, colored phones, phones that answer the post man's ring by telling him to keep his distance, and other confections, Asa matter of fact, the phone company has on display at the Seattle World's Fair several experimental machines intended to brighten milady's chamber in Century 21, They push you through that exhibit pretty fast, but! think I even saw a tiny phone you ean attach some day to your dog's collar. You could use that to call him home for supper. Or ifhe were off roving, you could call him up and tell him to mind his manners and be a gentleman at all times, May insists that the ADDL is made up of all ages and shapes of people, young and old, liberal and conservative, ectomorphic and mesomorphic, When I suggested to him that the preponderance of his backers sounded to me like footloose souls of the “liberal" camp, he said no: “Why, even Hiram Johnson the Third is on our board of directors, and you can't call him liberal," said May, I know that May himself is a man of conviction and principle, concerned with some of the great issues of the day, sol asked him what he hoped to accomplish in this seemingly frivolous enterprise. "We can show people, " he said, “that it is still possible in this day and age to stand up to a giant monolithic structure like the telephone company, There is too much public apathy when these organizations make decisions which affect our lives, " While admitting that his goal was worthy, I wondered whether public apathy toward the loss of lettered telephone prefixes was really a key issue of the day. I also wondered whether the ADDL program didn't really amount to a safe and easy substitute for meaningful political action, After all, the easiest and safest thing in this world is to complain about the telephone company, But it isnot so easy toc omplain about the never-ending, increasingly reckless world arms race, or the danger which Pres, Eisenhower foresaw in the growing power of an American "military -industrial complex," or the lack of large-scale programs to cope with the problems caused by a rapidly growing world population. May did not say I was right, But he did not say I was wrong, either, pitalization, More than

500,000 go into VA hospitals each year. Three times as many are treated in VA's 91 Outpatient clinics. To accommodate this increasing responsibility, VA is modernizing its permanent hospital buildings and replacing temporary buildings. At the same time, VA, largely through improved hosWASHINGTON CALLING MARQUIS CHILDS Thirty-one percent of California's total land area is used for pasture and nonforest rangeland, have found means to control brush without . damaging the scenic qualities of the land. A meeting of representatives of the agricultural office, the road department, the supervisors, withstate agencies having similar problems with brush, and with private agencies interested in conservation might come up with a program which could solve the brush problem without spoiling the beauty of our roadways, We residents of Nevada County are proud of our county's beauty. We have chosen to live here partly because of that beauty. . We have no quarrel with a brush eradication program, but we want to see the beauty of our chosen county without having to see it through or over the deadly brown of eradicated brush. ADVERTISING NOVELTIES PRINTED FORMS and leave Messaye’ Trade At Home Outstanding Values Beautiful 9' x'12' Rugs!! (only) Mohawk ‘Castleton’ at the fantastic price of $49.95 Assortment of colors and patterns from which to choose, ACT NOW while this offer lasts. Also, Mohawk All-Nylon Forerunner9' X 12 "rugs at $79.95 (available other rug sizes and wall-to-wall.) Designed to withstand tough, pital management, is treating more patients with about the same facilities. In 1961, VA hospitals treated 28,000 more patients than in 1960, and will treat 30,000 more in 1962 than in 1961, This gain is equivalent to operation of nine 500-bed hospitals, Training provided World War II and Korea veterans has helped more than 11 million veterans obtain better jobs. Gains in income taxes on increased earnings more than pay the cost of the GI training programs, The Department of Veterans Benefits administers vocational rehabilitation and education, GI loans, guardianship, and compensation and pension payments through 67 regional offices in the50 states, Washington, D.C., the Philippines and PuertoRico, While the education program is nearing completion, the GI loan program currently is increasing in volume of business, VA estimates more than 168 , 000 GI loans will be closed during 1962, 25%} above the previous year, The guardianship program supervises estates of some 400,000 minors and in= competents valued at $700 million, VA employs 170,000 professional, white collar and blue collar employees in accordance with the President's Fair Employment policy, Twenty-three percent of VA's full-time employees are Negroes, In this area, and in the employment of the phyWASHINGTON --~.-Whatever other powers the Presidency may lack in a complex society in a world of crisis, the present Occupant of the White House is showing once again what the appointive power means, He is reshaping both the Supreme Court and the executive branch of government, and with two more years, and possibly six, he will work a transformation, W hat is happening to the court is evident enough, A majority of five of the nine Justices has more or less consistently held together on issues of civil liberties, and frequently on social legislation, against the four who have followed the liberal interpretation of the law, The retiring Justice, Felix Frankfurter, was one of this majority, The political and social outlook of the President's first appointment to the court, Byron S, White, has not been clearly defined, But withthe addition of Arthur Goldberg there canbe little doubt of the formation of a new majority under the leadership of Chief Justice Earl Warren, who was appointed by President Eisenhower, Goldberg was a skillful lawyer for the Steelworkers Union, one of the principal components of the CIO prior to the merger with the AFL, when he entered the Kennedy cabinet, Despite criticism from those who felt he would inevitably be a partisan, he has had a high rating in the post he now leaves. While Presidents have been bitterly disappointed inthe past with the individuals they have elevated tothe lofty independence of the court, the bent of Goldberg's thinking seems so clear as to leave little doubt about the direction he will follow, Onthe law of averages, the President should have one and possibly two additional appointments to make. The alteration of the court is, therefore, likely to be completed when he retires. Thus the whole course of judicial decision far into the future --perhaps as long as 20 or 25 years-~-is being determined, Letter To The Editor ~§Dear Sir: About the middle of Last June the city water department installed a new water main from Bennett Street up Lost Hill Road to the top of the hill. They backfilled the trench and patched the pavement with cold patch asphalt, This pavement repair isin bad punishment, easy care and} beauty that lasts for years. Forerunner comes in a range of exquisite styles. at Jim Heather _Call ART PHELPS.273 -7593 FLOOR COVERING . 233 Mill St., Grass Valley Ph, 273-6028 Paul Jones, ges T. H. McGuire «& SO CONSULTING EnGINcERS 311 Neat Stacer P. O. Bex 1118 GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA PHONE 273-7281 Surveying The County Since 1906 T.H, McGuire, CE. No. 640 C.E. No, 2311R.J, McGuire, M.E, No. 5886 E.A. Bailey, C.E. No, 5621 C.T. McGuire,JL;S. No, 2089 . . eed 4 condition. It is full of deep ruts, cracks, bumps and sinkages. This will create a hazardous and dangerous situation when winter arrives with heavy rains, ice and snow, particularly as this is a steep winding road we all have to use to get to the city dump. : Iam wondering if the city can make the needed repairs now before we get bad weather. I am sure everyone would be very appreciative, Sincerely, John Williamson Nevada City WATCHES “ep CLocks . JEWELRY‘Reparring : E.M. DALPEZ .: Dial 265-4501. JEWELER 231% BROAD ST, NEVADA-CITY The court is, tobe sure, an unpredictable body, When the Opportunity cameto him, as it has to few Presidents, early in his first term to name a Chief Justice, General Eisenhower could scarcely have foreseen the line that Earl Warren was to take, Warren had had a successful political career, climaxing it with election to an unprecedented third term as governor of California. But he had missed his chance for the Presidency, The belief was widely held--by Warren among others, it was said--that he lost the chance because of the machinations of his fellow Californian, Richard M, Nixon, A residue of bitterness had been left, and his appointment as Chief Justice was interpreted at the time as part compensation, General Eisenhower considers himself a conservative or perhaps a moderate, Yet his Chief Justice has become a primary target of the right wing, hated in the South for his leadership in the integration cases and rabidly denounced by the ultras, This violent obloquy has never seemed totrouble the outwardly gentle Warren, who has consistently held to the liberal construction of the law. Two justices appointed : by Franklin D, Roosevelt out of the New Deal have been consistently with the Warren minority, One is Justice Hugo L, Black, who at 76 still Plays a vigorous game of tennis whenever the weather permits, Justice Black has unfailingly defended the rights of the individual, His dissents in civil tights cases have ranged far back intothe history of the long conflict between the individual and the state, Justice WilliamO, Douglas, who also came out of the New Deal era, has likewise defended the individual against the encroachments of Congressional committees, He has thereby earned the hostility of conservatives in Congress and in the country, faa The fourth Justice found more often than not with the minority is William J. Brennan Jr, , an. Eisenhower appointee whocame tothe supreme bench from a New Jersey judgeship. Presumably the intellectual bias of Goldberg, and perhaps also Justice White, will match that of the minority judges, They will constitute a new majority of five or six against a new minority of three or four, The latter will have as its hard core Justices John M, Harlan and Potter Stewart, alone in their prior experience as lower court Federal judges, named by President Eisenhower, together with Justice Tom C, Clark, Clark, the only justice still on the bench to be appointed by President Truman, has become a Narrow contructionist who frequently castigates the four minority justices for their liberal interpretation of the law. As such, Clark is the hero of the right both in and out of Congress, To alter by the appointive power one of the three coordinate branches of government is no small feat for a President in office less than two years. The outcome may overthe years prove quite different from the present expectation,. In the rarefied atmosphere of the court, free of the pressures to which earthbound politicians are subject, a judge may find his perspective Strangely altered, Nevertheless, given the many frustrations of the Presidency it is a high privilege to put the finger of destiny on an individual, even if it is only to see a new face in that solemn array of black-robed figures in the marble palace of the Supreme Court of the United States. (Copyright, 1962) 7 ? a” V4 Stag ere oO me wn Ft et ret