The Charlotte News
Friday, May 30, 1941
FOUR EDITORIALS
Site Ed. Note: This day, a young Stuart Rabb from the Winston-Salem Journal, by way of The Daily Tar Heel while at U.N.C., took over the reins of the editorial column of The News. His stint would be short.
That the first and last pieces were leftovers from Cash appears possible; but, too, there is nothing sufficiently distinct about them that we could definitely assert it to be the case. The last piece, on the 5 to 3 Supreme Court decision in U.S. v. Classic, 313 U.S. 299, being about Louisiana and carrying the Huey Long patina, definitely suggests itself to be by Cash. Cash had after all toyed the previous fall with writing a biography for Knopf on Long but was informed by Mr. Knopf that another author already had committed to such a project--albeit one in fact which would not see print for another two decades.
In any event, the Classic case held that since "[t]he right of the voters at the primary to have their votes counted is, as we have stated, a right or privilege secured by the Constitution...", the right was enjoyed in primary elections as well as the general election. (But see Bush v. Gore..., (wherein the holding appears to be that you're damned lucky to be a citizen of these here United States of America, and so don't complain if your vote don't get counted, stupid. We're just protectin' your rights to equal protection of the laws, don't you see? by throwing out all your votes and declaring the whole process silly, unfathomable, and a farce to begin with, mainly because the guy We Five wanted to win didn't.--But maybe we misread it.))
Whatever the case, we woke up this morning and you were on our mind. So...
Here is the page. The dictation software and the computer aren't working worth a hoot today, and besides we're lazy. So, you can read it all for yourself.
We'll dedicate this note to Catfish Hunter, George Steinbrenner and Billy Ball. You'll have to figure out why.
We hope the cranes stop falling off buildings in New York City. Get yourself a hard hat. We were just there, as it so happens, a week ago. But we had nothing to do with it. Somebody's sure got a set of loose screws though. Maybe it's just Clement Avenue.
We did, however, see a picture of John Lennon in a shop window over in the Garment District, across the street from The New York Times; maybe it was his fault. Start a panel; investigate him.
Anyway, we're glad it didn't fall on us. Hope it doesn't fall on you.
So, sit back, relax, have yourself your Classic, your MacDonalds, your peanuts, and count yourself lucky you aren't dead.
A brawla, brawla, soo it...
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