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Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984, 1960-10-01

states. U. S. District Court Judg-
es IN Arizona are paid $22,5OO In
annual salary. Our Judges must
make daily decisions which affect
he liberty and lives OF their fell
.oW citizens. A judges yearly out
put out important decisions Will at
iect millions d dollars IN property
rights. In recent years. Arizona
mas had a steady oss of trained,
experienced, and otherwise ou-
standing judges because of made
1uate salaries.
Who Supports This Proposa,g
The Modem Courts Amendment
was originally proposed by the
State Bar of Arizona and the Ara.
pona Judges Association. It mas
been endorsed by many business
groups, by the Arizona AF'L-CIO,
by the Arizona Justices of Peace,
Magistrates and Constables Assoc
iation, by the Phoenix Council of
Churches, by the Maricopa Coun-
ty Medical Society, and by many
other groups. The Arizona Repub-
lie The Arizona Daily Star, the
Tucson Citizen, ana the Phoenix
Gazette. along with a number Of
other newspapers, have editorially
supported this amendment.
STATE BAR OF ARIZONA, by
Jerry H. Glenn, Is West Missouri
Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona,
ARIZONA COMMITTEE FOR
MODERN COURTS, by Morris K.
Udall, Route 4, Box a. Tucson,
Arizona; Justice Fred C. Struck
meyer, ISL North 3rd, Phoenix,
Arizona; Judge Warren l.. Nc
Carthy, 1923 North 35th, Phoenix,
Arizona; Richard H. Elliott, 1928
West Myrtle Avenue, Phoenix,
Arizona; Arthur GOldbaum, 1921
East Holmes, Tucson, Arizona;
John D. Lyons, 6425 East Brian
Kent, Tucson, Arizona; Hon. Evo
DeConcini, 1906 East Via Rotun-
da, Tucson, Arizona; Robert H.
Allen, 1915 East Palo Verde, Phoe-
nix, Arizona; Howard F. Thomp-
son, 6748 North IL tn, Phoenix,
Arizona.
The following is the form and
number IN which the question will
be printed on the Official Ballot:
AN INITIATIVE MEASURE RE-
PEALING ARTICLE vi OF THE
CONSTITUTION OF ARIZONA
AND AMENDING THE CONSTI-
TUITION OF ARIZONA BY ADD
ING A NEW ARTICLE vi.
SUMMARY
G. A. NEW ARTICLE vi.
SUMMARY
Amending Article 6 of the
Constitution by empowering the
Supreme Court to supervise all
courts, providing an administra-
tive director for the chief justice,
increasing salaries of Supreme
and Superior Court judges, estab-
fishing presiding judges for each
county, permitting establishment
of new courts and temporary judi
ges, and increasing Justice Court
jurisdiction.
1@.v,
Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984, 1960-10-01
ARGUMENT

( POSITION 101
What is The Modern Courts
amendment? The Modern Courts
Amendment is proposal to ac-
complish revision of the Judi
cial article article VI of the
Constitution of Arizona. and pro-
vide for improved efficiency in
the administration of Justice an1
elimination of congestion in the
state courts.
What Will It Cost? Passage Of
the amendment by Arizona vot.
ers in the 1860 General Election
in November will not involve any
GREAT increase in expenditures for
the state system of courts. New
courts will be required and or
ganized in the future even under
the present judicial article Of the
constitution The proposed chang
es deal primarily with orqaniZa
ton, authority, and procedure.
Why Do We Need Revision OF
The State Court Svsten7 The
state court system of Arizona in
1860 is in substantio''-- thp some
form established by the Consti-
tuition of Arizona in 1912. Since
statehood. Arizona has grown
rapidly from a sparcelv settled
frontier territory to state with
large metropolitan areas. Busin-
ess and financial affairs and gov
eminent are increasingly COM
plex. Court procedures and court
administration suitable for early
times have become inadequate to
provide prompt and efficient JUS
tice. In Maricopa COUNTY tho court
congestion is such that an ordin-
airy civil case cannot be tried for
as long as 20 months and the
backlog of cases is growing. In
Pima County the dn1ov iS ~Nore
than months; and in Yuma Coun-
ty, 10 months. Other counties
presently have no problem in
court delay, but the continued
population growth in Arizona will
affect them. Ordinary civil ap-
peals cannot be heard bv the SUI
preme Court because of its cal
endar congestion until approx
matelv two and one-half years al.
ter filing. This delay has steadily
increased in the past few years.
It is truly said that Justice de-
laved is Justice denied.
What Will The Modern Courts
Amendment Accomplish? The most
important feature of the pro-
posal to modernize tht state sys-
tenn of courts is that all courts
will be brought into an integral
ed, organized judicial system,
Under the present court structure
no one person or court has dir
ect responsibility for the efficient
functiOr'no OF tie s. - &c
whole. Each court is autonomous
and independent of the others
Once the judicial article is re-
vised, the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court, assisted by an Ad-
ministrative Director, would have
direct authority and the RESPONSE
bility for proper operation of and
functioning of the entire judicial
branch of the state government
This is the one indispensable es
sential of a modern judicial sys
tenn. The U. S. Federal courts
operate under such a plan as de
the courts of California, New Jer'
sey, and other states that have
successfully attacked the problem
of delays in their courts.
What Courts Are Affected: This
/ amendment will affect all courts
Al. sooi,,l;-r Iucfinoc ~
Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984, 1960-10-01

To be submitted to the qualified
electors Of the State of Arizona
for their approval Or rejection at
the REGULAR GENERAL cleo
ton to be held NOVEMBER 8.
1860.
Referred to the people by tint Leg
islature and filed in the office of
the Secretary of State, March 13.
1859, and printed in pursuance of
Sections 1923, 1924, Arizona Re-
vised Statutes.
WESLEY BOLIN,
Secretary of State
Ton Official Ballot No. 1000
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT
TO THE CONSTITUTION OF
ARIZONA EXCEPTING UNI.
VERSITY AND COLLEGE
FACULTY MEMBERS FROM
RESTRICTIONS ON THE EN-
PLOYMENT OF ALIENS. AND
AMENDING ARTICLE IS.
SECTION 10, CONSTITUTION
OF ARIZONA.
Be it resolved by the Senate of
the State of Arizona, the House
Of Representatives concurring:
/. The following amendment OF
article IS, section 10, Constitution
of Arizona, is proposed, to be-
come valid when approved by a
majority OF the qualified electors
voting therein and upon proclaim
>ation of the governor:
Section 10. No person not a citi-
zen or ward of the United States
shall be employed upon or in con-
nect.- n with any state. court or
municipal works or employment:
provided that nothing herein shall
be construed to prevent the work.
ing of prisoners by the state or
by any county or municipality
thereof on street or road work or
other public work and that the
provision of this section shall not
apply TO the employment OF any
teacher, instructor, or professor
authorized to teach in the United
States under the teacher exchange
program as provided by federal
statutes enacted by the congress
of the United States or the en-
ployment of university or college
faculty members. The legislature
shall enact laws for the enforce.
ment and shall provide for the
punishment of any violation OF
this section.
2. The proposed amendment
(approved by a majority of the
members elected to each house OF
the legislature, and entered upon
the respective journals thereof.
together with the ayes and nays
thereon) shall be by the secre-
tary of state submitted to the
qualified electors at the next reg
ular general election Cor at spec
ial election called for that pur-
pose), as provided by section l.
article 81, Constitution Of Arizona.
Passed the Senate February II,
1859 by the following vote: %
Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984, 1960-10-01

If you favor the above law, vote
YES; if opposed, vote NO.
Evening star., 1960-05-08
so Years Ago

Barnum & Bailey's big
tent, now folded and put
away so far as the Capital is
concerned, was up and full
in this town so years ago. A
Star reporter, happy as any
kid. wrote on May 10, 1910:
First you mingle with a
swarm Of human beings, each
intent on blocking your pas
sage. You pass 80 or go pea
nut boys and when you finally
buy a pocket full, you dis
cover that the nearer the cir
Gus entrance you get, the
smaller are the peanut bags.
-. But of all the great kalei-
doscopic effects, that circus
takes the prize. Not for one
minute is there a lull in the
twisting, shooting, spangled,
gilded, pink and green spec
tacles of men, women, horses,
seals, monkeys and clowns.
-. And for the small sum of
a dime, 10th part Of dollar,
you can pass right on into
the sideshow and see the
greatest collection Of mon-
strosities, freaks and mur-
derous wild men ever under
one roof. >"
Evening star., 1960-05-08

Batista regime, Diario de Ia Marina
took vigorous and firm positions against
the totalitarian policies of the new
dictator. Strongly anti Communist, Mr.
Rivero has issued repeated warnings
against subverSive infiltration. The
great prestige and tradition of his
newspaper in Cuba have not prevented
repriSals. First to come were economic
preSSures of the severeSt kind. When
these failed, Mr.. Rivero and his staff
were subjected to continuing threats of
physical violence. .-.-
The Freedom of the Press Medal
will be presented to Mr.. Rivero next
October in Bogota, Colombia, and the
applause which accompanies it will come
from the free press and the people 1t
serves everywhere in the world.
Evening star., 1960-05-08
For Foreign Aid

AS Congress considers ap-
propriations for the mutual
security legislation, may 1
remind your readers that the
public opinion polls have
shown for the past several
years that the majority of the
American people favor these
foreign aid measures and that
only a small minority want
the price tag reduced.
This is contrary to what
many people believe and is
not in line with the opinions
of the so-called citizens COM
mittee" and the chairman
of the House Appropriations
subcommittee, who presum-
ably is acting in the interests
of all Americans in his ca
pacity.
Most recent public opinion
polls show that 81 per cent to
SO per cent of the American
people favor foreign aid, that
about 80 per cent to 80 per
cent oppose it, and the rest
have no opinion. So the ratio
in favor of foreign aid is
about 5 to 3.
This is about the same ratio
reflected in the votes of
Representatives. and Senators
last year. The congressional
"experts"-the Senate For
eign Relations Committee and
the House Foreign Affairs
Committee - have recently
voted in a larger proportion
Evening star., 1960-05-08
Taxi Crockdown

District taxicab operators had every
right to complain about the precipitate
decision OF the Public Utilities Commits
sion to deny hackers whose cabs failed
inspection the customary Today grace
period to get them repaired.
The commission edict was an
nounced, with no previous notice, on
April ga scant week ahead of the
inspection deadline. The taxi inspection
period, it is true, had been under way
since April l. But hackers, no less than
the rest OF us, tend to postpone such
noXiouS chores until the last moment.
especially when they have every reason
to assume that grace period will be
allowed to make any necessary repairs.
Motor Vehicles Director George A.
England apparently has recognized the
injustice of the action by extending the
final deadline until next Friday. This
atones somewhat for the hardship. But
1t is hard to believe that the general
condition of cabs this year was bad
enough to justify such a last-minute
change of rules in the first place, and
we hope that further notifications
under study for the taxi inspection pro-
gram are made far enough in advance
to prevent repetition of such nonsense.
The fact that only q per cent of the
cabs passed the first inspection this
year also raises some question about the
harshneSS of the current inspection
standards. Cab owners claim that some
of the reflections are picayune in the
extreme; Mr. England insists that most
of the faults are major, and that all the
standards are necessary for the public
safety. Certainly no one should protest
if that is right, but the ratio of reflections
alone is large enough to suggest that
Mr.. England might take look at Just
how zealouSly the inspectors are judging
such violations as Clipped paint, dirty
motors and the presence of loose skid
chains in the trunk.
Evening star., 1960-05-08
Still Dirty Politics

Franklin D. Roosevelt, jr., saws he
regrets" that Senator Humphreys war
record "haS been forced into an issue"
in the West Virginia primary campaign.
1t is an Issue in the campaign, however,
only because Mr.. Roosevelt deliberately
made it an issue a week ago when he
said, after praising Senator Kennedy's
war record: II don't know where he
-(Senator Humphrey was in World
War IL"
1t now appears that Mr.. Roosevelt
knew very well where Senator Humphrey
was At least, he has come forward with
chapter-and-verSe recital of what he
describes as Senator Humphreys efforts
to obtain draft defermentS-a recital
which, incidentally, does not jibe with
the Minnesota Senator's explanation of
the matter
Whatever the facts may be as to
this Mr.. RooSevelt'S second statement
has been diSapproved by Senator Ken
nedy-after it had been made and pub
hcized, ANY discussion of the war rec
ord OF Senator Humphrey" Mr. Kennedy
declared, "WaS done without my knowl-
edge and consent, and I strongly dis
approve the injection of this issue into
the campaign" This marks some ad-
vance, for when Mr. Roosevelt first in
jected the Humphrey war record into
the campaign on April 27, Senator Ken
nedy did not specifically disapprove it.
He said then that while he himself had
not discussed the matter of war records,
Mr. Roosevelt is down here making his
speeches. I am making mine" 1t seems
fair to say that Mr.. Roosevelt, who has
been an effective vote-getter in Mr..
Kennedy's behalf, could reasonably have
construed this as tacit approval of what
he was doing.
In his latest comment, Mr.. Roose-
velt said he is "very upset that the
Washington Star and Time magazine
accused me of dirty politics" For our
part, we do not know why he should be
upset. His original statement, we still
think, was dirty politics And so is the
second one-flavored, this time, with a
dash of disingenuousneS
Evening star., 1960-05-08
Sit-Down Appraisal

The sit-downs in the South
have served at least three
useful purposes.
First. many of us Of the
North and elsewhere are
amazed to find there are
thousands and thousands of
Negro college students and
dozens and dozens of Negro
colleges and universities scat
tered through the towns and
cities of the South. We had
been led to believe that in
the South the only educa-
tional facilities available to
Negroes were elementary
schools, a few widely scat
tered high schools and two or
three colleges, including Tus-
kegee Institute.
Second, the great numbers
Of Negro college students and
colleges existing in the South
plainly indicate there is no
need for Federal aid to edu-
cation in any section of the
country.
Third, the wanton indiffer-
ence of many of these stu
dents to property and busi-
ness rights of respected
business establishments indi-
Gates a potential lack of re-
spect for the person and
property of individuals.
HI. S. Smithers,
Evening star., 1960-05-08
Rating of AirIines

Recent comments concern
ing the current plight of
Capital Airlines refer to Cap
ital as the fifth largest"
United States domestic car
rier. Assuming that Ameri-
can, United, TWA and East
ern are the big four, does
Capital really rate ahead of
Northwest Airlines?
Capital does not have a
transcontinental route from
Washington and New York to
Seattle; nor does it operate
between Seattle and the twin
cities Chicago and Miami, nor
does it operate to Alaska and
Honolulu. Northwest Airlines
also flies internationally on
a noncompetitive basis from
the East Coast to the Orient
by way Of the Great Circle
Route. Northwest has more
employees than Capital, has
more route miles, has more
equipment and. obviously, has
a greater cash surplus than
does Capital.
Capitals classification as
the fifth largest" airline
may have been true several
years ago but the past few
years have seen Northwest
make greater strides than
any other certified scheduled
carrier in the United States.
Roger b. Doulens.
Evening star., 1960-05-08
Truth in Cuba

1t is a hazardous thing to print the
truth in Cuba these days, yet that is
being done by Havana's Diario de la
Marina. And it is entirely fitting that
It's editor, Jose Ignacio Rivero. has been
selected by the Inter-American Press
Association to receive it's Freedom of
the Press Medal.
From the moment that Fidel Castro
imposed his iron grip on the island
republic, the wise began to close on
Cuban newspapers. Mr.. Rivero is one
OF the few who thus far have withstood
Its preSsures. Just as his newspaper
had condemned the corruption of the
Evening star., 1960-05-08
A Protest

I would like to protest the
action of members of the
press during the recent
parade for Gen. de Gaulle.
Two friends and ! took leave
and got downtown early
enough to get a good spot in
front of the Blair House. We
got there early in order to
get a place in the front to
be able to get some pictures
of the historic event. We got
in our places about 11:15 and
everything went fine till about
Is minutes before the arrival,
when the police moved the
barricade out from the curb
and then escorted the mem
bers Of the press in front of
everyone.
There were many photog-
raphers on the other side of
the street and those that we're
placed in front of us only
stood there and watched. I
think it is a dirty trick to
play on those who got there
early. There should have been
notices posted that they
would be there, or the police
should have informed us of
the fact so that we could
move on while there was still
space available elsewhere.
John L. Bachman,
Evening star., 1960-05-08
They Need Friends

For several years I have
been working in a mental
hospital. I notice that so
many of the patients never
get mail or visitors. They are
very lonely and their friends
treat them, as outcaStS.
Maybe you don't like the
way they have lived or the
things they have done, but
they can't be all wrong. Can
you look back through your
life and not be a little
ashamed Of some of the
things that you have done?
Who are you to judge? Jesus
forgave, why can't you?
When you go to church
next Sunday bow your head
and thank God that this has
not struck you or yours; it
still can. Mental illness, like
cancer. plays no favorites.
This is Mental Health
Month, so If you know or
nave someone in a mental
hospital why not visit them
or at least drop them a cheer
full note?
An 0hServer
Evening star., 1960-05-08
Better Writino

.7s- 1t comes as no surprise to learn that
Superintendent Carl F. Hansen is dis
satisfied with the caliber of student
writing in District schools. His own ia
cility with words would naturally cause
him to adopt the highest possible stand
ards AS former teacher of English,
moreover, he has frequently stated in
the past the great Importance he at
taches to written expression.
Speaking with the clarity and force
fulnesS he wishes more students would
display in their writing, the superin-
tendent expressed his views last Monday
to school officers and English teachers.
At the very outset he noted that what
1 am about to say is not intended to
be conSoling it certainly wasn't.
The relative ineptitude of Washing
tons students pointed out by the super
tntendent is, of course, by no means
unique to this city. The same failings
IN written expression have been reported
throughout the country by both educa-
tors and parents
We applaud DR.. Hansen's plea for
~ improvement All VIC oAGudGlO1l-JuSG
as the teachers who heard his speech
did. AS many of these same teachers
claim, however, the real problem is not
agreeing upon the shortcomings, but
trying to find ways to overcome them.
That is why we are glad Assistant Su-
perintendent John D. Koontz-the man
responsible for junior and senior high
schools-has indicated his intent to put
into effect whatever administrative and
organizational changes are necessary to
make the teachers do better job with
composition. Only through such prac-
tical steps will DR.. Hansen's plea result
IN any lasting improvement.
Evening star., 1960-05-08
CoHous Drivers

May / call your attention
to the fact that the lives of
the little animals which in
advertently get out onto our
highways are just as i'm
portant to these same little
animals as our own lives are
to us?
1t seems to me that the
apparent callousness of the
drivers in regard to the
death of the small animals
that make the mistake of
trying to cross the road is
indicative of the gross stu
pidity and lack of the milk
OF human kindness which
are so evident in this So
called modern era. Modern
my foot! We are in a bar
baric renaissance!
Mary Lou Mann.
Mclean, Va.
Evening star., 1960-05-08

growth of plants the moon
exercises remarkable inf1u-
ence. She wakes them and
sets them to work. Farmers
who plant only just before
the moon is full are right,
and scoffers who call them
superstitious are themselves
the foolish ones. For, if
sown before or near new
moon, the plants get above
ground just at the full, when
the tender things need sleep.
But if sown just before the
full. they come up about new
moon, pass their babyhood
under the soothing influence
of their dark nights, and.
when the full comes, are
sturdy urchins, able to work
night ana day ="
Evening star., 1960-05-08

inc democracy is being brow
beaten by sheer numbers. II
there could be taken in this
year of our Lord a world
census, consisting not simply
of counted noses but of the
stages of human develop
ment registered just above
and back of the noses, some
factors of human life in
earth's teeming millions
would fall into their true
perspective. Imm nature,
youthful hoodlumism, defying
law and order, out to topple
over the revered statues of
the past and to sack and
destroy, does not belong in
the category of freedom
fighters. Such so called
student" mobs must be
matured and disciplined be-
fore they have any valid
contribution to make to the
better and brighter tomorrow.
The hordes and hordes
emerging from colonialism,
intoxicated with the heady
wine of their new freedom and
impatiently demanding that
all the fruits of a civilization
which it has taken others a
thousand years of toll to
of the name, millions more
upturned palms this very
afternoon at 5 o'clock, must
be brought to see by older and
wiser heads who conduct
the world census that the
heaven on earth, thus seen
as in a vision, is not reached
by a single bound, but that
men mount to it's summit
round by round.
If back of our United
States census figures we can
see a starved public school
system-millions of children
denied any schooling worthy
the name, millions more
growing up with practically
no religious or moral train
ing whatsoever - our faces
would be blanched at the
FBI's ominous warning re-
garding the inevitable har-
vest of the future indicated
by the rising tide of de-
linquency, debauchery, and
juvenile crime.
The first great democrat,
humanity's peerless Teacher
Jesus Christ-who scorned
NUM- bers, declared: The
kingdom Of heaven is like
unto leaven which a woman
took and hid in three meas
ures Of meal until it was all
leavened." This Master Of
Men never counted on pres
ent majorities. He entrusted
the truth and the eternal
purpose of God to the power
and capacity of a tiny minor
ity. But He knew that to
them the future belonged,
as He said confidently: Fear
not, little flock; for it is your
Fathers good pleasure to
give you the kingdom" But
Christ's conception of the
function of His followers was
not represented by a scepter
and a throne. 1t was a yeast
in the dough. He cared not
how big was the lump, so
that the leaven was there to
permeate it and to have its
way at last.