Tabor City tribune., 1961-08-09
AN EDITORIAL
No! No.! Mr.. Daniels

Last week the Raleigh News and Obser,or
aieorianZed on the subject of Governor Sanfords
f fiile OF the seven men serving prison terms
IoI @ conspiracy in the Henderson textile strike You
VIII VIII remember that it long and violent affair
VIII M IohSiuera6e danger, intri.ne and Illustration
/, The State Bureau of investigation in one of the
pest pieces of police work it has ever done succeadnd
nnsg m pantg an undercover agent in the midst of the
oonspIators His testimony, in the MAN, led to the
iIvicL9n Oh seven of the striking labor unionsts
rncluoed among those convicted was Boyd Payfon'
Iar9lnas 8 boss Of the striking union
Those convictions and subsequent imprisonment
throughout North Carolina ~
Now, the News and Observer comes ont with ;t
edtorla! which pictures the conspirators as near
saints. saints Inc tears flow for those poor prosecuted
men rH VINO were taken away from their families and
lllenos' or such the editorial indicates to u.s.
III goes on to say that the Judge who tried the
case, RAYMOND B. Mallard, of Tabor city, was
openly hostile to the defendants We cannot prove
this, but would wager that the Individual who
wrote the editorial didn't even hear the trial We
take issue with the statement that Judge Mallard
was hostile to those any other defendant. We
uon oeeve 1t, the appeal courts didn't believe it
and Judge Mallard denies it.
The editorial further states that none of tbe
seven men were criminals. Now if the editorial writer
means that they had not been convicted of kidnap
were not criminals. But if he classes transporting
mon-ax paid whskey, speeding reckless driving and
similar offenses as being criminal in nature then
i've OF the seven had court records.
- And perhaps the editorial Issue that tops them
al, IN so tar as we are concerned, is the one in
which fault is found with the SBI for planting an
uhaercoVer agent among the conspirators who had
a criminal record
We have lived close to other investigations in
winch lnformers used by law enforcement
o1lcers In every instance these informers left some
thlng to be desired in far character was con-
cerned But can you imagine group of conspirators
accepting minister, teacher, doctor or similar pro-
1essonal man into their little circle that was plan
nlng dynamtng? Only people of similar nature
VIII conspre. No crime is difficult to prove
than conspiracy because it is crime of the mind
only through being the inside can it ever be
proven in a court Of law.
laws and bv
are constantly tying the hands of Investigators and
making it more difficult to gather real evidence
somewhere along the line some needs to decide
or the people
Already labor is controlled by racketeers in this
country Much of the good that the labor union has
gone is being forgotten because of the constant drive
Tor power at the expense of the public. Congress
Is dominated by labor-elected politicians and the
push to sociaize all of America is largely the
sponsibility of too powerful labor force. Labor l.;
SO strong at the polls that many political candidates
dare not offend it. Yet, many OF the union members
are puppets of an organization that has semblance
OF democracy. Elections are farces and union funds
are spent at the pleasure of few.
Labor needs to be purged of the racketeers and
communists Labor needs fair election system with
secret ballot. Labor needs the controls that
hamper monopoly in industry And labor leaders need
punishments in the courts when they conspire to
destroy the property of others only the limits
OF the law should determine the length of the
sentences.