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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C
Thursday, May 20, 1943
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CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1943
Not Wanted Here
[that any contract settling the mine i
, 'row must have the aproval of the .
It is reported that the governrnen | War La b or Board. You must recog-.
is considering bringing thousands o |n j ze war _time agency. Lewis
German prisoners of war into our was t 0 i ( i ) t 0 w hi c h order the big chief '
state, presumably for farm 'made no comment. In the meanwhile ;
The idea is a dangerous one and the pending truce of the past two
should be dropped in short order. we eks was continued to May 31 while
There is no place in this country for the controversy rages.
German prisoners, they would be un- A me n ran people will watch
the outcome of this fight with keen
]
welcome, they would be another
"Meet the People ..«, y "
(Each w««k in this space win bs presented a picture
and word portrait oi someone whose name is news.)
Robert Maynard
Hutchins
•Fifth president of world-famous Chicago
university, Robert Maynard Hutchins, was 30
years old when appointed in 1929.
•Young in years, Hutchins is vigorous in idea,
and during his presidency on the Midway,
several revolutionary changes have been
made in the university curriculum. Under the
“Chicago Plan” introduced in 1931, no regular
class attendance is required in the college
preparatory to admission to one of the upper
divisions for advanced study, and there are no
course credits.
letermined to produce educated lawyers
not merely “lawyers who know the rules
id how to manipulate them," Hutchins re-
rganized the university law school in 1937.
/The course of advanced study has been length
ened to four years, and psychology, history,
economics, political theory and philosophy
have been incorporated into the law courses.
•Leaving Oberlin college in 1917 to enter the
U. S. army ambulance service, Hutchins com
pleted his education for an AB. degree at Yale
in 1921. Continuing his studies in the Yale law
school, he was graduated magna cum laude in
1928. In 1921 he married Maude Phelps Mc
Veigh. They have two children.
little reason to continue to pay its
dues. v »
LEWIS—Victor
As a salesman for the miners, John
L. Lewis already has earned his pay
for 1943. Although he endangered
creased 29.4 per cent. It should also
be remembered that labor’s wages in
, January, 1941—the date used fot
comparison — were far above normal.
Average wages are now more
50 per cent higher than they were in
prosperous 1929. Thus, although most
our nation’s war production, with-1 of congress favors keeping prices
stood a barrage of perspnal insults [down by any means possible, many
and is now considered a traitor tO|members do not consider the present
| his country by many patriotic citi-'cdst of living as a reason for permft-
zens, from the miners’ viewpoint he;ting new increases in wages.
I m wu 8 Sa ^ The new ceilings on food prices,
When the mines were taken over which vary from city to city, are ex-
' by the government it may have ap-
! peered as though Mr. Lewis was be-
; ing punished, but actually he was
: being highly rewarded for his work.
, For one of the first things the gov
ernment did was to put the miners
on a mandatory 6-day week, the
sixth day to be On a time-and-a-half
wage basis. To the average miner
this meant a wage increase of $10.50 „ .
, week—and John L. Lewis got i.
for him.
Now that the mine leaders have
pected to be impossible to enforce
unless the nation’s shoppers are vigi
lant in reporting all cases of sales at
above ceiling prices. Plans are being
worked out for local ration boards to
enforce price ceilings provided they
get reports of violations from the
public.
If prices are enforced at the new
eral increase in what the consumer
can get for his dollar. Since wages
will not be reduced, this increased
put over such a profitable deal, there^ purchasing power will in itself lead
is every reason to believe that other
uiiions will demand that their lead
ers go out and do likewise. The only
to inflation unless it is drained off by
higher taxes or increased purchase
of war bonds. Present tax -plans do
thing that can stop it is an order a j not call for much higher taxes than
lot more drastic than the President’s; last year, but after the income tax
hold-the-line order. is settled efforts may then
In a football game it is usually the
supporters of the losing team who
problem to increase the already lar 8 e j j n t e rest In the past Lewis has sel- the y S ave U P like amateurs — they ment comes across, he says his wife
number with which we are confront-. dpm ever su ff e red defeat and while: knew it was useless to face the fight, is willing to work the said garding if (keep shouting," “Hold that line! . .
ed. Nobody would have confidence may hardly be expected to win 1° bitter end. While everything uncle sam will do his part, so far as That’s going to be true too in the'be paid for as we go along by means
these people who are disciples of Nazi, ever y thing he is d emanc jj n g f or the is going his way the German soldier mr. chance hisself is concerned, he ‘
e made
to put through a national sales tax.
It has been suggested that if a sub
sidy is to be given on food, it should
functions as a powerful machine.'says he has newer fooled with a
But when he seems that it is time for garding and has got along some how
insanity. Placed on farms, the aver "' m j nerSi it’s a pretty safe bet that he
age farmer would watch them with | w ^j SCO re a partial victory at least
suspicion, plus a shotgun. Sentiment w j len t ^ e dispute is finally settled, i^im to quit, he quits to save his face, or other,
in the respective communities would j Lewis is the spearhead of labor, 1 This same breakdown of morale in
be opposed to them.
battle between the government and j of a sales tax instead of becoming an
the unions unless the President’s addition to the federal debt,
team claims “dirty playing” and or-
he is labor’s big" idoir Most of all j Germany may be expected to spread since the w.p.a. has gone out of
ders the union team to leave the field
|and not come back until the war is
over.
SAY, “I SAW IT IN THE CHRON
ICLE." THANK YOU.
The fewer immigrants and unnat- the special privileges granted him in!* n other countries which Hitler has bizness a few of our cittizens seem
tiralized citizens allowed to enter the past ten years have resulted from'overrun and devastated. While we badly lost, the local wellfare board is|
America, the better off we will be i h is tie-up with the New Deal. The are no prophet, and make no such keeping a host of us up, and so is di-, j|j|. ||AT|/Vyg| frCUE
during the reconstruction period that a rrogant boss, enriched by fees col-' we stick to our predic- rect relief, sligh foxx says if he, |*n£ nAllvliAL J^LmL
lies ahead. i lected from the highest paid coalition several months ago in these col- knowed for a certain that direct re-j
miners in the world, is continually umns that Germany will be defeated lief would stop anny time soon, he! fa Washington SCCS It
Thp Gnrlph; Sneak ^demanding higher wages and calling by the end *of 1943. would plant a garding. but should hej ' L
j L ^ 'strikes te get them. The Administra-i And turning to Japan, we have nev- wor k. so he says, as long as uncle sam; to The Chronicle.
Wing Spread, the new P u J ' lcatlon , tj on power at Washington is re-,;er felt this would be such a hard job ha(1 a sur Pl us commodity warehouse j Washington, May 18.—-Faced with
of the Training Detachment at res *!sponsible for the rise and power of |once we are ready for the invasion where he can get all the stuff he; necessity of keeping food costs
byterian college, carried a we come leader. If his wings are not with a strong base of attack estab- wants f° r nothing, no matter how f rom r i s i n g an y higher and at thei
clipped in this fight, from now on all lished. Japan will be destroyed from skace food is, the govverment has a sa me time assuring profitable prices!
C. I. O. and A. F. L. demands will; the air with our qualitative superior-1 sur Pl us to 6i ve away. 1 farmers, food producers and pro-|
doubtless be granted. The bars will ity an established fact. All in all, the: ^^Hg^^*^****, cessors, the Office of Price Adminis-
be let down once and for all. It will war news is bright — and growing
be the final fulfillment of the New ! brighter each day.
Deal idea of economics of spending
ourselves poor in order to get rich, j
If financial concessions are made
to farmers it is called inflation and,
there goes up a howl of protest, i
NOBODY'S BUSINESS
By Don Robinson
editorial in its current issue addressed
to the eighty young men who recntly
arrivd here to become membrs of the
39th outfit. .
In the warm greeting to the new
students, this paragraph appears:
“No doubt you were disap
pointed with Clinton when you
arrived. We, too, felt the same „
way when we arirved a short
time back. Well, fellows, just for
get about it, for the folks in this
town are the finest and friendli
est that most of us have ever
come across They have taken our
detachment int£) their hearts and
homes. Get to know them, fel- . . . , , , i. ... . .. ... ^ ...... ^
lows; you will-never regret it." ^'^k is being observed as told him that a man at the county ^ un , on leaders were going too far
Clinton citizens should deeply ap- Cotton Week W1 th Cotton seat told him last friday that a feller "^ nc j W ould lose ground because of
preciate these kind words written in T’ghts On Every Front as the slo-; by the name of von cronstadt of their excessive demands,
a spirit of sincerity and appreciation g an for th u e event. , Washington, d. c., rote a letter to his i primary
by a young man who until he was In emphasizing “Cotton Week the;brother in a certain town that hon. In ^ ^ as - n incr e as ed war pro-
sent here a few weeks ago for train- P ubllc 18 reminded that a victorious john 1. lewis is enjoying a great deal
ing, did not know there was such a arm y must b^ properly clothed and
; tration is taking the easy way out.
Tf\T\t\l TAkiAnnAIAI and planning the use of government'
IUIMY . . . IUMUKKUW Subsidies to do the trick.
With leading labor groups demand-
INSURANCE
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Forms of Property
Insurance.
SOUND PROTECTION
AT LOWEST COST.
REAL ESTATE
B; H. BOYD
Clinton, S. C.
Lewis’s repeated demands granted in j
the past, have been labeled as ad-1 IV1CVJCC
'justments. It is so easy for politicians
to fool the people.
The War and Cotton
John L. Pleases the Axis
ideer mr. edditor:
town as Clinton, South Carolina, in P r o vided wi th the essentials of health
all the world. What more appreciated' and com *ori
words could we have said about us, i Gotten is second only to steel as
ing higher wages to meet increased
living costs, the government intends
to appease them by reducing living
UNIONS—Thriving I costs. This is being done, so far as the]
Labor unions has thrived in the consumer is concerned, by the estab-'
face of repeated public attack better lishment of ceiling retail prices which i
than could most institutions in a de- j ar e, in general, lower than prices,
mocracy. In 1941, when strikes spread,which have been charged up to thisj
like smallpox throughout industry,! month. But if the retailer is to charge ]
less, he must get his supplies at low- i
er prices. To make this possible, thei
government plans to pay subsidies to
suppliers so that they can sell for,
less.
Although it is estimated that such
subsidies will cost the government;
from $300,000,000 to $500,000,000,
our poleesman says john belding ^ ere were many who predicted that
of popularity in some furrin countries ductiori, millions of people predicted
acrost the deen • I that congress would certainly, “get
p. tough” when the union leaders erti-! there is no reasorv why it should nec-
Gray
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS
...and...
EMBALMERS
Ambulance Service-
Phones 41 and 399-J
L. RUSSELL GRAY and
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since the coal strike was called out thousands ot work- essanlj stop at hat "gure. The pro-
may the 1. mr, lewis has received let-'« s a" <° «« wage increases. ( gram te apt to lead to subsidies all,
ters and radio-grams from manny of'But, since 1943 was an election year.:along the line-even to retailers-,
the uropean leaders men ot high-;'" which it is better politics, o do.which would mean that low prices
11.000 different items made of cot- standing, and they all congratulated, ""‘"'"g than to push legislation ceudony be sustained at a port of
which might create enemies, con-j billions to the government. This
gressmen made a few speeches would eventually necessitate collec
what better advertisement could * be r P os t vital war material . . . and
come to our community? ;f ven steel ""list have cotton to func-
We want this friendly spirit to ex-| tlon P ro P er ly-
ist between our people-and the ca- - , , . i. . . . . . .
dets every day they, are here in train- ton are used b y the arm y. with many | h.m ^on being such a big man. perry
ing. The little things we do in their mu?,, 8 ,!!* 1 " iiatton of’what hewaTdomg against union activities and let it go tion of extra taxes equal to the
behalf mean much to them. Such ! ers - truck tarpaulins, munitions, ciation of what he was doing for the « amount saved on food. I
etpntimpnt is pxnrpssed in the minted tanks and other steel armament USE- great masses of his nation and wishes j ai inai - ♦v,*,
nn ^ a mirT LESS WITHOUT COTTON. I him manny more happy returns, that 1 Now, in 1943, when a strike bor-| Ma,i y close to the taad and price
munity to^show these young men ev-‘ Textilc mills throughout the South was mighty nice of perry ... to rite decs on treason, the unions still seem ^’'.f.bsidv nten'te'me'
r^bkt tS^ttaHL^S^n are busy day and night producing ■ mr. lewis. , to hold the upper hand, still are able i LR? 1 !!.*. if*!**? HJH
fabrics for uniforms, tents, para- 1
, chutes, underwear, sheets, etc. The! the pressident of norway mr. quis- in vital industries and are still han
our power.
/ a . thousands of local employees in these! lin S. has a Uso praised mr. lewis for i died with kid gloves by the adminisf
I hG Lonsumers Job plants are dedicated to producing ini bis kindness towards the oppressed tration and by congress.
The public hears and reads much a bundance, the essentials for our] and hopes he will be able to pull a The President, it is true, did use
about ceiling prices but when the fighting men. j larger number of strikes fn the future strong words in condemning the ac-
to get away with calling out workers ord y way th^t the emergency can be
met, but many consider it basically
unsound. They point out that if prices
consumer buys food and many other As individuals we can all help in
articles he quickly understands that the war effort by becoming more cot-
much of this talk is government ton conscious in order to bring forc-
ballyhoo. ibly before the public the many ad-
Much is heard from New Dealers vantages and economic soundness of
of Senator Byrnes and his ability and,making a still wider use of home
authority as price stabilizer, but he g rown anc j home manufactured cot- , ' sa y s > but he doesn’t seem to know
seems to have stabilized nothing so; ton goods, whether in time of peacg
far. To the contrary, he has approved ; or war. The South should lead the
a number of price advances.
than he has pulled in the past, mr.'tivities of John L. Lewis, but Mr.
quisling asked mr. lewis for infer- Lewis, not the president, decided how
mation as to how he done it; he i on g the no-strike truce would last—
would like to try mr. lewis’s plan out anc i Mr. Lewis never considered call-
in norway. norway is somewhat dis-ji n g 0 ff his demands for higher wages
satisfied at pressent, so mr. quisling f or miners.
what is biting them.
PAY—Salesmen
It is the fashion these days
I ~ T i it is the tasmon tnese days —■ no
world in per capita consumption of! other great men of the furrin coun- ] matter how much you may dislike
If prices, already high, are held its native and important product. i tries have offered their congratula- w hat the unions are doing to inter
down, it looks as though every con-i During this special week we are ^ ons bon. lewis and begged that]f ere with our war program—to tem-
sumer will have to serve as a sort'asked to think cotton, buy cotton, lhe keep up the good work: they in-1 pgr criticism with a defense of ^he
of voluntary policeman or else food, wear cotton, use cotton, boost cotton, I ^ ma ^ ed that a crown is awaitm^kHm ] 0 f unions. Whenever a con-
prices will get all out of hand. | in the hope of bringing about on the a ^ er ^be alleys lose the war. that ] g ress man, an industrialist, an econo-
The Office of Price Administration par t 0 f the buying public an increas-! ou 8 h t to make mr. lewis feel mighty jmist, or even a columnist attacks un-
ed appreciation and consumption of S 00 ^ be deserves this recognition i or , a ctivities, you can count on the
cotton goods to help win the war. l ^ rom abroad for the mighty work he| i nc i us i on 0 f a t least one paragraph]
Back of the guns, tanks and planes; b as benn doing and is still doing, he j stating that th^ unions have been a 1
that will surely blast and destroy j j 5 stopping at the worldoff ^ astoria, great benefit to the working man and
have helped to end conditions which
never should have existed.
Having thus aligned themselves
admits that it is having real difficulty
in keeping prices under control. It
can dictate ceiling prices, concoct
punishments for those who violate
its regulations and bring a few peo
ple into court.
to the consumer are reduced and the
government pays the difference, it'
actually amounts to a government!
handout to the people which will 1
have to be paid back later.
In spite of the demands of labor j
unions for higher wages to meet in-i
creased living costs, the most reliable
figures here show that wages have 1
increased a lot more rapidly than
have retail prices. Since January,
1941, the cost of living has increased {
18.4 per cent, whereas average wag- j
es of members of unions have in-'
DRIVE CAREFULLY
SAVE A LIFE!
SO FAR THIS YEAR TRERE
HAS BEEN
4
o
FATALITY
from
AUTOMOBILE
ACCIDENTS
m
LAURENS COUNTY
Let’s Strive To Make
1943 a Safe Year On
the Highways.
This d&te last year, 0
But to watch price activities among sundry items requiring millions of
millions of retailers, wholesalers and I yards of cotton.
Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito must| but th ey say he do not like the sorry
be men who are also equipped with ! ^ ood and room service he is getting.
he is being served only half portions
producers is an impossible task—one
that would require a. police force the
size of our army. Realizing that it
cannot hope to enforce its regula
tions through paid enforcement ] consumer,
agents, the only solution seems to be
The idea of popularizing cotton
should appeal to the common sense
of all—the grower, the shipper, the
merchant, the manufacturer and the
LCop"e 0rcement '• the hands 01 N <> Armistice This Time
The OPA, in view of these facts,
The Allies are determined to avoid
ot caviar ansotorth, so the poleeanan | )th wh0 * and for better
“f-T s r ., )0h " 1 s , h0I ". e '° lks ' ame , rl -:working conditions ot .11 men, they
cans, don t seem to think anny too f rP p Attack uninn lead-
much of him).
then feel free to attack union lead
ers, as “crooks,” “racketeers” or by
any other favorite term.'
But it is probably that inevitable
may be expected soon to make a
strong plea to the people asking them
not only to avoid patronizing black
markets, but to report all ceiling
one of the major mistakes of the 1918
armistice and intend to occupy Ger
many and Italy with their military
forces, to use a common expression—
violations to local ration boards. ^ oc .^’ 8 ^ oc k and barrel—when the ft
Such an appeal should be made so
that it may be heard in every corner
ot the nation where consumers buy.
Loss of ration coupons is taiita-
mount to putting a store or a com
pany out of business. Once it is
known that those who boost prices
Conditions Are Sort of Bad In
and Around Flat Rock
flat rock is still trying to get start-' parenthetic defense of the union
ed with her victory gardings. most of i movement which prevents legislation
the first, second, third, and fourth ^or the drastic regulation of unions,
plantings therein were killed by If unions are a good thing in peace-
wind, frost, cold weather and other; time it is difficult to argue that they
insects, mrs. holsum moore was able! are a bad thing in wartime,
to save some of her beans by kiv- j Yet the only purpose of a union is
( vering them up with yore fine little to get better working conditions,
nal collapse comes. Allied leadership, 1 newspaper from april the 20 to may! higher pay and shorter hours for its
it is stated, will deal only with mili- the 10. it comes in handy for this pur- members. The only reason union
tary authorities and only on an un
conditional surrender basis.
We should take every precaution
against repeating the mistake of
pose, ansofdrth.
mrs. art square lost her entire fifth
planting and setting-out to bert skin-
________ a ____J|,^ ror I d War No. 1. There should beiner’s chickens, but bert lost some
or violate already set ceiling prices! 110 armistice of any kind. To the con-j chickens in the interim, mrs. square
will be cut off from all further pur-! trar y German militarism must be | says if he wants to keep this “tit for
chasing of merchandise and supplies i crushed once and for all » so that it tat” game a-going, that she will play
—black markets will be wiped out.
Lewis Still Fights
John L. Lewis, the labor czar,
scored a preliminary victory when he
demanded that the fruce in the bitter
soft coal wage dispute be negotiated
with Fuel Coordinator Ickes instead
of the War Labor Board, which he
has bitterly condemned, and which in
turn blasted him for ignoring its
peace machinery. *;
Yesterday Ickes informed Lewis
(Will not again raise its head.
The failure to destroy and occupy
with him. her folks like them fried
better than stewed or baked, the two-
members are willing to support high-
paid officers is their belief that those
officers will get something for them.
The union leader is a salesman em
ployed by a group of workers. His
stock in trade is wages and hours. If
he stopped trying to make sales, war
or no war, the membership would see
Germany in the last war was respon-' hens they had last synday for din-,
sible in large measure for this war. j ner were .buff orphans and were not!
That mistake will not be repeated if, quite as good as the red island rhodes
the military authorities know their they have been eating,
job and do it well.
Germany was defeated several
months ago, in our opinion. The com
plete, sweeping victofy recently in
North Africa is the beginning of the
end. When the German soldiers were
faced with the grim fact of defeat,
when they lost their high commander,
mr. slim chance has not yet started
his victory garding. he wrote the
seckertary of agger-culture for seeds,
fertylizer, a hoe, a rake, a fork and
someboddy to use them, but he has
not hard from them, he will not
choose to move a peg till the govver-
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