The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 13, 1944, Image 4
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, December 13, 1945
(Ehr (Elintan (Ehranirlr
Established 1900
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|ing to read, you lose connection, and I over to the union for
have to turn back to the page where picketing expenses,
it said—“turn to page 84," and sud
denly the magazine slips out of your FUEL—Food
hands, falls on the floor, and now—! Of course we would need
any necessary
a tot
you have to pick up the periodical more demands than that if we want-
i and begin the treasure hunt all over ed to have a worth-while union, but
again.
TJhLayand
TumoVwtV
by Don Robinson
SHOPPING—Union
H. D. HENRY
1898-1945
F. M. BOLAND
CLINTON, S. (.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1945
| those show the general idea.
1 And such a union could be just a
! start in a widespread movement up
on the part of the public to unionize
for its own protection on many)
I fronts. r' ,1
Another union, needed right away,
i is a United Automobile Users union
I to picket the pickets who are inter
fering- with our getting new automo
biles. Then we should have a United
Coal Burners union which would see
to it .that we have plenty of fuel dur
ing the winter, a Garment Wearers
_ , ■. . i union which would prevent slow-
Maybe the answer to the Chrisl- ; downs in the production of clothes,
— mas shopping problem is to organize'an American Federation for Eating
ensued a short breathing spell of' a Christmas Shoppers union. i Regularly, which would handle de-
universal peace—one of the few such i — nnrnncp of most unions is to 1 ^. 6 ™ 65 * ooc * anc * ^ truck
history—quickly followed by the 1 „ " , , j drivers walked out, and perhaps an
Keep the Press Free
The U. S bureau of censorship has m , , . . , , r r
gone out of business. It is well for current small military contests—the; P revent a g rou P of People from be-• Amalgamated Home Owners union
the nation that it has, since its work w hich eventually bring on a
was completed. general conflagration. We have ar-
Although this was an active and rived at no world peace. What we;
powerful bureau throughout the war, have witnessed and thrilled over—is
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STOCKS — BONDS — REAL ESTATE
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ing pushed around, taken advantage | whose members would refuse to em-; j|
it was one of the few wartime agen- ( only an armistice.
of and abused. Certainly there is no 1 P lo y masons, carpenters, plumbers i 8
.. . J , . ! and electricians unless their rates are w
group which needs such protection: (o a reasonalJ|< ,
(more than'that large segment of thej —
PHONE 423
CLINTON, S. C.
'The more I think about this thing,
cics which was built on a foundation; Even before the devastating atomic'^^Q^nnua^tussir^or 11 gifts^ ^ a PP ear to need :
American bomb made its appearance the people |
iof this earth were determined to'
this
of complete
people.
Censorship, for
and every other
country, was on an entirely voluntary' ficials in Washington to provide one.
basis throughout the war. A code of'They didn't tell them how to do it—
censorship was issued advising us they simply told them to do it. So
National Bank Building
ed. Perhaps it would be simpler just'K
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one big consumer union
faith in the „ , - . . .. __ . ,
to have
newspaper have an organization which would' U P ltn hark^^when wou ^ d bav ’e the power to^et-
newspaper in the stop war. They told their high of- e ' ei ? re use .j t nueries t e 3 P rob l em s by calling a strike;
‘ clerk answered 6ur polite queries j of all ^ p eop i e ?11 over the country '
with, "Don’t you know there s a war ^en anything happened that any-
l on?" But now that peace is here—j body didn’t like.
what kinds of news should not be ; the people’s "managers" held a lot
published, but we were subject to of meetings and made a lot of. J union tactics
no penalties it we violated the code^ speeches and organized a lot of or- Christmas shopping problem.
Because newspaper publishers were gantzationsr and now,, we have two FoUowi lhe ^ tterni the
of being wars going on—one in China and s &
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put on their honor, instead
policed, they all took a personal one in Java—while our great peace 1
pride in following the code. And as organization functions not.
NOTICE OF LOST CERTIFICATE
Stock Certificate No. 63 for one
share of stock, par value $100,000,
in Masonic Temple, Inc., of Clinton,
a result, practically no news which) Now the war in China may seem
might have been helpful to the ene-1 far away, but it is a foregone con-
my was publishcxi in American elusion that the western powers — |
newspapers. including the United States — will i
A free press, unsubsidized by gov-j "side” with the Chinese Nationalists,;
eminent or private interests is the and Russia—and her satellites
American people's greatest protec- the Communists. It doesn’t require a
tion. Once it is destroyed, we be- very great knowledge of historical
come slaves akin to what we have precedent, or a very great stretch of
witnessed in Europe. | imagination, to visualize the prob-
able results. And they won’t be far
away.
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Meanwhile, No Homes
Should rent control be continued
on newly constructed homes?
The National Association of Real
Is it better that the managers of
the nations of the world should con
tinue their old game of chess with
our lives as pawns in orders to annex
Estate Boards says that builders will a ^ 0 f territory here and there?
delay cohstruction of rental homes Q r should we, the people of all na-
until the restrictions are eliminated. | ^j ons> p Ut our hig foot down and tell
Chester Bowles, head of the OPA, t hem all — Truman, Stalin, Attlee,
says that elimination o: restrictions Q e Q au p ei ciuang Kai-Shek, and all
would permit builflers to exploit thej^he rest of
housing shortage to the hilt. I fare here and now or kindly move)
There the matter stands and i aside and let better men take their 1 and a shall
meanwhile almost 3,000,000 new places. If we don’t—they won’t,
families, temporarily doubling up|
first step would be to choose a name,' S. C., has been lost. Issued to J. A.
the secofid step to have a strike, and > Coleman January 24, 1924.
'the third step to define what we are|
striking for. | I
A fitting name (you must have:
one that sounds big and important) :
might be: “Local Number 19 of the ;
| Congress of Federations of Organiz-i
W1 ied Christmas Shoppers of the Uni-'
| verse.” For simplification, we could;
refer to it as the CFOCSU.
Then, after a satisfactory period of|
picketing all gift shops and depart
ment stores, we could get together
on a series of demands.
them—to stop this war-! 8 lven discounts by the
' basic rate of 5 cents
NOBODY'S BUSINESS
By GEE McGEE
with other families, are unable toj
tind homes.
It would sei*m as if an immediate'
answer could be reached, rather than
quarrelling and dilly-dallying. Clear
ly. Mr. Bowles is right in realizing
that some builders would seek exces
sive profits if Lhe restrictions were
all dropped (there are none in this 1
community). There always have been
selfish chiselers—and always will be. 1
But just as clear is the fact that no; ner guess last friday dr. jerry mire
man is going to invest his money in; hoggins from up north, he was in
building unless he can expect a fair hat rock to help dr. green dog-nose
protit on his investment to which he,a case that looked like polio, but act-
is entitled. ed like a busted vertebrate of the
, Meanwhile, families are beggingispinal collum in mr. slim chance, jr.,
for living quarters and harassed al-! w ho is sub-conscious.
most to death in an effort to secure' ♦
comfortable shelter over their heads.) mr. chance taken ill with a high
Mr. Slim Chance Is Still 111 In
Flat Rock
dr. hubbert green had as his din-
DEMANDS—Discounts
In order to keep our demands in
tune with the type of demands be
ing made by other unions, we might
consider such possibilities as these:
1. Any union member kept wait
ing for over five minutes shall be
store at the
per minute,
be paid for
each minute of waiting exceeding
one-half hour.
2. Bonus discounts of 10 per cent
shall be given on all purchases made
by members who risk life and limb
by shopping between hours of noon
end 2 p.m.
3. All stores shall provide free
medical aid to those who receive
bruises, black eyes, broken legs,
broken arms or bloody noses while
competing for merchandise offered
at bargain counters.
4. All adults entering the toy de
partment shall be supplied with suits
of armor to protect them against
darts, beebees, rockets, pop guns and
other torture devices produced for
the amusement of small-size tyrants.
5. Any member who doesn’t find
what he is after, after three attempts,
shall report to the grievance com-
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fever and a red face and a griping' mittee which will threaten the man-
Wo Dr»n / f I ilfP b ' s anatorn y a wee k a g°- he had agement with a strike unless the item
Wc L/On I LIK6 aecrers no ^ drunk to excess, so his wife said, | is obtained before Christmas.
If Major General Patrick Hurley s, t> u t what he had drunk as to the ha- 6. Each store selling Christmas
ref • nt resignation blasts result in an ture 0 f S perrits, she do not know, gifts shall set up a checkoff system
nr « -tigation American foreign jf j s p 0 ij 0) he will be drug on her 1 whereby it will deduct $2 per week —
from each clerk’s wages to be turned g
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ind dr.ilorrutic personnel — and un-.h anc } s from now on.
co't ring at least a part of the truth—|
his barbs should be well-received by;
th( American people and may do;
go<>d.
Following hia resignation as am-
biosador to China, the doughty gen-i
eral said that he hoped he wouldn't
be pushed too far “because I know
the names, (h e numbers and the
places where we have supported ide
ologies that are in conflict with those
we asked our men to fight and die j
for ' President Truman and Secre-
dr. hoggins made a thorough ex
amination of his hart, livver and oth
er organs and stated that they sound
ed almost normal, but there seems
to be a wheezing in his left lung, but
it could be stopped up with some
thing he et, which \vent down the
wrong channel in hii throte anso-
forth. . f
the consultation fee was 25$, plus
expenses, mrs chance told dr. hub-
i.iiy Bvrnes quickly deny the charge, u er ^ g r een to go ahead' and pay dr.
would be expected. % 'hoggins and that she would pay him
for years now there have been, j 3ac j c as soon as mr c hance died; he [
charges of secret diplomacy. Butj^ a; . a n j ce i nsurance . if he do not die,
during the war, for security reason ' > i ; dr.’ green will lose the whole thing
the public was more ioi bearing. But j Us ^ as ^ as a i wa y S . done with
the war is over now. even if Presi- : ^ em
dent Truman and congress don’t! 4
know it. We are still drafting young |
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men. What for, the people would like,
to know, unless it be the expectation ;
and planning for World War III.
Now that the war is over, the air
should be cleared. The people are
inquiring. What is the truth? Is it
impossible to secure it?
If General Hurley can support his
(ores trulie,
S^bolsum moore, rfd,
corry spondent.
Something Ought To Be Done
About It
A large number of magazines now
adays remind us of merchandise, cat
alogues. You begin a story on page
8, read about two-thirds of a col-
open charges that our foreign policies (umnt theh d o as they say —turn to
have not been in keeping with our p a g e y ou turn and turn and then
turn back after passing 65 “ads”
24 pages not numbered at all,
you finally
of reading m
ind the piece you
reading. Evei|y other page has a strip
atter.
ideals, he will be doing the Ameri
can people a service of inestimable
value by taking the stand before, a
congressional committee antt telling
the whole truth. If the state depart
ment can stand up under investiga
tory tire, it is to be commended. | \y e w i s h the magazine ifolks would
Put an end to secrets, if there be all of their pages, with and
such. Secrecy begets suspicion in all without “ads,” and if they could put
public affairs Put the cards on the a little bit more of their regular read-
table and tell the truth is the only j n g matter closer together, as far as
safe policy for a nation or individual pages is concerned, it would make it
to pursue. And in the
only one that pays.
end it is the
Time To Put Our
Big Foot Down
The echoes of the War To End
Wars were still rumbling in the last
days of the year 1918, when the Poles
and Ukranians initiated a new era
of warfare which continued without
cessation—in one part of the world
or another—until August 14, 1945.
Eighteen wars, large and small, were
fought, culminating in the most de
structive conflict of all time. Then
easier on the eyes, the temper, the
disposition *and the imagination. *
We think some magazines are pop
ular because you read ’em just like
you do a book, page after page, no
skipping, and all pages are number
ed. We suppose the arrangement of
“adds,” all mixed up with-the read
ing matter, is intended to force a guy
to read the bad: some of them are as
good as the “ads.” Well, reading
“ads” is not stories.
Having hunted for two or three
minutes for the article you are try-
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