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\ i J r V., ••tT- 4' f 1 ! %< n f IDE CHRONICLE - Strives Tp, Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News > Volume LXV Clinton, S. C., Thursday, December 13, 1945 V' M 50 f As Washington Sees It.. THE NATIONAL SCENE THE LOWERING YEAR Harley To Practice Law In Laurens Special to TJie Chronicle. Washington, Dec. 11.—‘The job of reconverting our plants from war to peace is virtually completed.” That statement was made by Pres ident Truman St a recent press con ference in which he gave other in teresting figures to show what has been happening in this country since V-J day. Other statements of an op timistic nature, made by Mr. Tru man were: “Total employment has now re turned to the V-J day level and is expected to continue to rise. “Unemployment is far less than had been expected. This means that the disruptipnTpf our economy has been less thanf anticipated. “The metal-working trades on which we depend, for most of our consumer durable goods are in such shape that they expect by the mid dle of 1946 to ship goods at 2% times the 1939 rate. “Retail sales are up 10 per cent now as compared with the same pe riod last year. “The cost of living has declined 0.3 of 1 per cent since the -surrender of Japan, compared with a rise of approximately 1.3 per cent in a com parable period after the last war.” It was a rosy picture Mr. Truman painted, even though' he admitted that there had beeir Approximately 1,560 strikes since August. Belittling the danger which most people see in the labor situation, the President said that the man-hours lost because of strikes amounted to only 0.76 of 1 per cent of the total working time available. The only danger which the Presi dent seemed. to see ahead was that of inflation. In regard to this he warned: “Inflationary pressures are still great, and danger signals point ing to a farther building up through the winter and spring are fn the rise of real estate, whole and raw mate rial prices. We must continue to hold the line. We cannot permit inflation.” Although the President made the labor problem appear to be a minor one, so far as reconversion is con cerned, it was immediately pointed out by congressmen who are work ing for labor legislation that his fig ures were based on time lost before the General Motors strike, and that they did not touch on what might happen in the next two or three months. “If the steel workers walk out,” said* one congressmen,!, “that strike alone would more than double the man-hour losses referred to by the President.” It is believed here that th months of January and Feb ruary are apt to be the blackest, so far as the strike situation is con cerned, and that several million men may be on strike at that time. Final settlement of the General Motors strike is expected to set the pattern for the settlement, of most other large strikes, but at the mo ment, unless one side or the other gives in, it may take legislation of some kind to force a settlement. A law requiring labor unions to accept responsibility for their acts is con sidered by an increasing number of congressmen to be the key to even tual settlement. ' • r By George Matthew Adams, “Author of Today’s Talk” The final act of the most momen-' tous year in all history is about to be enacted — December’s farewell, 1 with its hope for the future of man-! kind. How thankful we are to Almighty | God that this year has been the one in which peace has come about with our enemies. Strife, however, either foreign or domestic, has not ceased. The seeds of war and cdnflict are still being sown far and wide. Hunger and despair hang over the hearts of millions of human beings — human beings undeserving of their cruel fate —mothers and children. As this eventful year comes upon us, with its final questionings, it still echoes that one, so familiar to us all: “Am I my brother’s keeper?” That question comes home to us all. Yes, we are our brother’s keeper! Abra ham Lincoln once stated that the tinue half free and half slave. Neith- United States could not long con- er can the world long remain at peace with half of it free and com fortable and half hungry, homeless, and unemployed. The sacrifices of millions of hu man beings, in the cause of freedom and justice, mdst be redeemed and compensated. They must not have been in vain. Nearing the birthday of the Prince of Peace, our thoughts habitually center about the life and teachings of this gentlest and wisest of teach ers. “Love they neighbor as thyself,” he said. His was a mission of good will and peace among all peoples and nations. He was no respecter of persons. All wars are breeders of hate and suspicion. Battalions of fear are loosed. The very atmosphere is satu rated with insecurity. Hope in the human heart becomes troubled and confused. A regenerated faith and a turning to the principles set down in the Golden Rule and the Sermon on the Mount are the only bright hopes for a happier and peaceful world. “In God We Trust” must be more realistically taken to heart thaiv its mere placement in a phrase or on our national coins! One increasing purpose must guide us all, as a people of a free nation, until the blessings of freedom, jus tice, tolerance,/and liberty are dis tributed as an ever-increasing asset throughout the world. The isolated hungry and homeless become the wards of us all. Thus it was that Christ administered to the poor, the outcast, the sick and the troubled. Each of us must become an ex ample of faith, courage and alert ness. The New Year will need all that we have of thes equalities—and more! The darkest days, however, are behind, but the difficult ones are ahead and must be faced without flinching. Laurens, Dec. 9. — W. Hummell Harley, native of Barnwell and grad uate of the law department of the University of South Carolina, opened an office here in the Palmetto bank building last week for the practice of his profession. Mr. Harley practiced law with his father, the late Governor J. Emile Harley, for several years before en tering the armed forces where he was commissioned a lieutenant in the air corps in 1942. He served for 'Jwo years on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific and was returned to inactive cjuty on November, 8 of this year. Prior to entering the university, he graduated from Wofford college in 1936. Health Center Is Sought At Laurens Laurens, Dec. 10. — Appearing be fore the county delegation at its monthly meeting Monday, a com mittee of health workers and inter ested citizens secured the agreement of the delegation to sponsor a survey of the local situation looking toward the erection of a health center with federal funds. j Local pople in the committee were, Walter'M. Nash, Jr., of the county! health department, Mrs. P 1 i n e y Whitlock, executive secretary of the 'coupty tuberculosis association, L. C. Barksdale, secretary of the Laurens chamber of commerce, and Mrs. R.j jH. Roper and Mrs. L. G. Balle. Also ‘present was Dr. J. N. Holtzclaw, j J county medical director. ' The cost of the survey, it was stat ed by the committee, will be borne entirely by the federal government. 1 A\ The cost of the center, when and an appropriation is made, is to be borne by the government and local v interests on a 50-50 basis. Estimated cost of the building was given as around $25,000;,, KEEP A DIARY—Get a Five-Year Diary, genuine leather, welliJrnade. Chronicle Poblishing Co. Colored Selectees Go To Columbia for Induction And Physical Examination ✓ Scandal-hunting seems to be one of the chief pastimes of congress these days. Until recently these ac tivities centered chiefly around the work of the committee which is try ing to decide who is to blame for the Pearl Harbor tragedy; but now th£ charges made against the state de partment by Gen. Patrick Hurley, when he resigned as ambassador to China, have almost overshadowed the Pearl Harbor investigation. The state department is in for the most searching investigation ever made, and it appears quite likely that many changes in the department will re sult. If there are communist {dements in positions of power in the state department we will soon have the facts. 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For Induction On the same date, the board sent six I^egro selectees for induction into the arrfted services at Fort Jackson. They were: Edward Pitts, Mountville. John Belton. Young, Rt. 3, Clinton. Johnny Jones, Rt. 2, Clinton. Willie Odell Jones, Rt. 2, Clinton. Booker T. Johnson, Honea Path. Charlie Sammie Adams, Rt. 2, Clinton. TRESPASS^ NOTICES for posting farm land. fChfonicle Pub. Co. MM>MMMMHIWC»tl6W8CHMMOTWMtmnPI BENJAMIN & SONS PLUMBING HEATING SERVICE Telephone 117 WE ARE HUNTING TROUBLE i-iSv A MclNTOSH'S SHOE SHOP Send Your Shoes To Us for Best Materials and Workmanship. USE 666 COLD PREPARATIONS LIQUID, TABLETS, SALVE, NOSE DROPS Caution: Use Only As Directed. , I Now ihat you can go. go. Use the new Gulf Gasolines with “Postwar Power” — get a tankful at your neighborhood Good Gulf Station. GULF OIL CORPORATION J. A. 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