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Volume LXV
Clinton, S. C., Thursday, December 13, 1945
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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
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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 $25,000;,,
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Colored Selectees Go
To Columbia for Induction
And Physical Examination
✓ Scandal-hunting seems to be one
of the chief pastimes of congress
these days. Until recently these ac
tivities centered chiefly around the
work of the committee which is try
ing to decide who is to blame for the
Pearl Harbor tragedy; but now th£
charges made against the state de
partment by Gen. Patrick Hurley,
when he resigned as ambassador to
China, have almost overshadowed
the Pearl Harbor investigation. The
state department is in for the most
searching investigation ever made,
and it appears quite likely that many
changes in the department will re
sult. If there are communist {dements
in positions of power in the state
department we will soon have the
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Eighteen Negro selectees were sent
to Fort Jackson oh December 6 for
pre-induction physical examination
by the local draft board, it has been
stated.
The$ were:
Robert Lee Oxner, Kinards.
Johnnie Gilder, Clinton.
Luther Claude Gary, Rt. 2, Clinton.
George Ecqer Rivers, Clinton.
William Earl Griffin, Waterloo.
Calvin Suber, Rt. 1, Clinton.
David Tribble Redfield, Mount-
ville.
Samuel Hermon Rubens, Clinton.
Jimmie Leq Hill, Rt. 3, Clinton.
Dehorris Meekins, Honea Path.
Johnie B. Boyd, Mountville.
Willie Shumpart, Jr., Waterloo.
Drayton Simpson, Jj., Clinton.
Leroy Stewart, Wore Shoals.
John Robert Goodman, Clinton.
Lee Green, Rt. 2, Clinton. *
Daniel Byrd, Jr., Mountville.
Joseph Little, Laurens.
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.
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