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Page Four' THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Oil?? (fUintim QUironirU Established 1900 Thursday, March 18 / 1948? WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher HARRY C." LAYTON, Assistant Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): • One Year $2.00 Six Months $1.25 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C., under Act of Congress March 3, 1879. The C hr on the pub :she advice. The they aie - net n-ui be n O t K C of ris cc irresj. :’le seeks f ie cooperation of its subscribers and readers— will at all times appreciate wise suggestibns and kindly Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when >f a defamatory-nature. Anonymous communications will i This, paper is not responsible for the views or opinions identi MEMBER: SOUTH' CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION . NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION National Advertising Representative GREATER WEEKLIES ' Chicago Detroit Philadelphia t] ■ t big election year. The taxpayers take i : it lying down. Why they don't rise | up and march on Washington from I i every part of the nation is beyond ' us.. , . . ’ 658 New Unemployment Claims Filed At* Clinton Office Past Year C LINTON. S C . Till RSDAY, MARCH 18, 1948 / 01 fed Too Late m IXO: vfgar Brown, of Barnwell s :~v.v—pdo 1 sc utterance: r.t Suu.th Carolina- will be .•niy ‘*o\er pay dead body." n:.- tiie'seoator been in recent iuio the appropriation bill has' fighting ■ spirit of hi ■master, the late Boss Tom Pender grass of the corrupt Kansas City ma chine. ■ But the governors should not be too Columbia March 17.— (Special to 1 The Chronicle).—During the past fis cal year, 658 new unemployment icompensation claims were filed at the! Clinton office of the South Carolina Employment Security commission, while 3.120 continued claims were handled by the office during the year, also, according to the twelfth annual report of the South Carolina Employ- , ’..meat Security 'commission, "which was issued this week. . . During the first and.the last months ! of the fiscal year, July, 1946, and /June, 1947, respectively, .the same number of new claims, 54. Was han dled by the Clinton office. The num ber of now claims varied during the your, however, between 85 filed in January, the high point at the office, —, - and, 41. in November, the Sow point old political. t , ie yean A decrease was noted in continued unemployment compensation claims at the Clinton office, from 441 in br c: * s-a :ng t a ;*s present all-high' m! 11; ’ K |> SI 12.( 300,000? As chairman u! \ ilC j i j •.\'.erfa il" .senate finance com- "TVi .:te* J.- he 1 n cis waited too long after i K C h was out to - shut the barn ] 011 • ' 1 , Anc I t hi s Sen afar Brown is the gen- t ll -ma \\\ ho: is the head man, along.| v\; f ii Gi iv e.nor Thurmond, agitating -. th L 1 F . ;4 f ) j ,.l- * s Hill -project which ; • ■\*v 1 1 1 v ■ i I C nfilid ns and we suspect, de-i TC TO'pi n--xii Pxt :t nn: •'ther political-kilowatt;' TIL •ns: ; e v 1 .ke Santee-Cooper which v ha « fc >cc M Sant a Claus' since if was j. pr apo S'Ob i with federal funds for Sen- a t! : Je! T e r i e s. ol Colleton, its chief! P- ne nt 1 - | ; i . J " - ) Too Much Loud Talk ! Go\ er n-. nwTh urman, Senators May-! ba j". k ci 1 Hi Johi -raton, and several of \ ou . c on p r essmt m are spending- most - ol • t n e:i 1; m e criticizing - President Ti um it the cnvi!_ rights isfue, and 1 sfj 1; :Ts i p • i o r . i i candidate to replace! t; m as he D 'emocra-iic (so-called) : n-' iee The President should- be - CO r.de mne d . foi • his anti-segregation; hard on the President The truth is -U 201 in June. The July total his ideas in general are akin to those ™ as the highest^ on hand during any of the late President Roosevelt. Bud ; num ^ : (> " t .^ e ^soa\ year, while the H •;rl thp K+rniVcr nt'Of not n V1 SO FI nv& r i point W 3S . 1 GSfCllGCi in A ]31 i i willi hit S ,a,; r'igh,'f issile.' he «ould hive > 91 «»«»»«. cM»r«. hand, been defeated. Most of the New Deal j The annual report indicates, also, infatuation is gone, for it was inevi-1 that 1,112 new applications for em- table that the • idea "should crumble, ployment were made to the Clinton although Mr. Truman has made his; office during the fiscal year, with 514 appeal to the. wings of the Demo-; oi those applying listed as veterans, era tic party on the .same policies and! A total of 704 of 1,050'persons seek- along the same lines as his prede- 1 uig non-agTicultural jobs obtained cessor. j such positions, with 345 being vet- The real issues responsible for! erans. much of our-present day trouble have! Initial claims for unemployment been relegated to the ‘ background.: compensation filed was j We suspect that much of the loud; off! ces at employment | C? /"I .. ,.c.44'iW:!fs!: I throughout South Carolina noise we, are hearing is for the pur- during the 1946-47 fiscal year nnm- pose of gathering votes, rather than i bered 42,878, and continued claims, 1 a vital interest in a principle. 1183,389. New applications for jobs : If Truman contends for the nomi* J totalled 83,813 iri the state, while a' nation he will get it. The big city j total 6f-76,931 persons were placed m machines will turn the trick. For A Secret Ballot A group of Laurens-county Demo crats meeting in Laurens last week adopted a .resolution urging, the leg' non-agricultural positions by „ the. South Carolina Employment Security commission. i - " ; , THIS IS A JOKE, SON Here is an old one that, was very islature to enact -the "Austrlaian bal-i P°P ular >' ears a § 0 vvhen lot" as an amendment to the state’s i th , e cust , om for the minister to line out the hymns to the congregation. A fe unt gre 'it .u2.nwi._icepuJg.a:fe we needed such a reform in our vot . | spectacles on this particular Sabbath in g S ystem | said, '“My eyes are dim, I cannot see, A he South v/hich he ha’s rec mended and is .now before cjm- ;. I f > "s V ’S I f'r f J . • " t . , , , I left my specs at home.” The con , Bur^ the opposition talk ns .om.ng liy.n ofi.ve holders. Tne peo- w j thout a di SS e. n ting v-ofe: f heTiill is j vev L them {.l t l ‘ _ U ..x. j' p.e .-mould become aroused and do n ow with, the senate, and informa-1 th ,• f • ir , 1. TT own . thinkj rig.. Wny do _ th ey i tfan' coming out of Columbia indi-1 d : d not mean that you should sin® i aee.i sena,ois. congreasmen, gc\ er- cates that it may not get out of a sen- j r ‘ t are Him ” Then ' others as their guardians?-! .L:„ {I only meant my eyes are dim., Then j nors, o: A few office holders drawing large ate committee room. Whv? The sen- I ate should do its duty and enact a! [ thoroughly exasperated, he said, . 'T Sa.anes which taxpayers pay, cannot j aw that will provide a secret ballot speak 9er the "people of a whole coun ty or state. for the coming November eTeetToh. There is a growing public demand The people have largely been ig-jfor such a law with political affairs nored. The politicians have taken the [sue has they are. If the bill dies in ball and. are running with it. But they j the senate, responsibility should be don t know where they are going, or- placed by voters upon the shoulders wnat they are doing any more than!.of those who either pigeon-hole pr the.private citizens know. We pin lit-I kill the proposal, fekr-fffuith m .j0R ir! as guardians or) Every man- and woman who. goes trusTee-s of the. rights. Liberties or• •re7T|l6~IHe‘ , Br^ol"‘I>ox‘''^ actf-ns o! the people.. Hasty action; right to vote a secret ballot-for the ii'W. we t.s.nk, is ill-advised. A lot.! candidates they prefer. Managers or do not mean the hymn at all, I think .tthe...devil's in you all.” CARD OF THANKS I wish to thank all my friends whbi gave me their votes in the “Tiny Tat ,, _l 4 water can go over the dam beThrej-efliJacikers have no business. knowing' !•: :m o.g-presidential show. t how. the individual votes, and' this!:’: A High-up Convicted M: j.fl: cc i Gen. Bennett Myers, who the war spent millions of tax- -money asan air-fo;rces.supply went to jail Monday to be- g:n serving - a five-year sentence*,,He was—convicted for persuading a for mer business associate to lie to a sen ate investigating committee to cover up parts -tliat he from this firm. safeguard .pan be provided with a • K single ballot on which the names of j |!t ail candidates would appear, regard-!♦•» less of parties. South Carolina is the ! $* only state in the union where a man’s "general election volte is public. Voters are entitled to a secret bal- 'lot in the general election as in the primary. Our -antiquated should be discarded. i.i H.i * % ♦ I ■ *»*' (J.J ■ ‘■ft systemic BENJAMIN & SONS PLUMBING ...and... HEATING SERVICE :: i:s wartime operation of a plane"p— plant, the government saying | Why ' Typewriters received more than $150,000 | Scarce All during the war years it was The, retired officer will be eligible' lor parole in 20 months. He deserves H) serve the full five-year term There practically impossible to buy a type writer due to government demand. , .Since the .war they have still been S . m i' U ‘" S , a b', s “ i s P™ d '>'=!scarce, and h/gh. Why does this con- - ilas O 5 ! m0i ' t i dition continue, those who are inter- <„ its respect lor the courts. There ,s! estetl i„ purchasing Machines ask. too muro m.xmg of things political | We U, here is a big answer. The ap- *b.'. ‘'J )ut “?w , ’ ’ ipropnations committee of the na- rms General Myers ,s not the only |tional house o( representatives has ooc who made huge profits from the! ordered , on e. year ba „ on t o e ■ ereni war. Many individuals and j chase oi typewriters for the'federal compon.es were smart enough oe-1 governmen , It would have ^ mori , c-ause of inside inifonnation or influ-:. sensible t0 make the iod fi 0r ence to make fortunes while other ten y ears men were fighting and dying. This | wha , - is the situation? Why the big n:gh-up got what he deserves. Tne demaind The conimittee m its ‘ p-.ty ,s that many others doubtless; ^ made public said tbat lhe as guilty, cannot be rounded up and eral gbvernraent a]read bas three convicted. This officer deserves no Telephone WE ARE HUNTING , TROUBLE . i- ANNOUNCING v sympathy or mercy from the or from public opinion. courts and six-tenths typewriters for every; stenographer, typist and correspond- I ence clerk on the federal payroll.! . . .. I- j Here is where.a big slice of your tax j Lambasting I ruman i money has been going as a glaring! Six Southerh governors, including ;-example df government extravagnaee j •Mr. Thurmond, have come back from . and washing. Three and six-tenths j a Washington * chhi’erence shouting;.typewriters for • every.-.stenographer, j from the housetop that’the flgfiit is on or clerk,, and nq employee can use! to prevent the aonrination and- elec r j but .orte machine at a time. Millions! tion of President Truman, a protege j have been spent, as this one. item i of the late President Roosevelt. These! shqws, on big .scale unnecessary buy- ! public officials banded (together to l ing. It’s, time for a ban and the prac- j use their influence to block Truman Itice of common sense and business at the national convention in Phila delphia in hot July. This newspaper has never been an admirer of President Truman. He is a weak executive, am opportunist politician, and many of- his moves, in our judgment, are for political ex pediency. He is hard-headed, as we have said before, and ill-advised by efficiency as exercised by private bus iness. - _ : In this connection we are told that federal employment rose sharply dur ing January to. above two million persons after a short downward turn. The number of department and gov ernment agencies may be expected* to increase^ with more friends arid his close cronies. He exhibits the i relatives added to payrolls. 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