The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, March 18, 1948, Image 4
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Oil?? (fUintim QUironirU
Established 1900
Thursday, March 18 / 1948?
WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher
HARRY C." LAYTON, Assistant
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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
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s-a
:ng t
a ;*s present all-high'
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300,000? As chairman
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waited too long after
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the head man, along.|
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Santee-Cooper which v
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a Claus' since if was j.
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with
federal funds for Sen-
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ol Colleton, its chief!
P-
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Too
Much
Loud Talk !
Go\
er
n-.
nwTh
urman, Senators May-!
ba
j". k
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Hi
Johi
-raton, and several of \
ou
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p r
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m are spending- most -
ol
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e:i
1; m e
criticizing - President
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um
it the
cnvi!_ rights isfue, and 1
sfj 1;
:Ts
i p
• i o r . i
i candidate to replace!
t;
m
as
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'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 |
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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:
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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.
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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
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ANNOUNCING
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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. This is
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