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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1949
iXlip (Eltntnn (Hhrontrlr
Established 1900
WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher
HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant
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is being proposed in congress. The hams, quarter-size hams. hand_pther mer Girl will be eligible for one o!, for sizable.crowds, and many of them
CLINTON. S. C.. THURSDAY, >LARCI1 3. 1949
American taxpayers should start a
revolution and refuse longer to take
it “lying down.” h
We are traveling the easy road to
socialism, iecjeral and st|atte. The leg
islature seems to have lost its head
on the question of public welfare and
handed out more appropriations with
| a lavish, hand for this item in tbe
! bill. The house has pmposed $4,671,-
! 100 this year for this fund. This de-
| partment was set up back in the de
pression days as ai| emergency, but
look where it has gone. Why is it that
36 per cent of all persons in South
Carolina over 65 must draw old age !
assistance from the state? Why* has
-sa much family responsibility been
put upon government, taxpayers ask, 1
but there comes no answer, The peo
ple are told that the state should put
up more money in order to gain
more federal monkey from Washing
ton under the delusion that it is “tree
money.” ^
The spending spree goes merrily 1
on. with the sky the limit, while we|
are warned s that revenue will not 1
balance contemplated expenditures.
The idea is to spend, not cut. Where
we are headed only the good Lord
knows.
canned meats. Every person who has the prizes. _ , >1 are special sales while the
obtained a picture of a Lucky Hor-I Most food merchants ar epreparing Girls’.eorps is visiting the the stores.
It's All Yours
Time f<jr the annual Red Cross
campaign, in which Clinton is asked
n- h..ve a part, is here again.
Ou: county has been given a goal
ci $6,535 and the Clinton area has
been assigned 3H per cent of this
amount to be raised m contributions.
We are not asked to make a financial
investment, rather we are asked to
make voluntary contributions to be
used by this great organization in
service for our fellowman. The Red
Cross emblem stands for generosity,
kindness, and a willingness to help
those wno may be struck by catas
trophe.
Out ot human suffering the Red
Cross was bo~n. Emergency is its call
to service. The unpredictable disas
ter— the uncontrollable fiood and
i-agmg lire, the stealthy epidemic —
when these strike,your Red Cross
'juickly reaches the victims, to com-
tort. sustain and restore. Likewise,
the organization is dedicated to home
'ervice. a large part of its work be-
ng accomplished by the teaching
and training of great numbers of
;>eop!e who are affiliated with local
chapters in order that they in turn
may help and serve others.
It's all yours. When President Mc
Kinley asked Mabel Boardman how
ihe Red Cross always got to the scene
»: a disaster so fast, she replied, ••Mr.
President, the Red Cross is already
there.’’ It was true then and it's still
true No matter where a disaster oc-
vurs. y.>ur Red Cross is there with
toe resources of its network of 3746
. hapters, ready to serve. We should 1
>e proud that we have a chapter m
•.ur own community.
It's March — and Red Cross time.!
Tne campaign opening next week
Should be looked upon as an oppor-
'unity to sorve the needs of our fel-
nwman through this great humam-
Ta:..aii organization dedicated to ser-
.: o And we should remember that
: does not exist like, so many other i
irgamzations. through government
ontributions or handouts. It must
ex-st and do its work through thei
roluntary contributions of millions of.
me-, women and children who ap
preciate its worth.
We are all asked to help. It is dif- !
licu't to see how anyone would re-
u>e to make a contribution of some
km.i t . the Red Cross to keep it pre-
,»a.t ! and geared for action. It per-
'orni> deeds <>f mercy for you. Your
.nteiest and gifts keep it going.
sound foundation. Millions of people*
if they have the desire, through vol
untary health plans are prepared for
illness when it comes without gov
ernment dictatorship.
The program means the setting-up
of another big. expensive bureaucra- j
cy. requiring billions annually to
meet the cost. They call it “free”
medical care, which is a deception
and falsehood. Nothing is ever “free” '
we get from government. Govern-!
ment hand-outs are always excess
ively costly, and government medi
cine would be no exception. The bill j
should be killed, and our people
should know how the senators and
congressmen from this state stand om
this radical measure.
The Htfrmel Girls
Coming To Clinton
Tuesday, March 8
If stories from other towns in the
country are correct, there promises
t.) be plenty of excitement in Clinton
food stores next Tuesday, March 8.
between 10 and 11 o’clock when the
girls of the Hormel Girls’ corps come
to town with hundreds of valuable
prizes.
Gver sixty girls will visit with cus
tomers of food stores in this territory
and give away coupons good for
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Spending Spree Goes On,
The house of representatives in
Columbia is on a spending spree like
the Truman crowd in Washington.
Last week the lower house adopted
amendments to the state appropri
ation bill which raised the total to
$113,339,467, despite the warning of
the chairman of the ways and means
committee that “you are voting for
direct taxes." Piowden pointed out
that the bill, which, was increased
from the $111,000,000 proposed by
his committee, would result in an
unbalanced budget and that the state
would have to levy additional taxes.
But h;s warning went unheeded, who
cares any more about taxpayers.
The bill has now gone to the sen
ate where it will be amended and
kicked around probably for several
weeks before it gets back to a free
conference committee from the two
bodies.
If the senate acts as in the past,
the changes yet to be made are more
likely to be tor increases rather than
decrease*. There will be more argu
ment, more political maneuvering
and more expense to be shouldered
upon taxpayers when there are
strong signs now that we are grad
ually going into a recession period,
with the people suffering from a
case of “jitters" when they read what
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Socialized Medicine
Piesident Truman is insistent upon-
i r crcs.- for th; enactment of a bill
• '..ding for national health insur
ance. a most socialistic reform.
The America i Meiical association
- fighting .he proposal with a mem-
>errfi'p of 150.300 doctors and allied
■ .rgan.zations.
The Administration bill creates a
nati 'nal health insurance board with
an i Imi-'strativc set-up, part state,
part federal, similar to that of the
' •' -ity hoard. It would be
Santa Ciaus tor everybody by ex
tending complete medical, dental,
hospital and nursing care to everyone;
except the destitute, who would re-!
mam as charity cases. Patients could!
•hoose their own doctors (and doc-'
.'or.- could reject them if they wish-!
*;u'). but the medical bills would be
paid by the National Health Insur
ance board. The plan would be fi
nanced by a 3 per cent payroll tax.j
The administration bill contemplates
the amassing of a large tax^fund res-pi
ervoir to meet all the medical needs'
of all the people. The medical pro-!
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extent that, to all intents and pur- j
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businses for itself.
The plan is nothing but “socializa--.
non.” loaded with dangefrSHd it may
be safely expected that if adopted,,
the quality of medical care and re-|
search will inescapably suffer from
the production line” type of medi
cine that they will be forced to prac
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other countries where medical care
has been regimented as revealed in'
numerous magazine articles. They
show that initiative and incentive for
medical research has been stymied
whenever costly regimented or so
cialized medicine has been tried. Sci
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climate.
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