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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1949
T
ullj? QUinton (Eljrmurlr
Established 1900
WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher
HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant
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( LINTON. S. ( THI RSDAY, MARC H 10, 1949
You Pay For It
President Teaman is off on ano.her
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sens.ve 13-d:iy vacation at his fa-,
vonte res >rt, t!ie submarine bhse at
Key West. F!u., accompanied by a
• tuff The President just a few weeks
.go had a bid lark at this same re-
I: takes a lot of vacation for the
President. And while he enjoys the
ne sunshine weather and recreation,:
taxpayers stay at home and
nard t,> help foot his bill.
in Washington are breaking their
backs to get on the Truman wagon,
and standing up to be counted, the
governor is standing firm on his feet
which will meet the approval of the
overwhelming majority of his con
stituency.
Congressman Sam Rayburn, the
house speaker, is disturbed as one of
the President's chief spokesman. He
wants the States Righters to come
back into what he calls the "regular”:
work Democratic fold. At the recent Jeffer-
son-Jackson Day dinner he said “to
our Democratic friends who went a
bit wayward in the last election,
there is room enough in the Demo-
Senaf r Maybank, of this state, cratic party for all who believe in
>vho belongs hi the New Deal spend- the principles of Jackson and Jeff
ers. spoke out yesterday against fed- erson.”
orally controlled power m Washing- A good joke we would say- Those
ton It is encouraging to note that he who manipulate the present so-called
at last is waking up to th.s danger. Democratic party do not have a faint
What about Santee-Cooper and knowledge of the principles of Jack-
dark's Hill, which the senator has son and Jefferson. They stood for the
long championed? Where is there a rights of the states and the liberties'
business man who would invest a of the people which were destroyed
flollar in either of these political- more than sixteen years ago when'
kilowatt projects which seek to de- the New Deal regirpe. took over and
-troy privately owned power com- placed us under a socialistic, bureau-
panie.' 0 * cratic government.
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Sees A Threat, At Last
Speaking of 1952
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Cars Too High
President Truman, "the champion Automubiles are too high, every-
promising man,” indicated a few one admits, including dealers,
days ago that he expects another Confronted with this fact, automo-
White House oovcupant in 1952. Talk- bile engineers are meeting this week
ng t > c >rrespendents about the ex- to consider ways of 'cutting costs,
pensive repairs underway, at the Small price reductions recently made
White H >u>e, lie said that the second by General Motors are taken to m-
Fri.-Sat. March 11-12
MY BROTHER TALKS
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in
ab ut to
ted
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vf’tir.g that
new man can
Houst :n
a!’, in before re- dieate that an intensive effort is un
der way to bring about a downward
Lend in prices that will benefit j
If You Don’t Read
THE CHRONICLE
You Don’t Get the News
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.dent added, "We are
xed up and I think a
move into the White
without any trouble."
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The statement, if a third term does
-how its h ad, is one of interest
‘o ‘he majority of citizens of the
U' <. S' .:e> v ho did not vote for
r - ' i o<v.ipant ot the "man-
s.on.
thousands of potential customers as K
many avenues of manufacture
being explored by designers and en
gineers. . i!f
Tire automotoile industry is pro-!|-:
ceeding cautiously over a transitory £*
period between a seller's and a buy-
er's market, which they recognize. 8
Tne President's comprehensive wel- jL
The Red Cross Colls
Ti e American Red Cross is calling
up n this community, along with
fare prugiam which is nothing short,»"
of socialism, also enters into the!».
problem and if approved,
tremendous millions in
others, in its annual drive for funds.
The rc ponse. winch should be gen-
fre.i.i. - purely voluntary. What you
contiibutc is a gift to help a great
nvan.za non
it.- work for human-
. : tne na .on
'60.000.(10(1. The
ra.
hi-.
uc
’ es.
ne g >a! is set at
uganization must
: y nn its services,
equipped at any
'. tn swing into
“ human misery
:’. i wiien the call
will pile if
additional »
taxes upon an industry that has a iy
direct bearing upon the livelihood of «
one-seventh of the country’s fami-iy;
lie*. And the uidustry is confronted
with its annual marathon wi’Ja the
United Automobile Workers, CIO,
a ways seeking wage increases. All.t-J
of this enters into the transitievn pe- j!j
entered. I:
LOOK! a genuine
a w’ll
aut y.
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• ngnes
but a priv-
nul the industry ha-
The li.gh prices have slowed down
sales, with cars of all kinds becom-
. .g mare plentfful each day. Cars
are now beyond the economic reach
of a large share of the industry's po- ::
tential market, giving evidence that
manufacturers are pricing their pro-
.ve.r:ng
ducts beyond buyers’ ability to pay.:
,o do our
When a car can be purchased tin a
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No Big No»se Heard
i '■ » h J in L Lewis, who is a
^ c : tae American people, has
' b ! c e of "blues” the
i . * i.r >nths because of the
tuH winte:
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monthly payment plan with pay
ments that are reasonable, there will
be plenty- of buyers. When payments «!•
are stepped up to $7.5 or more
monthly the great majority of pros- f.
pect.ve buyers are driven out ot the K
market, especially is this true now ft
when vve are in a gradual economic t-t
weather. There has been icveling-ofT period. For we had bet-;:':
’ :tnt - v t-ua! - 5he piles have grown' ‘ er be honest and recognize that the,’*
because ot tne weather, cou- .• competitive, or buyer's markat is
.v:*n oth°r increased tuel com-. here in full force. 3
• ,1; , i,nc i ’he added fact that we The principal reason for present
: been suffering from strikes j t - a; - prices is labor cost which has j|
h uniil the Talt-Hartley labor* been mounting from year to year,
wa* passed Avere Irequent 'oe- , steel prices is another big factor.,;^
ences. J Manufacturers know they must face
Tne big boss had bis 69th birthday situation and that prices must
a :ew days ago but it passed off be reduced because the falling used- *'•
without any big display or fireworks, car mar ket is gaining momentum, J]*
the ev ent being mildly observed by . which is evidence that cars are be- j*{
most of the 'nation’s 400.000 - coal coming more plentiful, and at prices
miners controlled by his union, who W hich are expected to go .dewn.
lost a day’s pay to honor their chief. J Automobiles, generally speaking.
Since that fearless Washington judge are no ^ a luxury but a daily neces- (
clipped Lewis' wings his power has s i t y f or millions of people. The dt?- i
waned with the approval of the ^ manc i exiS b5 but the industry must.
American people Why should we be re( j uce p r i ces or bie great majority
NOW!
(Mor* B«a4lx AaUaUkti* Wu|M
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forced to tolerate a czar:
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and get glong some way with thair
! old cars. The industry has a big
problem it must solve, for it is in-
No Compromise Time
The political balloon that was sent, VT*’ I « r 11 ls 4 ^
, a reported conference to be evitable that adjustments must be',
up
held in Washington seeking a sort of, [Ti.lL
compromise on the States Rights is
sue did not get very far. In fact, it
died a-bornmg.
Governor Thurmond refused to be
sucked in on jhe proposal. He issued
a strong declaration for the princi
ples for which he stood in the recent
presidential campaign, principles ini
which South Carolinians believe as;
shawm by their action at the ballot,
box. It increases our admiration for,
a public official who has the courage;
to stand for his convictions and puts ,
them above patronage and hand-outs. ^
This is no time for compromising
fundamental issues affecting the lib
erty and well being of the states and
of the people of the nation. While
some of the South Carolina officials
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