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( * / '4 ■V •* •. i / / Pasre Six THE CLINTON CHRONICLE THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1949 BABSON'S LETTER (By ROGER BARSON) Washington, D. C., April T-^A friend in Cleveland, E. J. Kulas, calls my attention to the- following, writ ten by Thomas Jefferson, the found er of the Democratic Party, about 150 years ago! Read it carefully— then cut it out and send it to your Congressman. It should be printed on the fly leaf of every school book:—“I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers. To pre serve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with per petual $ebt. We must make our choice between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people un der the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy. The same pru dence which in private life Would forbid our paying our money for unexplained projects, forbids it in the disposition of public money.” Progress To Blame? The above statement by Jefferson is just as true today - as when he made it, yet President Truman won his election by preaching the very- opposite and Governor Dewey did not have the courage to defy Mr. Truman. Both candidates and their fellow- travelers ignored the _tnith and gave the people what, in their ignorance, they wanted. This same thing has happened at various times in history and was the primary cause for the fall of the Grecian, Ro man, Teutonic, and other Republics. Can the few honest Congressmen accomplish much now? Yes. without opposing further New Deal* meas- ures, they can force legislation to encourage producers. They can do for legislation which will so help manufacturers that they can pay increased taxes. Unfortunately, the New Dealers started a dangerous prairie fire: whether it can be con trolled or must burn itself out, only the future can tell. Is Truman To Blame Very few, except those who are close to the White House, realise the tremendous amountof mail which the President gets. Naturally, he can read only one letter out of every thousand: but all are read by someone and tabulated as to wheth-' er they condemn or approve the President's policy They are a kind of daily -Gallup Poll” lor the White House. The simple truth is that when the President makes an address appeal ing for more social security, more sick benefits, more unemployment nsurance, more farm >apports, and even for more taxes, which must go |_Qyf-cnS Gorden with these increased Government l tt c* benefits, 90 per-cent of these millions ^ ® JlQflC of letters approve. j Flower Show The Republicans think that Mr. ^ _ Truman was elocted because , the The Laurens Garden Club Coun country was prosperous: but that ct! is staging a tuU scale flower show when unemployment comes ip 1950 ,h ' s ."1“'"?, and , have cs ? € i al y or 1952. the Democrats .will be vited the flower lovers of Clinton to thrown out. It is true that such a ?« e " d - ^ Fr,nc , ls ,J' ^ unmns : rule has usually worked in the past. J am “ ^airman of the show and But will it work next time- in the Mrs w - E - Hunt 15 co-chairman past, the existing administration The following details of the show! had no way of helping the unem- vsere taken from the Laifrens Ad-]’ ployed lacking bread, and the farm-, vertiser: ers threatened by foreclosures. Now, The show- is to be held in the club; this has all changed. The present market in the rear of the Agricul-; administration, even in an election ture building on Laurens street in during a depression, could promise the afternoon and evening of so much more help than the Re- Thursday, April 28, when visitors publicans, would promise the old are expected from all over the up- rule might not apply again. state. The show-, it w-as announced, What Should Readres Do? will be open to the public. The first thing to realize is that The theme of the show- will be the money which is given away in “The World in Your Garden,” price supports‘ 1 or pensions, must be w-hich is the theme of this year’s collected from all the readers of this programs. column. The second thing to realize Of interest to men will be a class- is that these funds can be taken ification “Man's Interpretation of away from the rich only for a few His Wife's Arrangements.” years. Soon there will be no profits The show will be in three depart- to tax. What then? The answer ments. The first will be the cultural is very simple. class in w-hich specimen blooms will If the unfortunate non-produc- exhibited. The second will be ers are to be supported by the flower arrangements, including pe- fbrtunate producers, which is the arrangements, color combina- basis of the New Deal philosophy tions, church and several others, and has some justification, then The third will be displays by florists production and economy should be anc * growers. encouraged in every possible w-ay . The Laurens Garden Club coun- by Congress by Labor Unions, and C *1 i s composed of the presidents of especially by our schools in order th 6 ^ ve garden clubs in the city and ff IUs for you, Mom... Take it Downstairs” Extension telephones in easy- to-get-to places save time and steps, afford privacy on the telephone, protection in an emergency. Now You Can Enjoy to have funds to tax. the officers of the council elected The same basic truths which Jef- from the membership of gll the ferson preached apply today and we S lu , bs _ Tl : e officers are Miss Beau- ,ort Copeland, president; Mrs. E. D. should teach these to our children. Some of us parents may hang on Easterby, vice president; Mrs. H. L. Kennedy, Jr., secretary, and Mrs. J. to enough money to keep us going Dusenberrv treasurer The nresi- through our few remaining years, * ’ ^ trcasu J er - The presi- whatever happens to .he reentry. the ,sarden clubs, who With onr children this will bo very ,08ether w,th ,h< ‘ ot!,cers com P° se Extension Telephone Convenience different. Only character, hard work and economy, on their part, will save them. All cannot ride in the Government's cart or it will stop. Some must pull the cart. My appeal^ is that accompanying all New Deal legislation should be spe cial benefits to all corporations and the council, are Mrs. W. T. Bolt, Azalea: Mrs. R. R. Roper, Daffodil; Mrs. J. E. Cliatt, Jr., Green Thumb; Mm—M. S. Crews, Magnolia; and Mrs. Claudia Todd, Rosemont. 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