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THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1949
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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CLEAN-UP WEEK
BEGAN WITH GIFT
TO CHILD IN 1909
As Washington Sees It
IHE MTIONAl SCENE
! m ic controls, s ^ indicated that he cannot “take” the
On the latter—economic controls— punishment handed out in digs and
the president’s opposition are point— “egging" and in the constant snip-
! ing out that the trend is away from ing conducted by such senators as
! inflation and pointed toward de- Wherry of Nebraska and Jenner of
flation and so there is no need for* Indiana. So observers declare he has
the stand-by economic controls for failed to measure up as a senate
which the president is asking .But learier'i Despite this fact the presi-
as a matter of fact, the president dent has indicated that he still can
Spring Clean-Up Week, the year-
ly phenomenon in which more than
10,000 communities clean up the to The Chronicle
winter’s debris, is said to be the re- Washington, April 20.—Observers an d his advisers declare that , the move in, change his tactics and come
suit of the gift of a blue pinafore to here, who two weeks ago admitted stand-by controls the president is out of a huddle with senators, up-
an untidy little girl in Cleveland, frankly that President Truman had asking are just as necessary in a ~ ~
The child, a product of a run- lost control of this congress and that sudden drop in prices or employment
down, shanty district back in 1909, his legislative program had gone as they are needed in the case of
was given a bright, crisp pinafore glimmering, today are not so sure, spiraling prices and employment,
by her teacher in an effort to install These same observers are wonder- Manufacutrers, at least in the up-
some pride in the girl. The immed- ing if they have not again under- r (and this includes all
late transformation from a dirty ur- estimated the political sagacity of business in the upper brackets),
chin to a pretty child made her fam- that Man from Missouri. achnit that they made more profit
ly aware of their sQualor. Self-con- There has been a lot of news in 1^48 than in any other year in
sciously they started cleaning their the public prints that the president the h j story 0 f t hi s country, i They
house, washing up floors, repairing l.as been handed, again., and again, jyjom-jj over the fact, however, that
the fence and planting flowers for definite defeats at the hands of con- ^gjj. profit, per unit, was not as big
the first time. gress. But what actually has h a P" as it was in the previous years.
Astounded neighbors began right- pened? When it is all simmered That the tears shed in this mourn
ing act are crocodile tears is obvi-
setting the applecart of his oppo
nents.
There has been every indication
that action over a period of about
10 days on consideration of the ERF
or Marshall plan in the senate was
nothing more than a "delaying ac
tion” or, in other words, a filibuster
or “stalling” to prevent the measure
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from being broyght to a vote,
was evident as the opponents, led
by Senator Jenner of Indiana, joined
by a few southern Detnocrats, used
every parliamentary tact: , much to
the discomfiture of Senator Lucas,
to stall a vote on the measure. Bit
as this is written, every attack on
the ERF program was beaten back.
ing their own back yards. The ugly down, the president has been de-
street became a respectable part of feated in a senate committee—hot
ous, according to economic experts
town. The neighborhood clean-up in the senate—on his nomination of here, since it has become axiomatic
inspired other communities to tackle Mon Wallgren as head of the na- in technological American industry
their local eyesores. The idea spread, tional security resources board and th at the greatest profits are made as
In 1913 it was tried on a citywide he was defeated when he asked the a r p S uit of mass production and the
scale for the first time in Cincinnati senate to change its rules orr cloture. s ij c i n g of profits on individual units,
where civic groups, improvement as- Those are his only two defeats. TOj These same observers declare that
sociations and school children pitch- even up those defeats, he won out on ^ slashing of prices on heavy dur-
ed in'on a week-long clean-up. City his nomination of James Boyd as di- a bi e s, such as automobiles, ice boxes,
after city, hoping to reduce fire loss- rector of the bureau of mines and sew j n g machines and any other
es and fight diseases, took fip the he defeated the house on the $90-a- household gadgets, which the normal
annual renovation, paint-up, fix-up month Rankin veteran pension bill, buyer is in the market for only about
plan. | , And outside of that, every other ever y five years, is a false trend to-
In recent years it has grown stead- single action of either house or sen- warc j deflation. It is only when the
ily, and now the National Board of ale or of either house or senate com- ac t ua i cost of necessities of life start
Fire Underwriters reports that more mittee has been in f^vor of the Tru-
than 10,000 cities, towns and villages naan legislative program. In other
participate in the yearly clean-up.
State Money Bill
Raised Last Week
Three Million Dollars
Special to The Chronicle.
words, after 90 days of this congress
tobagganing, these experts say, that
the country can feel concerned
about an actual recession. And that
the president as yet has not lost a ^as not yet started, although the
single legislative measure. He has, a g r j cu jt ura i department has put out
scored with seven measures which feelers to the effect that we may
already have become law. Nineteen; look for a definite drop in meat
other measures have either passed p r j ce s, ekeept lamb, within the next
one of the houses or have been given f ew weeks.
favorable committee action. It is ad- Senator Scott Lucas of Illinois, the
mitted, however, that the president’s, Democratic leader in the senate, has
Columbia, April 19.—The state ap- big fights are still ahead—repeal of
propriations bill still held the spot- Ibe Taft-Hartley act, broadening of
light in the general assembly last ’ social security, health insurance, un
week, with several important sec-1 iversal military training and econo-
tions of the bill still to be consid-
IN
INTERNATIONAL
STERLING
We’ll enjoy
showing it
to you.
J. C. THOMAS
JEWELER
“It’s Time That Counts”
^ ered by the senate when it adjourned STATE'S CROP
for the week-end. By amendments DDIf'UT
added on the floor of the senate, the. KtrUK I DKIoM I
$110,096,940 appropriations bill! ♦
which had been drafted by the sen-j Columbia, April 18. — Early crop
. ate finance committee wad increased reports show South Carolina farm-
to a total of over $113,000,000, ap- ers off to one of their best starts on
proximately the same flgikre as the record
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bill which was passed by|the house. This was the opinion today of fed-
of representatives. Notice had been eral-state agricultural statistician
given that other amendments to Frank O. Black,
make additional appropriations' “Land preparation, planting and
would’be offered. (development of early crops bears
Among the increased appropria
tions adopted last week were $1,928,-
760 for school teachers’ salaries,
$682,599 for pupils’ transportation,
$12,500 for a speech therapy depart-
this out,” he explained, and added:
“Most growing crops are in good
condition and grain heading is be
coming normal.
About the only adverse factors in
ment of the state department of ed-1 the present crops situation, which
ucation. $60,000 for printing the state may or may not be serious in final
code of laws, $100,000 for a central i production and money value, are the
state farm market, a $105,869 in- threat of mildew and rust to grain
crease for the state forestry commis- yields, cold damage to peaches and
sion, $77,250 for cancer hospital pro-' blue mold to tobacco beds,
gram, crippled children’s home and "Practically all commercial truck
orthopedic camps and mobile tuber- acreage has been planted.”
culosis X-ray unit, and a number of dor way to appropriate $49,000 for
other increases. j the state to send students to out-of-
When the senate adjourned for state schools and medicine and den-
the week-end, a proposal was un- j tistry, and veterinary schools, par-
I ticipating in the regional education
program.
Notice of
ALCOHOLICS.
ANONYMOUS
The Clinton group of Alco
holic* Anonymous meets to
night snd every Thursday eve
ning at 8:00 over Copeland
Hardware Supply Co. store.
Anyone who has s sincere
desire to rid himself or herself
of a drinking problem is cor
dially invited to attend these
meetings, or write
Alcoholics
Anonymous
Clinton, S. C.
P. O. Box 113, Clinton, S. C.
for an Interview or Informa
tion.
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