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THE CUNTON CHRONICLE
THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1949
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address prepared for the 130th anni
versary celebration of the Sumter
Guards. “We want—yes, and we will
create that strength and might—
solely to build peace.”
“We are determined to achieve
that peace and to preserve it with
the minirftum outlay of the tax
payers’ dollar. By far the least ex
pensive way is by full utilization of
our air power.”
Sen. Maybank spoke generally on
the North Atlantic Pact and the Eu-
ropban Recovery Program. '
That pact, he said, “can well be
likened to an extension of the prin
ciples of our own Monroe Doctrine,
now expanded to include all other
signatory nations, most of which bor
der the North Atlantic Ocean on both
, its western and its eastern shores.
J. E. Tinsley Rites
Held In Anderson
Anderson, April 8.—Final r!‘.e> for
John E. Tinsley, 65, former resident
of Anderson w’ho died at a hospital
in Clinton at 5:10 o’clock Thursday
afternoon after an illness of about
three months, were conducted at
Oakwood Baptist church Friday af
ternoon by the Rev. E. C. White, Dr.
E. Evans Brown and the Rev. W. H.
Ayers. Burial was in Silver Brook
cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were Earl
Williams, Clarence and Leroy Tins
ley,. Mrfl Myers and James Coakley.
Mr. Tinsley went to CClinton a
year ago to make his home after
spending a number of years in An
derson. ,He was an active member
of the Oakwood Baptist church.
jHe was a son of the late Perry
Tinsley and Anna Tinsley of Green
ville county.
Twice married, Mr. Tinsley’s first
wife was the late Mrs. Eula Spencer
Tinsley, who preceded him to the
grave in 1945. He later married Miss
Annie Whitfield, who survives him.
In addition to his wife, survivors
include two sons, Harold of Ander
son, and Alvin Tinsley of Liberty;
two daughters, Mrs.- H. E. Phillips of
Anderson, and Mrs. J. L. Young of
Greenwood; 11 grandchildren; three
brothers, Elzie and Frank Tinsley,
and the Rev. W. A. Tinsley, all of
Anderson; three sisters, Mrs. Lou
Coakley of Anderson', Mrs. Sillie
Burt of Ninety Six, and Mrs. Ola
Fowler of Morganton, N. C.
0*1174
FOR OFFICE SUPPLIES
CLINTON. S. C.. THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1949
the city cleaner, healthier and more
attractive, and all of us are asked
:o pitch-in and do our bit about
ui premises. If each family wiH do
is p.i: t to make its neighborhood
. .ean. marvelous results will be ob-
\.inod.
And so we say, let's join in and
< mphasi/o clean-up week. Remove
...1 health .hazards—unite in this
movement for the improvement ofi
Clinton as a place in which to live.’
and; one that will attract visitors.
Clean-Up Week lc> : ‘ a ' v 1 1 ; ul h C hasn ’ l ^ ec " a , ble as
r yet to deliver the goods. If it goes,
By proclamation of Mayor L. E. the President and his followers
Bishop next week is designated as would replace it with the one-sided
Clean-l p t Paint-Up, I ix-Up wbek anc i unfair Wagner Act, which was
with ali citizens in all parts of the a n all-out organized labor bill spon-
'-ity invited and urged to join in the sored by a New York senator to
- ffort It has one object, to make catch labor support.
All sort of attacks are made on
the Taft-Hartley law. It is condem
ned as an Act that enslaves~labor,
but no evidence can be produced to
support this accusation. It is good
vote-catching demagoguery. The 1
law may not be perfect, but it is^
sound in principle and stands as a
fair balance between business on
the one hand and organized labor
on the other. The extreme labor j
leaders woyld destroy it with one i
stroke^-they want to do as they,
law, and show no concern for the
please and defy any regulations by
welfare of the American people, j
The National Small Business
Men's association has asked thej
heads of the AF of L and the CIO!
whether they consider the Taft-
Hartley Act as a "slave labor law”,'
but they do not answer. Is it a
“slave" measure, the association, in-j
terested primarily in small business,
asks:
Because it prevents a union mem
ber from being fired from his job
and kicked out of the union at” the
whim of a union official?
Because under this Law union!
officials cannot force union mem- ■
bers to pay exorbitant dues and are
unable to collect unreasonably large j
initiation fees?
Because this Law rules out vio-'
lence. coercion and intimidation as. 1
a means of securing union members?
Because this Law outlaws the
compulsory check off? It isn't en
slavement is it, for the union toj
have to get the consent of the mem
ber before dipping into his pay en-1
velope?
Because this Law protects the|
right of union members to a secret j
OlHER Fijj/r
rom diamonds as bright
a new romance to tiny gold charms. Every
Hern high in quality—low in price!
A Job To Do
The Chamber of Commerce has
lected new officers for the coming
year, headed by W. M. Walker as
president Those who have assumed
:he responsibility of officers and
directors have a definite obligation
to the community to work and plan
wisely and will need and are en
titled t<> the support and cooperation
of our entire citizenship.
During the years that lie immed
iately ahead, towns like firms and
individuals, will inter into a highly
competitive field, and those that
- ’■- wide awake will not be run
ovt i in the march of progress. The
Cn.onbe! Commerce should fur-
n-st. an aggressive leadership if
’• r »n is t«> be progress and growth.
Its personnel must work together
harmoniously, using sound judg
ment in all of its deliberations. The
next few years will tell. whether
Clinton will step ahead a few notch-
• s oi remain a small town, and our
commercial organization can be an
important factor in helping make
that decision
The newly elected officers have
the responsibility of giving of their
time as needed to the work of the
organization. They should endeav
or to create confidence and initia
tive at home, not looking and ex
pecting somebody from the outside
to come in and build the town. And
in their efforts they should
the cooperation of the entire mem
bership and of all citizens
‘‘Pigs is pigs,” no matter where
you find them—even on the Pa
cific island of *Guani in the Mari
anas. On farms established by the
L. S. naval government on Guam,
American sailors instruct natives
in modern agricultural methods.
Produce from the farms is used
for naval personnel (who are fond
of food anyway) for the rehabili
tation of the natives. In the photo
an American seaman is driving
some of the pigs to feed.
Proper Carburetor Use
Cuts Farm Fuel Costs
A heavy tractor operating under
a load with the carbpretor slightly
out of adjustment npay burn a half
gallon more fuel per hour. In the
average 50 days a year that farm
tractors operate, the tractor may
burn 250 gallons more fuel annually
than it should.
Proper carburetor adjustment
would save 10 per cent of the total
fuel burned in farm tractors an
nually.
HAMILTON’S
“A Credit To All South Carolina”
inti-rested in
a better and bigger
Because money paid by union
members and employers into union,
health, welfare and vacation funds!
cannot be* diverted by union officials
to other uses? »
. Because this Law requires an i
itemized accounting by the pmon to
, its members?
who are. D i , i
1
. , Because union members now have
?™T th< * *° aak U>‘- National Labor
Relations Board for a hearing on
changing unions or not having any
union, the issue being decided by
secret ballot?
Because under this Law union
Unrest In Russia
The recent shifts of key men
within the Soviet government have'
stirred up an apparently endless dis- members can go directly to the Na-
cussion as to whether this may be lional Labor Relations Board for
the prelude to some dramatic new' relicf from any unfair labor prac-
tangent in Kremlim policy. Nobody by qither the union or their
know- The iron curtain is so opa- employer?
que that no ope can answer that
with-certainty at this far distance.
However, the experts, after mulling
ovi r all the available 'ftirts and
guisst s. have generally come to the
Because it is no longer possible
for the union to keep an individual
worker from getting a job because
he does not belong to the union?
Because this Law makes unions
c nclusion that the changes stem financially responsible for living up
from perfectly logical reasons, that to their contracts and protects un
ha v. a relatively small influence on (ion members from being thrown out
n l
ations of Russia arid with the °t work by
jurisdictional
sti ikes
the
1 ht
Wist. land secondary boycotts?
The most important change was * Because thi* Law guarantees
tlie supplementing of Molotov with same freedom of speech to employ-
Yishinsky as foreign minister. The ors the unions have always had 0
easy conclusion was that Molotov Because this Law outlaws the
was in disgrace, and would disap- closed shop and requires both un-
pi ar from public life, as Litvinoff
in
ions and employers to bargain
good faith?
Because under this Law employ
ers are not required to pay for work
not performed?
Because under this Law the pub-
did years ago. But Molotov re-
mains a -member - of the “inner
group", which is said to be more
important than any cabinet post.
So it ean logically be argued that;
Stalin decided he could be of more be is assured that its interests must
value if kept at home. be considered in labor disputes and
Things are not going as well as the at the bargainmg^table?
Communists want in the Soviet Un
ion What will be the outcome
cannot be said with certainty. Their
goal, of course, is to sell the idea
of complete faith in the eventual
triumph of Communism to the
whole of the Russian people.
Maybank Says
U. S. To Keep
Atomic Bomb
Charleston, Sen. Burnet R. May-
Americans ask. what effect may bank said Monday that .. we
1 thic nnvo r»n tn6 efroat iccim nf . . . . . . . . _
all this have on
peace or war?
opinions are
is planning on a lengthy period of.
great issue of
It is clear, if these
correct, that Russia
have determined to gain and hold
exclusive to ourselves—both the
atom bomb and supremacy in the
air.”
peace. Russia doesn t wa nt wa! l “We do no desire a strong America
They like to do a lot of talking and j j n order t 0 destroy,” he said in an
bluffing, and be contrary, or we
might say mean. But Russia has ex-j
panded about as far as it can go. i
So to Stalin and other top men of
his regime, this may appear to be
the proper time for correcting grave
internal weaknesses.
Is This Slavery?
President Truman while out on
his vote-hunting tours promised la
bor he would abolish the Taft-Hart-
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