The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, February 16, 1950, Image 16
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, February 16, 1950
COMMENTS ON
MEN AND THJNGS
By Spectator
times better than any other country
and was able to serve as arsenal of
democracy at the same time. ‘Our
political system is the factor that
makes the difference,’ Wilson said.
He said he believes all American
, should do a better job of praising
our system, should tell the story~of
America held its twelfth annual con- mos ^ ra pid improvement in the
vention, in Memphis last week t^ re<! , standard of living ever achieved dur-
clays of reports, with two fine ad- , u g past 50 years^-
dresses. In the early days J. Wade
l>rake of Anderson was a prime mo
ver—.a gcxid man and always ready
I've Uc^pt to Memphis.
The National Cotton Council of
‘Qur system has profited all states,
and in the last few decades this in-
~ eludes the South,’ Wilson said. He
to do his part in any worthy public . ,
> At u.. said
between what he received and a pre
determined support price, Mr. Klin©
asked: ‘Why go to the trouble, if
you are a taxpayer, of giving your
money to the Government to pay a
part of your grocery bill? Govern
ment administrative costs are high
and the costs of administration will
be figured in the price you pay. Why
enterprise in which farmers and oth
ers enjoy a degree of Government
potection, but in^which efficiency and
achievement, not Government guar-
will apply for a final discharge frojn
my trust as Administratrix.
FINAlr£ETTT,EMENT
Take notice that bn ^the 24th of
... * .w February, 1950, I will render a final
not just go to the corner grocery aecount of
antees, provide the hope of the in-! is notified and required to make pay-
dividual.’’ jment on or betore that date; and all
persons having claims against said
estate will present them on or before
said date, duly proven or be forever
Any person indebted to said estate barred.
ISABELLE FULLER,
Administratrix.
Jan. 24, 1950. i 16-4cw
and carry your money with you?
effort. J. B. (Pat) .Murphy of Colum
bia: Wyndham Manning of Sumter;
J. C. Miller of Jdfferson; L. Cotting
It's simpler and cheaper. The logical
aim of America is not to pay part of
, _ everyone’s grocery Jbill, but to help
some foreigners and a few Am-, who neecI help . Mr . Kline
warned that we must live with Big
my acts and doings as
Administratrix of the estate of Frank
H..Williams in the office of the Judge
of .Probate o'f Laurens County, at 10
o’clock, a.m., and on the same day
ericans have cfonfused the idea of
L 6 social-minded with socialism. Wilson ^ some timCi but held
ham 6f Dillon; W. T. Mikell of Cow ^ ld he does not take the position out . the hope that its payers CO uld!
lumbia; Fred Symmes of Greenvile | hls country is perfect and could not be curta jied through decentraliza-
these. and others were the early be im Proved, but he said the Amen-1 ti(m He c ited the land grant college
members of the council. c ? n , system bas th ^ means ln 1%e]i j as an example. Supported by Fed- 1
Oscar Johnson of Scott. Mississip- ^ 1 "^ 8 abou ^ be improvements^era-grants but kept responsible to |
v f o\fm!er~ and first President, wasi-—^ r - Wilson said -the idea that gov—j-s-tate and local people they are adap--
there He is now Chairman of the ernment ca n do 50 man >’ things bet-, ted to state pnd local needs. In com-i
Board. Oscar Johnson is one of Am-, ter than the v is wron «- pletey centralized agencies, the temp-;
erica’s great men; and he is the big- everything the government provide^ tation to use Federal employes as a ;
cotton producer—3800 acres,'P ust be P aid s f ,d th u e Sov- lobby is overwhelming,’ he contin-
averaging more than six hundred thin S s back P® 0 "
pounds of lint cotton per care. The! P le ; ^t there ,s usually quite a def-
president today is Harold A. Young lclt in th ^ P^ 0 ^^; He f f aid tbe
of Arkansas, a big planter and bus- ™ ve ln tbe J at€ 30 s ‘ due , to
messman. and as gracious a leader the *' ar ; of bl S government regula-
as one could imagine. William Rhea 1 ^^ contro1 has been the wrong
Blake, Lhe executive Vice-president,
Mas' been remarkably successful in Mr. Allan B. Nil
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fline is a man of Or-
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ued. ‘This has nothing to do with the
party in power. It is simply the na
ture of Government administrative,
agencies. ‘The American Farm Bu-1
reau is dedicated to the proposition
that agriculture can prosper best in i
a relatively free, fully productive ec
onomy. We believe in keeping op-
a mere portunity in agricuture. We want to 1
with j maintain an economy in which we
gracefully. I! can be thoroughly efficient in prod-
; ucing for society the things which
Brannan Plan
word artist. Mr. Kline spoke
and fervor, yet
trend
Mr. Allan B.
this broad, constructive effort.. The ator '. ca ^
growth of the cotton council, and its
development in every department of.'‘^ or „ ..
its widely flung activities, is a mon- ^ uo ^ e from Mr Kline.
ume*r to Messrs Johnston Yopng t “Citing the Brannan Plan as a j society needs froirL farmers, and in
and Biake " and to the highly patrio- cost! y adventure if attempted, which which the rest of the people can
tic and capable gentlemen who have! seeks hold prices down for the ‘ ' ' *
put them should-ers to the wheel, .coi^mer^d jy? for the farmer^by
I paying
Charles E. Wilson, President of
General Motors, and Allan B. Kline,!
President of the American Farnrf
Bureau Federation, delivered tw r o
addresses of singular charm and ap
peal. Nor were they all. Harold
Young’s address sounded the keynote
of Americanism—individual liberty,
individual opportunity. As I have
had a word or two to say on that
theme 1 was an appreciative listen
er.
Mr. Wilson, thougn President of
one of the world’s mammoth enter
prises, is not the frock-coated, silk-
hatted plutocrat of the early days,
but a man w’hose genial smile proves
him to be as amiable and approach
able as a candidate for a country of
fice in the heat of the campaign. All
of us listened to Mr. Wilson quite
won by his first words and remain
ing interested until the last word.
He is quite, friendly, clear, and very
plain, but he speaks the language of!
faith and buttresses his faith by his |
WDlks. £ • .
I^quote from Mr. Wilson: "Mr. Wil
son said the American system stands
on four cornerstones. He listed the
Bill of Rights, which gives the peo
ple a leg^l guarantee of their rights.
Second, he named a broad moral
code, with individual responsibility
and regard for the rights of others.’
Third, he rated ’basic education of
all citizens at common expense’.
Fourth, Mr. Wilson placed ‘the right
to work and the opportunity for
individual achievements’. These four '
cornerstones have worked out so'
wonderfully, that based .on these, our I
country has become great’. Mr. Wil
son said. 'Only by continuing them!
will we continue to remain great’. 1
Speaking on What Kind of America (
De We Want to Live in?—Industry's
Viewpoint.’ Mr. Wilson's talk paral-
ieled that of Harold A. Young, North
Little Rock, Council President, who
called lor closer co-dperation and
better understanding between ag-
micuture and industry in their 'mu
tual fight for survival against the in
roads of soft socialism and big gov
ernment’. Mr. Wilson made it clear (
that he believes all Americans, no
matter what political party they be-j
long to, want to continue living in!
the kind of America we have today.!
Men of good will, whether farmers,!
businessmen, labor, leaders, indus-1
trialists or what, all agree, I think,
that a sound social objective wmuld!
oe a stable society, economy and ev- 1
er-contmuing and improving stand-!
ard of living for all,’ Wilson said.;
'The means to be used to obtain this !
is the.’rouble.’ Mr. Wilson examined
:he pa«t to understand the present'
and take a look into the future. 'He
said Marx and Engels wrote the !
Communist Manifesto only 100 years |
ago. when the California gold rush
was on. He said we still had a slav- |
ery and Russia hati serfs. Steamboats (
and railroads were still wonders. _ !
Mr. Wilson said two inventions i
brought progress, one being Watts’ j
invention of the steam engine, and
the other, a political invention—the
•Amer:ca7r'sySTSrn"'6f government that
limited the power of social planners
and politicians and gave individual
rights a real position. ‘In our system
of government, the people are not
serfs of .the state’, Wilson said. There!
is public education and individual!
freedom for all. our form of gov-j
ernment, each individual is as free:
as possible to manage his own af-j
lairs.’ He told of the improvement j
...which hfas resulted, the abolition oft
child labor, elc. He said the criti
cisms of Karl Marx cannot be chal-1
lenged, but said his diagnosis of the
way to cure evils was wrong. He
said redistribution of wealth would
not do it, that new means of concen
trating wealth would be found. He
said man’ inhumanity to man has
always “been a factor, but that a so
cialist or communist government
would replace freedom with fear and
coercion. He said greed is not the
basic cause of trouble, but rather the
low production of the worker, who
can be paid only out of the product
produced. Mr. Wilson said that man
agement must provide means for
workers to produce properly, and
that in America, slaves of iron and
steel—machines—have replaced hu
man slaves. He said America has
achieved a standard of living nine
the farmer ’ the difference
pay for those things on the basis of
what they are worth*. We hope
to;
preserve a system of regulated free
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