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Page Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, July 20, 1950 4 * 4 f f QUtntnn (Ehronirlr Established 1904 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant Published Every Thursday By THE CPRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscnption Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $2.00 Six Months $1.25 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C., under Act of Congress March 3, 18~9. .; The Chronicle seeks t le cooperation of its subscribers and readers— :he publisher will at all tinrieT appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest wheo • it y are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will ot be noticed X his paper is not responsible for the views or opinions • its correspondents. MEMBER: SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION National Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia ( LINTON. S. C . THURSDAY, JULY 20. 1950 Shelved Again During the past week the FEPC has bobbed up again in the senate upon the ms:stance of President Truman. Wh n the civil-rights program was acted upon the vote was 55 to 33 foi closure, nine short of the required majority to get it <n the floor for consideration, which meant the dangerous propos- al was again shelved for the time being and properly so. But it may be expected to come up again by Senator Lucus, the administration spokesman. The Truman measure is a vote-getting appeal to minority groups. Its passage would produce a serious situation in the South es pecially by creating sectional, racial and civil conflict It is Truman pol itics. who is interested in good govern ment, should go to the polls and vote. There is no excuse for stay ing away except a “don't care" at titude. So we repeat that in the second primary next Tuesday it is your duty and privilege to vote and you should plan ahead not to for get this obligation and to be at home on election day. The offices to be filled in our county are im portant, and you have an opportun ity to share in the selections that will be made. We are reminding you of this de- I finite obligation—one you should ! not shirk. A Big Secret In the recent senate race Senator May bank was conspicuous by his silence. He was asked by a prom inent newspaper concerning a ru mor that he was supporting Sena tor Olin Johnston in return for Johnston's support for Mr. Byrnes for governor When so queued Senator May- h. nk replied that he was "absolute ly neutral in the contest for United States senator, and that he had nev- < : iiscussod with Senator Johnston the c.iiididaey for governor of Mr. By. n« > In the senate race one candidate « neb i sad the national Democratic 'Truman> party, the other the state Democratic party and platform it »alopt» J at this year's state conven- rn n. Win n Senator Maybank runs for • * lection again it is a pretty safe t>et he will be forced to show his l.md. Neuti.ihty does not always hold. New Election Law Works Tn» recent legislature after so long a time, enacted a long needed election law which was tested in the first primary. Until this year we had practically no election law, and with the enactment of the new one vc hich was used the first time, we have heard no complaint. To the contrary general approval has been giv* n all over the state on the way the election was carried out. When its passage was urged in the gen eral assembly a certain group tried to postpone or kill the bill. Some of tf- Ponic Buying Hurts All Reports show that prices, parti- , cuiarly on some food products, are showing a sudden upward trend due largely to “war scare" buying I rather" than to actual war condi- 1 lions. This is no time tor hysteria, hoarding or gouging, for there pre no shortages. Consumers should buy their needs normally as they are accustomed to doing. In the last war there was outra geous gouging and profiteering on the part of many, and every pre caution must be made against a simular recurrance now that cer tain price increases may be attri- buttxi to the ccorld condition be cause of the Korean situation There is an abundance of food in this icountry, millitfrts of dollars of var- icd•commodities are owned by gov ernment through the Community Credit Corporation. It is hoped that it will not become necessary to im pose rationing which breeds black markets as World War II proved. If a general war were to explode, lit would probably be necessary to have all controls, but that is not needed now. We are not in an all- out conflict, and let us pray that {such will not materialize. All of us we say should exercise precaution against panic buying. Nobody wants legal controls if they can be avoided. And what happens depends almost entirely upon both the seller and the buyer. Hoarding hurts everybody in the^ long run. Business men should be alert to single out the exploiters and boy- !cott such groups instantly when they show their heads. There must be intelligent government planning of course, as we contemplate what may be the outcome of the Korea uprising, but it is no time for snap judgement affecting what the Am erican consumer eats, w r ears and ; uses. But if we come to a wartime econ- . omy it should include controLs over wages, prices and materials, man- power and production. No one group should be given a chance to profit- 'eer at the expenses of another. I ... Senator Taft declared that it had been brought" about partly by “the bungling and inconsistent foreign policy of the administration" and I that the President’s decision to de fend south Korea was a "direct re-1 pudiation of the policies of Secretary Acheson.” As a consequence, he demanded that Acheson resign and "turn the state department over to someone who can better administer the program to w’hich he still is pos sibly so violently opposed.” Senator Taft also declared that the President's order is an about-face on the administration’s policy of op posing aid for Formosa which w’as recently debated in the senate. As a matter of record, however, it was pointed out by observers that in withdrawing all American troops from Korea, the United States gov ernment was merely keeping its word with the Koreans, to the effect that after the South Korean repub lic was set up upon a national pleb- escite of the people of that country, the U. S. army was withdrawn as per commitments made at the Pots dam conference. It was pointed out that Russia had failed in its agree- i mer\t made at Potsdam. It was also j pointed out that in his much-discus- ( sed foreign policy speech made re- ' cently at the National Press club, 1 Secretary Acheson pointed out that one of the most binding moral com mitments of this government was 1 support of the South Korean gov ernment. , With reference lo me Formosan: affair, these observers point out that, the President’s directive to the sev- | enth fleet bears no resemblance to! j the recent bill for Formosan aid which was supported by Senator Taft, Senator Knowland of Califor nia, and others. That bill provided i for money and arms for the Nation- i alist government to do battle against ! the Communist forces on the Chin ese mainland. The Truman directive, however, i declares tnat the U. S. fleet will pro tect Formosa from attack from the : Chinese Communists and at the same time bars the Nationalists front making war upon the mainland. In other words, it demobilizes the Na tionalist Chinese from making war and at the same time protects Fer- V mosa from outside aggression, which is not a reversal of U. S. policy. During this 81st congress several j bills have been offered for aid to ; Korea with the following results. In : I the third deficiency appropriation I bill in 1949, $30 million was includ ed for Korea to be spent by the Pres ident between July 1, 1949. and Oc tober 15. 1949. However, the senate ' did not complete action on the meas ure until October 6, 1948, which made the bill almost ineffective. Dr. Fred E. Holcombe OPTOMETRIST Offices at 200 South Broad St. Office Hours 9:00 to 5:30 Phone 658 As Washington Sees It. . . THE NATIONAL SCENE the ardent Johnston supporters charged that it would disfranchise great numbers of voters in the Piedmont section because of insuf ficient time in which to register. It was a false alarm or smoke-screen as an unprecendented state regis tration proved. Every one desiring to qualify to vote had ample time with special deputies appointed to assist the regular county registra tion boards. The new law is a forward step in that it puts the state primaries and general elections on the same basis, and will make for honesty in all « lections. Registration certifi- cates required are good until 1958. That is a big improvement over the Special to The Chronicle, former enrolling requirement every Wash i n gt oni j u i y 2 0-The unde- two years. And it will insure in c i arec i war j n Korea is likely to keep both the primary and general elec- congress in session longer than the tion a secret ballot to which every proposed date for adjournment set, voter is entitled. a t August 1. As a result of the Ko- The new' law will work entirely ‘ rean question, despite some critical satisfactorily and is a reform we ! statements by Sen. Robert A. Taft have long advocated. Those respon-j 0 f Ohio and Sen. Kenneth Wherry sible for its enactment in the gen- : 0 f Nebraska, the senate acted as a oral assembly have rendered a real un it in passing the draft act, in much service to the state. stiffer form than seemed possible ^ several weeks ago by unanimous Your Duty To Vote vote, and also the military assistance The first pun,ary resulted in sev-l^ 1 , 1 ; which contained a , 16-million , ttt , dol ar authorization for arms ship- on.] run-offs for county offices and i ^ . D MARK OF L UM DURR QUALITY LONG LASTING ROOFING TO RCCOVERTHAT . OLD ROOF D.E.TRIBBLE CO. LUMBER and BUILDERS SUPPLIES Since 1894 Phone 94 CLINTON, S.C. one state contest in the second pri mary next Tuesday. In this county there are three races still to be de cided. There was a general apathy or in difference in the first primary on the part of thousands of voters as the final 346,000 tabulation showed against a state registration of more than 500.000. The same was true in our county. With a registration of more,, than 13,000, only 6,970 votes were cast which was about half of the reported voting strength. This shows there are thousands who are not sufficiently interested to go to the polls and express their pre ferences of candidates and have a voice in deciding the kind of gov ernment we are to have. Every citizen, man and woman,* ments to Korea and the Philippines, by unanimous vote. The house re corded only four 1 “nays" against the draft bill. On top of this, the house bill call ing for a billion-dollar slash in ex cise taxes and a roughly correspond ing 'boost in corporation levies, sail ed through that body by a vote of 375 to 14 and the senate is expected to adopt the • measure without much debate. Sen. Millard Tydings of Maryland called a halt to the much-discussed loyalty probe investigating charges by Sen. Joseph McCarthy of com munism in the state department. Senator Tydings said his committee would issue an interim report, but he did not rule out a reopening of the hearings. In debate on the Korean situation, Phone 515 West Main Street SUMMER with , at PENNEYS ENTIRE STOCK CHILDREN’S SANDALS ■ ENTIRE STOCK ■ BOYS’ SHORT SETS? i nn FRINGED HOBNAIL CHENILLE BEDSPREADS One or two straps, brok en sizes, whites, reds, browns. «UU This group consists of much higher priced mer chandise. Check this buy. S, > X All pastel colors, 90x105 size, heavily fringed. 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