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I’age Four THE CUNTON CHRONICLE ( Thursday, August 3,1950 a hr (Elinton (Chrnnirlr Established 1904 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant Published Every Thursday By THE CI'RONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription 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, 1879. A Woman Legislator In the recent legislative race in Richland county, Mrs. Martha Thom as Fitzgerald was elected, gaining elected to the legislature in state, and it is a healthy sign that women are taking more interest in their government as shown by ttv* man’s request for an appropriation' of $89 million for a new “campaign of truth” against Communism, the senate by a vote of 25 to 53 roll-call, voted down a fund boost for the | Voice of America program. Except for the vote on FEPC, the backbone of the President’s civil rights program was defeated by a • southern-Democrat- Republican co- ( alition, it appeared that the Demo crats were drawing nearer together | on party unity than the Republi- f cans on the basis of test votes. These votes showed the Democrats were standing together on an average of 82 pr cent of the time whie the GOP minority showed only 72 per cent party regularity. While there was some criticism of the administration and the Presi dent from sources whence criticism would come in any eventuality, among the responsible leaders on both sides of the political fence there is almost unanimity in support of the President and his stand on the Korean question. Unfortunately, this does not include the two prin cipal leaders of the GOiP in the sen ate, Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio, who heads the GOP policy commit- . tee, and Senator Kenneth Wherry, New Dealers are largely responsible sena ^ e UOP floor leader, lor this deplorable financial condi- Had this country defaulted on its tion. Debt and deficits is the lang- given word as did Russia in Korea, i uage they know best. I then probably the Soviet puppet Now with the Korean situation be- North Korean government would never have dared to invade the beyond The Chronicle seaks t ic cooperation of its subscribers and readers— the publisher will at all tunes appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when ♦ hey are nnt of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinii^ns 11 its correspondents. MEMBER: SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION ' NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION National Advertising Representative « AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia CLINTON, S. C„ THl’RSDAY, AUGUST 3. 1950 the honor of heading the ticket. She,, _ will be the th, d woman ever to be ,‘ oie *T? vernmen t 15 committed to v- this spending $15 billion more in the na- Southern Korean Republic tional effort to mobolize. This , '^ e parallel. But this nation has means more inflation danger and ; ^ reputation for keeping its word higher taxes. An article in today’s °Iher nations and, insofar as ed. The and in her paper explaining President Tru-j ^ orea anc * Umted Nations were man’s tax program gives to individ- i concerne d. we promised that once Heavy feminine support she receiv man s tax program gives „ uals and corporate taxpayers a first i ^ le S ol Uli Korean republic was es- e writer knows Mrs. Fitzgeraid impression of how mobilization will j tabis hed under a natior^l plebiscite was in ‘ erested a ' s an outsldei ' hit their pocketbooks. With a wa r : for self -2overnment, we would witn- 1^1 on our hands in which the United draw our army of occupation at a J zelhgem and capable woman, and States wiU c the heaviest load given time - We our Promise, 1 is qualified in every way to render by far tax ^ will ^ necessary J leaving the South Koreans approxi- e . tme ser\ue and influence. of coursei but Congress should do matel y a bllllon dollars worth of war More women of her type should of- gome clear thinking and studying I equipment, arms and ammunition. ^ eglS ‘ a K tUre u ? nd fK b€ w eleCt " 1 rather than give to the President a I From a militar y standpoint this ed in bo.h branches _ We think sey- blanket order for more blg spending country cannot throw into the Ko- eral able a imen in that body wou d (A1 , over nati(jn ^ ls rean front the men and materials ha ' e " *y hole ^ rac effect and help | aroused over reported military mon . necessary to hold in check the teem- jm.ea.se Rje respect generally held, ey waste ^ s hown by the letters ing milllons 1° Japan. The alterna- pouring into Washington. The peo- by the public for bi»dy The recent appointment of a| capable 2 by Tpaoie ioman of Te hlihis. inflf'' !»»• .pn-.j on the industrial commission if.,.,,,.,. ‘.If 1 ; Gov. Thurmond was a it is stated by many reports. Men aske< i and have no monopoly either on ability or brain. H i (dollars defense money appropriated * by Congress since World War II nas gone? in order—why weren tive is to rush these men and arms from Pearl Harbor and from con tinental United States which is 7,000 miles away. In the meantime we are fighting only delaying actions in ' ” ' ' strengthened that body i ~ Two ot b e r questions being , Korea unt * 1 we build bp an invasion force, and that takes time. I we better prepared for the Korean Neither can this nation, accord- ■ campaign, and why other countries * ng 1° P r0 P° sa l s advocated by some haven’t sent in troops to the war! senators « such as Homer Capehart, New Doctor Locates Here area? Plainly, it looks to us that Rpphbhcan of Indiana, recruit a The announcement that Dr. James somebody pulled a bonehead We Japanese army, nor use the divisions L Walker has located in the city were embarrassed by Pearl Harbor, | °^ ered ' b y Chinese Nationalist for the general practice of medicine the same is true of the overnight, governmer ^‘ do 50 would be op- \s;il be one of interest not only in happenings in Korea. Why haven’t en invitations for a Russian and .:>• out tne entire surrounding the President, our congressmen and Chinese Red invasion of Japan. j rural communities where there are : senators been telling us the truth— l n meantime, although Presi- no resident doctors that we are badly and inadequately den t Truman has declared there is The recent census shows that Clin- "WWped. One of the big answers is'i™ necessity for instituting rationing, ton has made a population increase we have ^ spending too much some sections of the country are r r i 4,^,^ j i • i a* ctartincf o n rvn i r\ a o wa starting a hoarding drive and are decade, and yet there are Welfare State. laying up foodstuffs tires, batteries aoout half as many active physicians! while we plan for war, we and . 0 ' bcr ^ commodities expected to serving this area as we had ten years should put an end to unnecessary do- ! ol about twenty-five percent during and t mone y ° n Ihe socialistic the pa? fact, there is no indication that these there is the possibility I get of every appropriation that is not I pplie . s ^ lI1 f ^ * n supply and may locate here in the! absolutely essential at this time of tbe y ^ actor tha t WI H make them short is this same practice of hoard ing. ago. This shows the need of more | mestic spending ahd strip the bud- doctors, and that another may near future, we are told. j peril. The elections this fall and two A busy physician said he wel-1 years hence should be forgotten by comej the coming of Dr. Walker and f^e president and our Washington had encouraged him to locate here., representatives. The big job back Other members of the medical pro- heme is to keep our national econ- fession feel the same way we are onay stable if "we are to escape dis- sure. We have two splendidly op- aster. Non-defense expenditures erated, privately-owned hospitals, that should be cut to the bone, and the are busy all the time, and other phy- election year craze apparent In the j sicians with offices and large prac- s Senate definitely ended. Yet what ^ tice that are equally as busy. The ad- do we see in the face of threatening | riition of a new physician will help war—pork-barrel appropriations for ! lighten present loads and furnish au ' all sorts of projects in all parts of j enlarged service which is needed. the country. As an example. Last i week the Senofte defeated an amend ment by three Republican senators „ .. to, trim $366 million from the fat Sena or Edgar Brown o! Barnwell t732 ro|1||on rl harbors and iL e n,?, yS T control bill, the lushest pork- Re . i l . Sol . Bla ‘|- .‘“ t0 a ‘ i barrel project in the senale's big appropriation bill. The vote was 47 to 28 against the reduction and with a Korean war in our laps. Senators Hoey and Graham of Norm Caro- jiina, and Senators Maybank and WE DO ALL KINDS OF PRINTING —EXCEPT BAD CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. Lining 'Em Up sayin' his country, will be elected the new speaker of the house when the gen- 1 eral assembly convenes in January. We guess it will be unanimous. Another news item from Green- .k says that the iegislative dete-, • °. r " tha t Cl>U ? l h ) ' W ' 1 ' SU ? por 'I the reduction proposal. This “hows ■ he ll " , ' ,ce ,I he supp f rt “P- how the Senate, with the help ot the irently, will be, the report said, fmir A ar . lin! , Blatt parently, will be, the report said, * X R ’ V i four Carolina senators, weal ngnt, througn a deal to assure appointment w j . .. . ° e 'ahead appropriating taxpayers mon- of Ae.4esentative Qharles Vernor 1 - - - - J ley lavishly for vote-getting projects in widely scattered areas. Your in- ! will re mind you forcibly again of what is going on in Washington. of that county to the ways and means c .mmmee, and that it appointed tl» |c#me tax return , his „„ lutter will nave a fine chance of be- coming chairman of this important money committee. So it will lie seen that already tne Taxpayers should rise up in pro- Of:ice Industry general assembly la and demand drastic economiz- bu.-y ••lining up’’ the boys. Long ago ing before rais i rt g t ax es. The Amer-; tne legislature became a “closed lcan P e;J plc are willing to accept a j snop ’ for its members only in the rea H s ll c wa r tax only with the as surance from President Truman and election of judges and other good- „ , , ,, paying jobs filled by that body. An Congress that every dune of non- ■ outsider doesn’t have a ghost of a 1 '‘• ,sen ll a ^ government sp>ending will chance, regardless of qualifications,, be ^d every possible dollar cnaracter, training or ability. Sena-■ a PP bed 1° defense. That assurance tor Brown and Rep. Blatt are gener- t0 cut unnecessary spending to zero aily spoken of as heads of the “Barn- 1 we do no ^ bave » or that any effort well ring.” Their influence is recog-I be made to reduce the stagger- n.zed as tremendous and we know it 1 1°® national debt. And we doubt that ; it will be forth-coming. few dominating men in the general assembly. When the cards are all stacked. Blatt will be elected to the speaker post, and that means that tne same old clique in the legislature will still hold their power. With Brown over at one end in the senate, and Blatt at the other in the house their power may be expected to be stronger than ever before. More Taxes Coming The United States national debt is now in excess of $257 billion. Before As Washington Sees It. .. THE NATIONAL SCENE j Special To The Chremcle. [ Washington, August 2—Everything) that has happened in Washington re cently has been tempered or stepped up- by the war in Korea. Most sig nificant was the shelving of the tax bill by the senate which would have t he Korean war took us unexpectedly ; slashed excise taxes by about a bil- we were told by President Truman, billion dollars and the unanimous the spender of all time of other peo- endorsement by the house foreign af-l pie’s n)cney—that it would go up $5 fairs committee of the administra-l billion mo e because of a deficit in tion’s full request for $1.2 billion dol- the fiscal year that began July 1. lar arms aid program for nations re-' The late President Roosevelt, Presi- sisting Communism, dent Truman and other socialistic But in the face of President Tru- But how much would it cost to REPLACE IT? The average home owner to day carries only 40% enough fire insurance. He’s thinking backward to what his proper ty cost, instead of forward to what it would cost to RE PLACE IT. Face the facts. Your home or place of business (and con tents) may bum tonight. 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