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THE CUNTON CHRONICLE (
Thursday, August 3,1950
a hr (Elinton (Chrnnirlr
Established 1904
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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
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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-
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would it cost
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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. Is
your fire insurance big* enough
to enable you to start to re
build and refurnish or restock
tomorrow?
Quit kidding yourself that
you won’t have a fire or that
you are fully protected. It’s no
fun to be half-ruined.
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