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* Thursday, September 7,1950 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Page Fire OVERHEAD, NOT GUNS CHIEF DEFENSE COST ■ i Washington (Special)— Figures 11 Showing what the $48 1-2 billion spent tor the Military Establishment during the last four years means in terms of Federal taxes to various income groups were released today by the Council of State Chambers of Commerce. These show over the four years that: A family of three with an income of $3,000 paid $645.50. A family of four with an income Of $5,000 paid $1,130.08. A family of four with an income Of $7,500 paid $1,798.92. In addition, these family groups paid out Federal taxes for other pur poses connected with defense. These totaled a little less than $4 billion and included such activities as arms SIX-INCH SERMON By Rev. Robert KL Harper , "Didn't GET AROUND Much Any More, Until.. I "For over a ear I didn't eel able to work, iust d ra g ge d a« round," writes Miss Hazel Williamson, Rt. I,. Franklin, N. C. 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You'll be glad you didl Ask for it by name: SoariTs Indian River Mon. * \ 4 . o mark op L UM DURR QUALITY COME IN OUT OE THE RAIN WITH A ROOF D.E.TRIBBLE CO. LUMBLR <*nd BUILDERS SUPPLIES Sinre 1894 Phone 94 CLINTON,S.C. Sickroom Supplies Always on Hand aid to friendly nations, stockpiling of raw materials and atomic energy projects. But they meant $49.85 in Federal taxes to the $3,000 family group, $87.26 to the $5,000 group and $138.90 to the $7,500 group. The Council’s study revealed that S6.75 out of every $10 spent for the Military Establishment went for pay of all personnel, and for food, cloth ing and supplies for the soldiers, sailors and marines. Less than $2^ of each $10 spent for defense was used to buy guns, ships and planes. The study declared that ‘‘Un doubtedly much housekeeping waste in the Military Establishment dim inished the value of the $48 1-2 bil lion as an investment in prepared ness, but efforts begun by Defense Secretary Forrestal and continued by Secretary Johnston to modernize the Establishment and cut out was*e have now tended to strengthen that investment." It added, "In view of the expanded program brought on by the Korean situation, it is all the more necessary that we obtain the maximum return for every dollar that we are invest ing in our national defense.” When illness strikes and you have need for supplies and prescriptions, call us. No matter the time of day or night you can depend on us to make immediate de livery, McGEE’S DRUG STORE Phone No. 1 4* As Washington Sees It... THE NATIONAL SCENE Special to The Chronicle. Washington, Sept. 4—The new social security bill which has finally been passed by the congress will cover approximately 1,700,000 agri- cuitureal workers not heretofore cov ered by the social security act. These are broken down into 850,000 agri cultural workers, 200,000 which have borderline agricultural employment and 650,000 regularly employed on farms. In all about 10,000,000 additional persons are covered by the act and benefits to the insured are boosted from 70 to 100 per cent under the expanded bill. The house finally ap proved the compromise bill by a vote of 374 to 1, fhc lone dissenter being Congressman John W. Byrnes, Re publican of Wisconsin. The senate is still debating the de fense production bill following a let ter by President Truman to Vice- President Aiben Barkley saying that the house version is emasculated to make administration difficult. Ap proximately two months after the invasion of Korea by the North Kor ean Communists, the congress has failed to agree on any single emer gency measure including controls, any military appropriation, taxes, or even the regular appropriations bill carrying the budgeted military appropriation for the defense estab lishment for the fiscal year. The congress was planning its pro gram to adjourn by Labor day, al though observers here insisted that it would be September 15 before the program could get through, and then likely it will only recess to be called back either by the vice-president or the speaker. As a result of Republican criticism of military appropriations and the administration foreign policy in Ko rea and the Far East, Sen. Milliard Tydings, chairman of the senate arm ed services committee, gave the sen ate a breakdown on the 48-biilion- dollars appropriated for defense be ginning July 1, 1946, through fiscal 1950 as follows: $19,860,000,000 for pay, food and clothing and similar items for the armed services; $12,- 760,000,000 for maintenance and op eration of equipment, such as aircraft battleships, submarines, etc; $8,530,- 000,000 for major procurement of new weapons such as planes, ships, arms, etc; $2,250,000,000 for research and development; $1,860,000,000 for the national guard and reserves; $1,-. 1390,000,000 for administration and classified projects; $780,000,000 for retired pay of officers and men; $490,000,000 for military public works i and $390,000,000 for mobilization. * • Senator Tydings said this country J had sent almost half a billion dollars jto Korea in military and economic aid since the end of World War II up to the outbreak of the Korean war. He broke down this aid as $141- 000,000 in surplus military equip 'ment; $301,000,000 in army govern- iment relief; $53,700,000 in BCA ship- 'ments. Senator Tydings' breakdown was in answer to the charge by Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R. f Wis.) that only $200 in signal wire had gone to South Korea in that time. Sen. Herbert H. Lehman (D.-New York) told a senate sub-committee that 65 per cent of oleo manufactur ed in the U.S. was produced by sev en firms and there was danger that Lever Bros, “will eventually exer cise a monopoly.” Charles W. Holl- man, secretary of the national milk producers federation, told the group there is a “dog eat dog” fight among oleo manufacturers and after the fight is concluded the companies left in control would increase prices. Indications are that if the senate passes the house bill to force Font- master General Donaldson to return to a twice-a-day mail service in res idential areas, the President will veto the bill. There was an excellent chance the bill might die in a senate pigeonhole. A 10,000-word report has been fil ed by the senate’s special crime in vestigating committee by its chair man Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennes see. It says organized criminals not only have a strong grip on gambling and related illegal activities but al so are moving fast into legitimate business fields. JOHN MARK, WHO MADE GOOD Lesson for September 10: Acts 12: 12, 25; 13: 4-5, 13; 15: 36-40. Memory Selection: Philiipians 4: 13. . John Mark was the son of Mary, owner of the house in Jerusalem where, it is believed, the Sacrament waS instituted, where the disciples often gathered after Pentecost and where they met to pray for Peter’s deliverance from prison. Thus, out of an atmosphere of Christian be lief and the home of a godly mother, Mark was prepared for his first ser vice as the coinpanions of two great missionaries. But he failed. He left Paul and Barnabas at Perga and returned to Jerusalem. When Barnabas proposed taking Mark on a second missionary journey, Paul refused. The disagree ment was sharp between them. Bar nabas took Mark and departed for Cyprus; Paul chose Silas and set forth on his own course. The young Mark needed the dis approval of Paul; he needed to see the gravity of turning back. But he also needed the second chance that Barnabas gave him. And he mad*.* good. In after years Paul evidently revised his estimate of Mark, for he is favorably mentioned in II Tim othy and named in Philemon among the fellow workers of Paul. The Second Gospel, the first to be written, bears the name of Mark. It is enduring evidence that Mark indeed made good and gave great service to mankind. His life should be an inspiration to men to over come failure and attain unto suc cess in serving Jesus. And all can do this through Him of whom Mark writes in his Gospel. 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