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Thursday, March 15, 1951 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE / Paare Thre* Babson’s Letter V V • u f > v Washington, D. C., March 6.—The basic reason why no World War is probable this year is that all nations are waiting to learn what atomic bombs can do to ground troops. To answer this question is the reason for the Ne vada Atomic Ex periments of the past few weeks. The Severol Statewide Measures Before General Assembly Columbia, March 12.—Money and mobs, census figures and driver’s ages are on tomorrow’s 10th week General Assembly agenda. The Senate Finance committee continues to dwell at length on the House-approved appropriations and three per cent sales tax bill. In fact, the committee called an executive (closed) meeting tonight. Its work on the bill, which has run into dreary hearings for many Korean war has state agencies, institutions and de- shown that ordin- partments, probably will continue ary bombs, dropped from the air, have not succeeded in destroying ground troops. The infantry no longer march es in concentrated ranks as they used to do. Now they are so spread out that the individual soldiers are 50 or more feet apart. For nine months of the year our bombers have been useful in destroy ing bridges and smashing supply lines. During the remaining three months, after the rivers froze, these bridges and highways were no long er necessary and the bombers were greatly handicapped. This explains why the Chinese armies waited until the rivers froze up before they at tacked. This further explains one reason why our military experts do not expect Russia to attempt over running Europe before October or November, if then. The other reason is that Russia wants to gather her much needed crops from Bulgaria, Rumania, Poland and Czechoslovak ia before war begins. But the real reason Stalin has delayed an attack on Europe is his fear of what the new form of atomic bombs could do to masses of foot soldiers and tank. World Oil Situation Irrespective of the bomb, the Un ited Nations could delay a World War for many years if it would only use its great organization (the 10,. 000 employees and annual expense! of $40,000,000) for constructive work. Today these delegates are wasting : their time on foolish arguments 1 They should be ashamed of them-’ selves. Let me give one of the many possible illustrations of what I mean Nearly all the top brass are agreed that Russia's first attack will be against Yugoslavia, Turkey and Greece, to get the oil fields of Irani and neutralize Italy and France. Here are the powder kegs which could de-! rtroy the world. Yet, it must seem' terribly wicked to God to see Hisj people go to war over the fair dis-' tribution of oil which He has free.y given to all. People who own and develop oil land are entitled to re- c«>ive fair compensation for their risk and ex 4 *rses; but God wil not for-, g.ve the hogging of this precious oil agairu* the welfare of mankind. It truly items as if the entire world L crazy not to insist now on a fair dis- through the week. While the Senate awaits a report on the bill from the committee, it faces a dozen or more statewide measures, any of which it may by pass, or take up. « Among them are bills to adopt the 1950 census for this state, and to give municipalities a veto power over retail liquor store licenses granted by the State Tax Commis sion. The House has three top-notice statewide measures on Us calendar. Seeks io Raise Limit Heading the three is a bill by Rep. Evins of Spartanburg to raise the driver’s age limit from 14 to 16 years. The measure, however, has a committee majority unfavorable report. Next in line is Rep. Hollings’ of Charleston bill to define lynching. Its principal effect is to punish a fatal lynching by death or life im prisonment, and to punish a non- fatal lynching by from three to 20 years in prison. Further, and apparently import ant in obtaining lynch mob convic tions, it makes presence in a lynch mob presumption of conspiracy— the state need not prove conspiracy, which now is necessary. Deeper down on the calendar is a Judiciary committee bill to set up a merit system for state employees, It would classify employees as to jobs held, jobs capable of holding, and pay. In between are other bills dealing with restrictions on old age public welfare benefits, drunken driving convictions, and eligibility for the state retirement system. Suggestions for Easing House Work Spring cleaning turns many a house into a place that nobody wants to come to—not even the cat. By tradition, it’s a period of upset for the family and of drudgery and disagreeable toil for the home maker. A good plan of attack and proper organization, however, can take 50 per cent of the headaches out of this usually arduous session. Even as simple a thing as spreading the op eration over an extra day will ease tension and leave the homemaker in a happier mood. Here are some suggestions: 1. Safety comes first in house cleaning. About half the 27,500 fa talities from home accidents in 1950 were caused by falls, so be sure to use stepladders for climbing and proper equipment for window clean ing. Make a safety check fo the en tire house. 2. Check for needed major re pairs and have them made before starting cleaning. 645,299 I Driver Li< Issued Licenses For Four-Year Period i i accidents among 18,051 drivers of all -ages.*Jin the next age group, 15-19 years, there were 1,721 drivers who in Columbia, March 8.—Drivers li censes were issued to 645,299 persons for the 1949-50 period through Aug. 31, 1950, the State Highway Depart ment reports. The greatest number of licenses to men was 133,697 in the 20-29 year had accidents compared to 6,801 the next age group (20-29). 3. If the bathroom needs redec- group, followed closely by 125,241 in orating, plan to install a permanent the 30-39 year group. material for floors and walls. One i (More women (1834299) were issued of the most satisfactory is clay tile, licenses in the 20-29 age group, fol- since it is waterproof and never lowed closely by 180,162 in the 30-39 needs painting or refinishing. | age group. 4. Start with the cellar, go to the ! a* the age attic and work down by floors. Be a little ruthless in discarding things you do not really need. 5. Do one room at a time. Take the clothes closet first, then bureau and dresser drawers, walls, wind ows and floors. 6. Have two large baskets or con tainers for the work. Keep supplies in one and use the second for things being discarded. extremes, there werej 5,652 licenses issued to youngsters 14 1 and 15 years old, and 828 licenses issued to persons 80 to 90 years old. By classification licenses were is sued as follows: Males — white, 367,296; Negro, 101,925; other, 140 (includes Indian, Mexican, Chinese), and total, 439,- 361. Females—White, 166,328; Negro, Diaper CLEAN - WHITE STERILE DIAPERS Delivered in Clinton and Joanna on Mondays and Thursdays of Each Week Baby Dy-Dee Service Pheae MS 5 Harta Court LAURENS. S. C. 7. Before washing walls and wood ; °^ h ^’ 2 j nd to - al > 175 > 8 ' 88 - work, clean dust from ceilings and . highway department, oppos- walls with a vacuum long-brush an effort to raise the drivers li- attachment. cense 8. Vacuum the rug and rug pad, y®ars, then sweep the floor and wash or year-old drivers, there were only 3 minimum age from 14 to 16 shows that among 14 and 15- wax its surface. Turn rugs end for end, to distribute wear evenly. 9. Save an extra dusting of fur niture by putting on slip covers as soon as cleaning is finished. who had driving privileges suspend ed last year. Also, said the department, this age group had fewer accidents. Forty-eight 14 year old drivers had Goodyear Tires and Tubes BATTERIES AND ACCESSORIES McMillan Service Station Sinclair Product* Phone No. 2 >n oi i- oil 'IMIS lu it ‘IT N: ■ryium oi our a or.ci. Causes of War I)tl!< m. t:o others arc ignorant, rsa ler as to climate, rivers other resources. It wou: tury to equalize many r wor. 3/4 rs\ I fnirli Kite .which i>: ne< cry nation, could t>e fairly hy *he United Nations. Until every nation—including Rus sia and China—has a fair quantity oi oi’, we must expect another World ' War. As God “sends His rain on the just and unjust”, so the United Na tions should send the oil of Iran to every other nation, instead of cow ardly sitting by and making speech es. What The UN Should Do The United Nations should stop arguing over technicalities and cas ing each other names like silly chil dren. The delegates should realize that God gave the wor.d the greai oil fields. The delegates should in sist that Iran shall have a just re compense and not be scared by bribes, threats or intrigue, whether by Engfand, Russia or the Uniied Sates. The United Nations should iurther insist on a fair distribution of this oil and have all nations re cognize that they need not resort to war to keep from being shut off from these God given resources. This is an illustration of what the Unit- ed Nations should plan and fight for. Have we “Christian” nations forgot ten THE FOUR FREEDOMS, to which Churchill and Roosevelt both agreed (vhen World War II was go ing against them? THE CHRONICLE Completely Covers Clinton’s Trade Area for Advertisers There Is No Substitute for News paper Advertising FOOD... Is An Important Item With Housewives You will find helpful Gro cery and Market News in THE CHRONICLE every week from leading food stores in the city. 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