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Thursday, April 12, 1951
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Page Fir*
The Federal Government is hav
ing gambler’s luck; that is, the gam
bler who wins, or, when winning.
If ever an organization did every
thing wrong it seems to be the Na
tional Government. Of course, our
it, too, has
future.
has been throwing money around
promiscously, spending and lending
and giving, it may close the books
on June 30th with a surplus! Won
mighty Bo-peep should loose his catch on. Our leaders in 1929 au-
sheep. jthorized a bond issue of $65,000,000
i Because Mr..Truman is a so-called 'for roads. It violated the State Con-
Democrat we find the sheep follow-. stitution as clearly as any act could,
ing Bo-peep on the European-troop Then our Courts validated it, found
question. As it stands, the Great Bo- 1 reasons for declaring it within the
peep tells his sheep that he will Constitution! Read your Constitu-
send troops hither and yon, as hejtion; thousands of our people are as
pleases, and so we set aside the law,! capable of understanding plain lan-
the Constitution and commonsense in guage as are the Courts. Instead of
order to stand by the leader, though upholding the Constitution we play
he lead to destruction. at a game of upholding the Legisla-
What is more sacred in a nation-1 iu ™<x in plain violation
in ordinary concept—than the purity Constitution,
of its money? How can we live and: this Appropriation Bill, with
do business unless we can accept in 1 1 * ,s Sales Tax and Building fund, a
complete trust the soundness of our, three per cent Sales Tax and a
money? Well, our Government under building Fund of $75,000,000. Ob
its marvellous leadership lent to the 1 serve the increases in pay in the
Russians our money-printing plates most hihg-handed refusal to respect
the Constitution; and observe a I
trickery of language which is in-1
tended to salve the consciences of the
judges, if they accept increases in
headlong, foolishly, .into greater
debts and greater commitments be
cause we have thrown aside the
thrift and soum^ financing of our
fathers and have arrogated to our
selves the know-all for every occa
sion. We may borrow from Job on
his ash heap the scathing reply he
gave to the friends who accused him
of sin: “No doubt bui ye are the
people, and wisdom shall die with
you.” Yes, indeed, we are wise, full
of wisdom, wise beyond all the wis
dom of the ancients; and when we
die all wisdom will be buried with
us. So it seems. Both our Legislature
and Congress are full of the wisdom
of the moment, if there be such a
thing as a state of intellectual be-
fuddlement that passes for wisdom
of the moment. ,
Sgt. Blockstone
At Germany School
Sfc. Johnnie B. Blackstone, son
of Edward A. Blackstone, of this
city, was one of the sergeants se
lected in his company to attend the
eighth class in the non-commis
sioned officers school on the Ber
lin, Germany, Military Post.
Sgt. Blackstone went to Germany
member of *‘G” Company. 2nd Bat
in December, 1950, and is now a
talion, 6th Infantry Regiment, with
duties as squad leader.
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Sifato rW«n’t want to overlnokfvH inwiejr-pruning pmica
the reproduclion ot American
money by the Russians. That was
quite a secret and we learn of it now
Although^ the Federal Government, from a speech before the Ohio State
derful, eh? A truly remarkable thing Proclamation declaring a State of
is that we still have billions to throw ; Emergency? Where, in the Consti-
away on Europe and Asia and South: tution, do you find that?
In South Carolina we are quick to
Chamber of Commerce by the Ed- p a yi And then talk to us about a
itor of The Indianapolis Star.
Why have a Constitution which
can be set aside by. a Presidential
paid 1S2
Goodyear Tire
and had to
it.
America but a battle-scarred veteran
can’t build or buy a house. He would;
do better, apparently; or his chances
would be better, if he were one of
Tito’s siibjects, or even a lad from
Argentina. Billions for the foreign
ers but a straight-jacket for our own
boys. At any rate, we are building
a mansion for Gen. Isenhower in
Paris. Why should we build a place
for General Isenhower in France?
France must have thousands of
great places which the French Gov
ernment could provide. Lf you know
anything of France you know that
that is true. Why should America
build a mansion? It is on a par with
this: I read a statement showing
that this nation had sent to Greece
more than a billion dollars! Little
Greece. If the great Washington
powers should spend a billion dol
lars in a Southern State, in the
same period, they could almost buy
the State.
Nothing is needed so much as to*
tarn ninety per cent of the crowd'
oat of Washington, including Con
gress.
Corporations earned more profits
in 1969 than in 1949, but for every
additional dollar Uncle Sam was
right there with the hat. United
States Steel earned M per cent more,
but its taxes rose 86 per cent; Du
Pont earned 19 per cent more but
Uses took 92 per cent more; Gen
eral Motors earned 2? per cent more,
but Usee rose 109 per cent; Seers,
Roebuck earned 39 per cent more,
but paid out 111 per cent more. So-
cony-Vacuum * earnings increased 10
per cent and Its Uses went up 111
per cent; General Electric
II per cent more am
to the Government,
earned II per cent
pay 1T2 per cent more. Most of the
big companies pay much more In
Usee than they pay to their stock
holders.
Well, if our brilliant young think-1
ers have their way we should borrow
our ideas and plans from Russia.
They must think that life ever in
Russia It • long, sweet sang, w Ilf*
of Riley, milk and hooey. ambroeUt
delights, or la our beet native tongue, i
riam and eggs, liver and bacon, all
the time. Now to that so? Here's the,
condition under which the Russian
worker lives
"Inefficient workers are subject to
prosecution In court. Workers who
damage tools can be fined II times
the tool’s value.
On the other hand, concessions are
made to the ever emerging personal
ambition; but on the other, criminal
law to put Into operation in an ef
fort to check the ine ctency of the
entire system
Workers are subject to penalties
imposed by manager* for ’loafing on
the job’, and to court action for ab
senteeism and unauthorlaed quitting
of the job.
From 10 to 25 years in a forced
labor camp, with or without confis
cation of property, can be imposed
for ‘misappropriation,’ embezzlement
or any kind of theft of the property
of the principal employers, the gov
ernment or public bodies.
Neither the constitution nor any
law or decree mentions the right to
strike, and the strike is tacitly out
lawed.
But labor does have the right to
ask for a better deal—by applying
to the state.
Collective bargaining is allowed,
and in fact is considered ‘most im
portant’ to achieve production. But
wage rates and bonuses are specific
ally excluded from the area of bar
gaining. Very good workers may be
awarded such honorary titles as
‘hero of labor’ and get special bene-
fits.” , ,
Do we need a new Constitution in
South Carolina? If we need a Con
stitution at all it must be because
we intend to respect It; to be gov
erned by it; to do what it requires;
and to refrain from doing what it
prohibits. If we are to proceed at
our own pleasure, according to the
impulse of the moment, and in total
disregard of clear mandates of the
Constitution, why should we speak
of a new Constitution? How can we
say that this a bad, or outmoded
Constitution if we disregard provi
sions of it which are sound and fun
damental? Some of us may have
spent long hours studying the Fed
eral and State Constitutions but all
that work is love’s labor lost. On the
National scene we have such things
t as the pact or agreement of the
United Nations, which most of our
people know nothing about, but
which can operate in such manner
aa to supenede our own basic laws.
The Senate of the United States con
curred in that. The Senators prob
ably don’t know anything of the
terms, but it was submitted by the
so-called Democratic Party, or the
Truman wing thereof, and we are
the victims of Party loyalty. It is
why I am beginning to think that
Party government is a curse to the
Nation. Party government means
that a few leaders think up some
thing smart and the little sheep fol
low their Bo-peep all the way. We
, should be fortunate if the great and
new Constitution! Save the mark! It |
isn’t a new Constitution we need, but
a new spirit of loyalty and regard
to the Constitution we have! The
fault is not in the stars, but in our
selves; yes, and we are plunging
quulit \
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