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Patre Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, August 23, 1951 V, (Ihr (dltntmt (Elprottirlr EiUbliabed 1»M WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE 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, 187®. The Chronicle seeks Ue cooperation of its subscribers and readers— the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. MEMBER: v SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION National Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1951 Truman's Airport Court's Prestige Gone The Supreme Court of the Unit- medical men to staff them. And yet congressmen protest loudly and Last week in these c°lu mn5 we vigorously if any economy move is commented on the fact that a nine-, ma< j e j n this direction. Its the teen million dollar appropriation sarTie a n down the line with pork had (been requested of Congress b arre i appropriations, for the construction of a big air „ . r, . base in President Truman's home <*«“>*„ „ b “ k *° f nator . Byrd county. The proposed appropna- , wh ,°, iaa wa , tchdog fyrng to pro- tion is to expand the airport at tect tbe P^ple. he says, and al of, Grandview. Missouri, and thi . us who read know Us true-hat : small field there now is used pri- ™ ucb f th<; tPoney ^>"8 spent in manly to receive the Presidential '^defense setup has not the re- airplane on Ilyin* visits to the old m0, f st 'onneetton with the war stamping ground The place, it is f rosran ’ Everybody ,n Washing- reported. has not the slightest strao t0 "- os we have said betore, and, tunee It S weren't ™ know-.s hving in Unt- .issiviated with Truman, nobody " ry f 1 ' hc H exp “ se of < a '<P aya '' s - would ever have heard of the place ®' na,or Byrd - who uncovers some- or even considered it. thing new every few days, made , this report yesterday. His commit- ngressmen v '‘'° arc a ^‘ tee reports that defense agencies temp ng to K^t the proposal in Washington have bought $26,500 thrcug.i are a glaring e.\ample of worth of easy chairs and daven- spniK- p itics which is now com- ports, at prices ranging from $155 rnonly practiced by congressmen, to $ 2 68 each. They will enjoy, senators and the president. Tru- their after dinner naps better, no ^^iiite dish is pork. doubt. And the President’s daugh-J I - ter, Miss Margaret Truman, has a! White House limousine for her ownj use in New York. She is assigned' TdStStSh" lost much of the pres- a * e f nt * chauffeur | tige ,t once held and to a marked ^ ^ Z*** 311 ' extent now fails to hold the full cost> of operatmg it out of her ownj confidence of the American people „ The a ^ a city to mention; This began early back m the 1 am « un ‘ of and ol Jl Roosevelt administration when he ‘ . s e . as ad one °( set out to pack ’ the court in or-l V L ^ V ?K P ° Sa der to get through opinions favor-i sincc she Ilr *} be « an able to the vote-catching New, ^ s,ngmg career several y ears Deal. This means appointments g ^ . by the late President, and those' During this extremely hot made by President Truman, have weat tier through which w r e all^ been political rather than out- 1 bave ^ >ecn sweating and panting standing selections based on legal we are helping foot the bills for attainments, judicial experience. suc h ralcl s upon the treasury. We and att:*.ude. and character. These are heing told we are to have an arc the only qualifications that '“^ucational revolution in the state should be considered in making f ,nc< ! Wf? bav ? * be sa ^ es anc ^ appointments to the highest andi hond issue. We may need it, most powerful court of the land. wc have some doubt and aprehen- And it is proper to add, that many . s * on on some of the far-reaching of the problems w’e are now con- proposals. But of one thing we fronted with, and w’e have plenty are rer t a i n this country needs a of them—are due to racial and so-t political revolution from one end nalistic decisions handed down by!* 0 *he other. Your pay check the court during the past eighteen' more and more each week, or day years’ '' we say—is becoming a po- Not only has pol.lrcs infiltrated' “ ti ' a ‘ f “ ,bal ‘ » a •«»* !>•*» ,ima into the supreme court through ^ several of the presidential appoint-' ^ menu but the same has been true Fallacy of Price Controls in naming members to the federal „ -, 4 . .. 4 bench in the respective states.! Tb ? ? ff,c f of Pnce Stabilization Just now there is a fight on over,'" Washington announces it is appointments to fill three federal Z?** * ^ 1 v ‘? lators " f ,ts judgeship vacancies/ in Illinois. ^' h " g K roguiations It is Senator Paul Douglas of that state, . ^ of th | s a ?cncy to fight the a so-called Democrat, opposed the| ba i tle a g ain t st higher living costs, appointments made by President and what has accomplish the past eighteen years. to abolish the natural law of supply and de mand and it csri’t be done. The result of their theory is scarcity, growing black markets, higher prices and the probability of fail ing production. We will not re main a free, strong and progressive nation by depending upon artifi cial price and wage controls. Rock Hill Downs Clinton For Midget Crown The Clinton Midgets made a fine showing in the first state Midget ! double elimination tournament held in North Charleston last week. In their first game they defeated Florence 3-0. The second game was won from Charleston 6-4. Clinton lost their third game to Anderson 7-2 for their first loss of the tournament. On Friday af ternoon Clinton was knocked out of the tournament by Rock Hill in an extra inning ball game 4-3. Rock Hill defeated Anderson twice on Saturday to win the state Mid get tournament. Charles Malpass was one of the leading pitchers and Bobby Pear son starred at bat and in the field during the tournament. The Recreation Commission wants to thank all those who had any part in making the Lrittle League tournament a success. Re ports from several of the visiting teams were that they would vote to have the state Little League tournament here again in 1952 if Clinton wanted it, Coach D. S. Tem pleton stated. The Recreation Commission es pecially wants to thank the um pires for their fine work which was gratis during the tournament. MORE PEOPLE ARE READING THE CHRONICLE THAN EVER BEFORE! 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Claude Crocker, per sonnel director of Clinton and Ly dia Cotton Mills, has announced that the program will be broadcast on Sunday afternoons from 4:05- 4:45, beginning September 2, and will eminate from the recreation buildings of the two mills. Employees of the mills will be pitted against each other in an at tempt to win the beautiful awards. Employees of Clinton and Lydia Cotton Mills are invited to send in their groups of three questions 1 each to radio station WLBG, ac cording to Mr. Smith. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE “The Paper Everybody Reads” FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice tnat on the 4th day of September, 1951, we will render a final account of our acts and do ings as Administrators with Codicil Annexed of the estate of Ella Bul lock Johnson in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens Coun ty, at 10 o’clock a.m., and on the same day will apply for a final dis charge from our trust as Adminis trators with Codicil Annexed. Any person indebted to said es tate is notified and required to make payment on or before that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven, or be forever barred. D. W. JOHNSON. LAFAYETTE J. PAYNE. August 3, 1951. 30-4c AVAILABLE FOR SMART UVm/ No shortages here — of style, comfort or » usefulness. Take a season’s lease on this one-strap little shoe and you’ll want to wear nothing else. Comes in black suede, smooth black or red leather. Only 3.98 Lydia Mills Store Truman, charging they arc weak material for the high posts. He has b«n carrying on a referendum of the bar and others in his state on the qualifications of the pro posed men and the odds are on his accomplished is negligible. Price control legisla tion has always meant, every where—profiteers and black mar ket operations. The staff set up to hold prices consists of 10,900 ex pensive persons on the payroll in Washington and in the field. Many side in the voting controversy. - .. ... „ . Now the Senator says that a man’s ^ them we are told are so-called religion is a factor to be weigh-i ® X f >erts ’ ^ get eX £ lte i 0V " ed in considering him for an easy i that . word ’ Jhiselers should be life seat on the federal bench, and! rUn d °T n 1 and the , punish - that the President agrees with ^ ° f f W ^t 0 ^ of course him. The three posts, the two now say, should go to a Catholic, a Protestant, and a Jew. Such reas oning. of course, Ls political bally hoo, for votes, but we ask in the name of high heaven why should religion be made a factor in the selection of federal judges? Relig ion has nothing to do with a man’s qualifications for the appointment any more than it has in selecting a suet earful merchant, farmer or good physician. Every move now in Washington is tor political ex pediency with all eyes focused on the big election next year. Destroying Your Roy Check If Senator Harry’Byrd of Virgin ia had enough business men on his side in his courageous fight against extravagance, wastefulness, b u- reaucracy and governmental social ism—we would not be in the pre dicament we are today as Congress plays politics with the income of every American citizen, be it large or small. We fail to get relief be cause our congressmen anrf sen ators oppose every economy move. Let it be announced that some government agehey is to be closed up because it is unnecessary, or ’ that an appropriation for some project is to be cut or probably refused and there follows an im mediate howl from congressmen and senators in the state or states where the proposal is made. We are told by those who should knew as an example, that we have a surplus supply of government hos pitals in the country, that many of them are not half occupied, and that there is a scarcity of adequate But it is all nonsense to say we can control prices without controlling wages. Our labor government is for wage increases and holding down of prices to [consumers. It doesn’t Imake sense."’ Price*- and wages are tied together, they can’t be separated. • — The important thing is to cure the reasons why we have price controls. The main objective of economic stabilization is to secure a stable dollar and by that we mean, of course, a stable purchas ing power for the dollar which now does not exist. It is essential that we preserve freedom in this country which means that we should get rid of wage and price controls at the ear liest practical moment. First we need to balance the government budget, as every individual must balance his—restore confidence in the dollar. There are two basic dangers in price and other controls even if they could be made to work. One is that the people will gradually drift into the idea that these arti ficial 'restrictions on the nomnal functioning, of the economy are a permanent necessity—ftist as the drug addict drifts into abject de pendence on dope. Many poli ticians who want more and more power for their own personal ad vancement, encourage that kind of thinking. The second danger is that we will fall for the fallacy that price controls are actually a cure for the disease that is inflation,; for which the government more than anyone else—is responsible. Plan ners and controllers have tried for S ure, a trim new Buick makes a mighty pretty picture when you see it in your driveway, or watch it wheel by. 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