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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, August 23, 1951
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WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher
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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.
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One. hundred dollars in prizes
each week will be given to con
testants and listeners by a new
quiz program which begins Sept.
2 on radio station WLBG, accord
ing to Robert R. Smith, general
manager of the station.
The new show, which has been
named “Quiz of Two Mills,” is to
be presented by the Clinton and
Lydia Cotton Mills as a part of
their program for greater enter
tainment and recreation resources
for their employees. Employees of
the two mills are eligible to sub-1
mit three questions on any one!
topic for use on the program. A
prize will be given to the sender
of each question group used, and
all contestants will also be award
ed prizes. 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.
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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.
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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
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