The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, June 05, 1952, Image 14
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, June 5, 1952
COMMENT
ON MEN
AND THINGS
By The Spectator
pep?
Are we Americans losing our
Have we become soft and
flabby? In recent weeks we have
had prison riots at home and war-
prisoner riots in Korea. And we
negotiate with the prisoners! Any
one who has ever had to maintain t0 President Leguia, “tell them not
us send them where milk and hon
ey will be served after they ve
been affectionately tucked in bed.
And in the handling of men one
must have iron in his glove though
it may look like velvet.
Haven’t you heard of the sheriffs
who walked into the yery jaws of
: death to arrest their rhen? That
I was their duty. I like something I
i heard of my old Chief, President
Leguia of Peru. During one of his
term she was siezed in the palace
by revolutionists and brought out
to the Plaza de Armas (public
square). The guards on the palace
roof feared to shoot lest they kill
the President, but they stood ready
to shoot. The revolutionists said
discipline knows that he must al
ways "command the situation’': he
must not be coerced by prisoners.
If a military officer or a prison of
ficcr is not ready to give his life,
if need be. he is not the man for
to shoot, or they’ll kill you.” That
spunky little gentleman called out
to the' guards, “Do your duty.” An
other time Mr. Leguia was virtual
ly dragged from the Palace and
carried about four blocks and or-
the job. for that is his job. The dered to sign a resignation as Presi
old-time school master had some dent. With all the guns pointing
iron in his blood, too: he had to be, his way he delayed and delayed,
in full command—and he was. I adjusting his glasses and reading
I find it unthinkable that we’slowly the wording of the paper,
should yield to rebellious prison- When he was prodded, he said,
ers. Even if the American Gen-! "I'll sign, but the wording isn't
tral who was a captive had been ; good Spanish: revise it, so I can af-
killed in the action our army; ford to sign.” He was bidding for
should have taken those prison- j time. Then came young Lieuten-
ers in hand beyond any peradven- ant Gomez with a platoon. The
ture. • i revolutionists fired point blank
Indiscipline is no new incident in an< ^ President Leguia and Lieuten-
schools, colleges, or armies. Re- an ^ Gomez fell to the ground. Not
volts, mutinies, stubborn resist- dead, however,,, but just- prudent-
anc -all that is old. well knim-ni ly« That grand little gentleman,
since the world began. But bow- ros0 ana held out , his hand and
mg and scraping and coddling— said. Rise. Captain Gomez ! Men
but/nothing to anybody if that
evasion or outright denial will best
serve bis purpose, or suit his mood.
Some people go off half-cocked;
some talk through their hats; oth-
! ers perjure themselves without
hats, and even when bald-headed.
An illuminating instance of en
tirely misleading talk was the re-
| mark of President Tr'uman that the
Steel Companies were “making $19
I a ton profit on steel.”
It seems that they pay in taxes
1 about nine or twelve dollars of
that.. The President should know
that; but he should avoid slamming
around; it is not part of his busi
ness to denounce any taxpayer.
There is no such thing as a profit
before taxes; the industries should
stop talking such nonsense: the
profit is only after all costs and
charges have been deducted. That
I includes taxes. Taxes are just as
much a charge on the product, just
as much an item of cost, as labor
or the raw material used in manu
facture.
The Russians are giving us ex
amples of loose talk and utter false
hoods. They say anything, with
complete disregard for the truth,
and the public, in part, believes
1 w’hat it reads and hears. We Amer-
j icans have picked that up and we
too, have issued statements that
I show that we are becoming very
apt followers of Ananias. We are
Baruch Says $20
Billion Wasted
In Defense Plans
Washington. — Bernard M. Ba
ruch told Senators today that more
than 20 billion dollars is being
wasted ori the defense program be
cause of what he ^called needless
inflation.
He urged a broad overhauling of
the multi-billion dollars defense ef
fort with emphasis on faster pro
duction of aircraft, tanks, guns and
other weapons of war.
Baruch, 81-year-old financier and
ex-adviser to Presidents, testified
at an open hearing of the Senate
Preparedness Sub-Committee.
In a prepared statement. Baruch
joined fmxes with members of
Congress* w’ho have been urging
greater air power to match and
outstrip Soviet Rusia’s.
Hits At Truman
Through a series of questions
Baruch took pot shots at President
Truman, the State Department and
others on diplomatic, defense and
domestic issues.
Without mentioning Truman, by
name Baruch protested the White
House decision to delay or stretch
out the program for a 143-wing air
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THANK YOU
were men in those days! That was
before the days of nice, easy young
that marks the weakling; it shows
a timid spirit where strength and
resolution are needed. Sometimes fellows in Washington serving
S'dass has to be disciplined; some-; sou ^^ cs 1° prisoners and issuing
times a student or a hundred stu- tailored suits!
dents may have to be expelled; but Years ago a distinguished Metho-
^.2'J t 'iiliiig_-_surrendering,- -b- ma4ttr.fr; dist mmister~YTSilecf~‘afr Tnstirufion
the present day habit of yielding. 1 for the mentally afflicted. As he
us ridiculous -in the eyes of the went through a ward one of the in-
world and craven in our own eyes, j mates approached and asked "Is
Many years ago The Citadel the pomposity of tjie pompeus un
shipped (expelled) many seniors conditioned?” The great preacner
because they "broke garrison”— tactfully replied "Well, that de-
.eft barracks after hours, let them- pends.” We might ask today "Is
selves out of the windows with the folly of the foolish uncondit-
sheets, as I recall. . Well, now, loned”?
"breaking garrison” is nothing • * *
heinous, is it° It doesn't indicate. Lying is a fine art Someone
a case of turpitude that makes one should write a book on the subject,
think of the devouring flames of We find all sorts v of statements,
the infernal regions. No. indeed! misstatements, distortions, and per-
But discipline is discipline. If we j versions, but you can’t pin anyone
don't want boys to becoem men let down: he is all things to all men
developing a practice of usingTrress ' force.
agents to make something sound] And he opposed bringing West-
like the truth. We can scarcely; ern Germany into the North At-
believe the reports that are issued' lantic Treaty Organization until
because they have been decorated i Wester n Europe is armed and able
and sugared, or, else much of the j forestall any Soviet coup,
essence has been strained out or ; " To slow . rearming of Western
drained off. One group of our citi-! a1 ?^ . a * san ^ time • be-
zens will sh3ut that those in oppo-Ifl"J^? ot, . atlons ° e ™ ny , ' s |
-slritm-afr rrarsr tmevesl sWundrSs: r(, ’r l ’ trt '? 0 * _ 7T" f 0 ?, 1 'bot/Wth feel
, hen the other side will declare, Questions Decision
that the first crowd are just so; also questioned the Adminis-
many Reds, pinks. Stalingites, and tration decision to build up produc-
enemies of the public. tive capacity of aircraft, gun, am-
We are losing our sense of pro- munition and .other defense plants
portion, our sense of fairness - ev- | rather than speed production of the
erybody else is not only grievous- ac t ua l weapons',
ly wrong but villianously wrong, 1 decisive victory in the cold
deeply imbued in the blood of the! ^ 15 P° sslbl f as , long as tbe S °
viets hold as terrifying an edge in
opposition. Whats the matter with .u_
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