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j .1 Pa^e Eight THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, August 28, 1952 COMMENT ON MEN AND THINGS By The Spectator Is South Carolina for Eisenhow er^ It looks so, doesn’t it? I don't know how many citizens have signed the petition td put "Ike'’ on r. ticket: and no one knows how many citizens will vote for him: but very little is being said about the Trumanite, Trumanized tick et: still you never can tell: the same lineup that dominated the second meeting of the South Caro lina Democratic convention will be busy all the time; many of those gentlemen are professional poli- tciians and in such matters they <an ‘ run and not be tveary! and they can walk and not faint”: whereas the citizens advocating General Eisenhower are full of en thusiasm and zeal—both of which must be guided and sustained in or der to be effective. As Uncle Re mus would say: ’^Brer fox, he ain spend: he ain say nuthin; he jest lying low watching for a chance.” . v erily, verily, AhalLis.the . truth. However, thih splendid, fervor, this rt'splondtmt—purpose, -to rise above bosses and bossism, above political managers and political moguls—all these element.-: of a triumphant crusade, enrich our life and add zest to this campaign. Nothing is i:ner than a great enthusiasm; and when it springs from a motive of serv.ee it lifts us from just ordi nary. plodding, people, sunk in the routine of living, to new heights. We must remember always that enthusiasm elevates drudgery into something sublime. But this en thusiasm—this djvine afflatus, as the Greeks call it—must be nour ished and revivified constantly, andmaintained at white heat. ‘The heights by great men Reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight: But they, while companions slept. Were toiling upward through the night.” And so. those now impelled ir- icsistably, by an overmastering en thusiasm. must learn from the oth ers to "mount up with wings as eagles; to run and not be weary; and to walk and not faint.” So the enthusiasts, with the great the word “Commerce” originally, that we are today mere puppets, jumping before the vagaries of the courts. And now the bureaucrats: For some reason that I have wondered about, the Trumanite bureaucracy wishes to drive the private power business out of existence, and have the electric power, and its vast po tential. under the sway and whim of Washington. It was never clear to me why the Government picker! on the power business. I live on a power line and my power bill is not a major item. If the Gvoern- ment were really desirous of help ing me it would serve me more hlpfullv if it reduced my grovery bill by fifty per cent. Obvious-j lv I am not advocating that. But with all the fanfare and trumpets.; the tumult and the shouting, thej average man’s power bill is a small; item, comparatively, while groc- j eries meat, and other things really ; count. In some families the softi drink bill is more than the light j and ,< power bill. In some other families the hard-drink bill is sev eral times more than the light bill: and in still other families the hard- drink bill, plus the soft drink, plus; the tobacco bill, makes the power; charge look like a piker’s demand.I by comparison. So, why did net^ the bureaucrats’ give us relief on; hanr and sofey liquors, - eigpreitevj cigars and pipe tobacco. Gentle men. I said nothing about eosmet-r j cs _ a bill of; staggering propor- t ; ons. what with scents, re-scents, gives, ■ lo the first part, and not only mourn spirit of reformers, must carry but up with wings as eagles, but they must run and not be weary; and walk and not jfaint. Our nation Is so badly in need of a-“new look” that we should keep before us a picture of America as she is. and should hg. rafoeiv.than as she was fifty .yejE^agtvl-i^paie, days I ago I sat with a great rtf&V of affairs and asked what he thought of America today, as com-J that he can. oD they sell power (i issents. asliing 1 nl>. lions—oh, and what not! The Trumanites borrowed the Socialist and Communist program. For years the Communists have. said that the Government could soon control and utterly dominate the life of the Nation if it controll ed the electric power of the nation and even if ignorantly our Govrn- ment carries it out. There you have it: it is no secret. But our Congressmen have lamely stumbled into the Communist program be cause it was sugared so sweet that the nasty pill was not tasted The bureaucrats proceed step by step, here a little, there a little but with the perseveranc and stadi- nss of termites7~* eating into the foundations. Here is the program: At first they must control the wat er. That was the great hoax that Congress adoped. so as to build dams. Then followed generators, so as to utilize the power, possibili ties. For example, that was the pla nat the bottom of Clarks Hill —and most others. Now', when! Clarks' Hiir'is ready, what shall' they do w’ith the power? In bur law* is such an anomaly as this - , that power generated through the use ,of *tax money, shall be sold to a certain kroup as preferred cus tomers. I belong to that group, since I have farm interests. Can anvone defend such a practice? No; bue we who are so favored accept •it because we live in a flesh-pot area when every man grasps all at a preferred rate to newspapers No! Do they sell it to cleaners and pressers, as preferred customers? Do they sell it to the great enter- priss which pay most of 4he taxes No! It is the usual underhand method of coddling some of us. be cause we are supposed to rejoice in receiving special advantages and favors over our fellow citizens! pared with the days of his young manhood. He is a man of marked success, .and is still in control of a \ast institution. He thinks that our Governmen and political med dling 1 are leading us swiftly toward all of the evils of Socialism. lyly mind turns to two evils whith we must correct very soon, if the America we cherish is to survive: we must have the law so clear, so bloc. The greatest buyers of pow’- plain. that every intelligent person; And they think we w’ill vote as a can understand it. There is no reas- er have never complained nor wish- on why it he law should be mystify- ed Governmnt power, ing-as a pysiciarr’s prescription. in l U p an( j suggested to^yh© bureau- what we playfully call Dog Lat-= ^ long last, even Congress woke jn. Of course even Dog Latin haSj U p an( j suggested to the Bureau- its merit. Water, just pure w-ater— crats that c i ar k s Hill power should pure, that is the ordinary drink- ^ distributed over th,e lines of pri- ing waer. couid hardly be sold to va t e power companies, if suitable us for a couple o/ dollars a jill; out j^rangements could be made. For aqua w’ell, aqua is worth a lot of ^ wo y earSi or more, all the private money in a small bottle, with a lab | power companies operating in this el and skuh and bones. - i stat, and Santee-Cooper have offer The law should not be a rehash e( j every plan, consideration and of Briti.sh judicial decisions, nor mducement to transmit that power, the English common law. drawn on ’j- 0 an y reasonable man it is so as a fount of unknown law, nor fhe c ] ear j v right plan, the oconom- judgments f Massachusetts, Idaho i j ca j pi ani that is is as plain as the or Horida. There is no practicei nose on vour face. What then? more ridiculous than a svstem of » , ... ... , . „ Men in high position in Washing- jurisprudence which is as confusing; to a lawyer as it is to a layman. ton say bluntly that they do not Instead of our being victims of wish to operate with the established our forebodings of what some; th e.v re a lly hope to con- iudge or some appellate court wiH ^ /he power business. ordain, the intelligent, prepared , ^ e ^ hal1 ,^ ake ^ ^ la t e „ some iawvr should be able to say with ^ Even if our Senate and House certainty “this is the law.” No one, 3 ^.^ 1 ^ the fluent eloquence con do that today. 1 of * bureaucracy: even if these Ti umanism has brought sharply gentlemen see hazily the drift to- „c th* *viic of our ward Communism; even if they would like to call a halt, they are lacking in sturdy qualities of states manship and are running along weakly, ineffectually, like men of no strength and no vision. to us the evils of our jurisprudence, the meddling of the courts, the draining, twisting of the Consti tution, the assumpiion of jurisdic tion in our local concerns, the im aginary inter-state nature of much of our commerce, because of a mere incident; and the inclusion as interstate commerce of matters so far from being within the scope of IF YOU DON’T READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DONT GET THE NEWS BRING US COUPON FROM BREEZE ADVERTISEMENT ON PAGE TWO OF THIS NEWSPAPER W > BREEZE FACC C.OTH UfclDC LAKGi SIZC ICONOMY SIZI 2 r ta 45c : ~ 44c WITH NEWSPAPER COUPON WITH NIWSPAPa COUPON LEAMAN'S STORE. 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