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r Pfcge Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, August 28, 1952 £1)? (Eltnlnn (Ci^ranirlr Established 19M 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 ds Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C^ under Act of Congress March 3, 1879. The Chronicle seeks tae 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 vie*>.s or opinions of its correspondents. MEMBER: SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION National Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia reluctance he may feel in working with the Pendergast Missourian who proclaims he is the "key man”. He can’t, disguise his campaign. The Need for Change f/ In his address at Springfield on | Thursday Governor Stevenson be- ' littled the issue of the need for aj ! change in Administration. He call ed it a doctrine of change for its own sake and applied it exclusive- ! ly to the Republicans, going on to say, of the period of long Repub- i lican tenure after, 1860, "Evident- i ly ‘change’ is a sound principle on ly wh£n the Republicans are out | Washington. and the Democrats in.” Truman’s regime its sorry reputa tion ■for- corruption, cronyism, ex travagance, waste and confusion. There is need for a thorough cleaning-out of the departments that have been smirched by scan dal and convicted of incompetence. This cannot take place so long as the major efforts of departments and bureaus are devoted to cover ing or excusing mistakes rather than correcting them. There can be no genuine economy so long as a considerable body of party-domi nated employees has a vested in terest in the perpetuation of its own jobs. There is need, also, for a differ ent moral and political climate in Some of the respect | that our Government should in i' One of the best statements ot j ^P ire * a t home and abroad, has the case, however, was made when! ^ cn d^sipated. It must be restor- 1 the Republicans were in and thOi e d. ® n d it cansot be regained by a CLINTON, S. C.. THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1952 Storm Warnings Up A strike spread this week in a big plant when the nation’s 400,000 coal miners missed their first formal work day’s pay in the 10-day memor ial holiday ordered by the czar John L. Lewis.-JThis—means that storm i Democrats were out. It was made, 1 incidentally, by Mr. Stevenson’s own Democratic party in its plat form of 1884, during the period to which the Governor referred. In a declaration of “fundamental prin- j ciples” that “will ever form the I true basis of our liberties” that platform said: "But it is indispensable for the practical application and enforce- school on buses. The sales tax is producing enormous amounts of money, the revenue exceeding by millions what we were told the tax ment of these fundambental prin- would raise. Why then make dis-1 ciples that the Government should crimination? The school program is not always be controlled by one becoming more and more cam.plex j political party. Frequent change and centralized in Columbia. Chil-! of Administration is as necessary \\ a. mngs are up again on e wage > j n rura i areas should be pro-1 as constant recurrence to the popu- continuation of the political re gime that has forfeited ' it. This would be just as true if the party in power were Republicans in stead of Democrat. A substantial part of the appeal of General Eisenhower to many voters lies precisely in the fact! that he does represent a change, and a change for the better. He is not burdened by the large group of political obligations that Gov ernor Stevenson sought to brush off by his amusing remarks about “captivity.” He is not obliged to save the face of appointees who have proved to be something less than distinguished. eH does not represent the new broom and there is plenty of sweeping to be done. —The New York Times. 4'- ■ ■ ■ ■■ mm m mmm ■■ Dr. W. W. Adams VETERINARIAN 614 Musgrove Street Clinton, S. C. Phones: Office 958 Residence 991-W WHtXXWWHHIWIWMMIHMMMW Ircnt. and a general spread of strikes j may vided transportation without any dis-; lar will. Otherwise, abuses grow, be expected, Suvh a prospect j cost since those living in these' and the Government, instead of be- areas are being herded into town, ing carried on for the general wel- When the Commission ruled mat no fare, becomes an instrumentality nothing new in itself. The nation come :o expect the annual de with •r.tfid for higher wages wni 10 children within one and one-half ■ for imposing heavy burdens on the ...-ce weapon .is im\i ao < .i> ^ (m ii es 0 f schood would be allowed to many who are governed for the •° , - f K mernorld | ride on state-o\Vned buses it caused benefit of the few w'ho govern. 1 ^ a i ’ u ) , cr a »° 0i wage in- 1 many vehement protests throughout [ Public servants tnus become arbi- cases. and to dimmish the present^ state< and properly s0 . Since get-; trary rulers. This is now the con- „pp % o coa on an . j ting children out of the country into, dition of the country; hence a Lewis changes his technique oc- towns and cities is one of the chief change is demanded.” the new drastic pro-| The p eop i e 0 f the United States should be furnished 0 jj V jQ US jy agreed with this declara tion (as Governor Stevenson ap asionally. but always he has the! aims under same end in view—and invariably he i gram, they wins. Since the early days of the transportation and without cost to New Deal on up through the present Fair Deal regime he and his kind have had their way. We have a labor government, not only in the cbal industry -but many othef major industries as well. Party Name Comes First The Democratic party of this state .he district. JThe cost should come | parently does not) since they end ed twenty-four years of Republi- I can tenure with the election of ! Grover Cleveland. The people of ‘ the United States whll have a cor- ; responding opportunity in Novem- | ber to end an Administration that has become “an instrumentality for from state funds w'hich are now ample, and steadily increasing. 1 . Must Run On Its Record When President Truman openly en dorsed Gov. Stevenson for the Demo cratic presidential nomination itjj m po S ing heavy burdens on the pa.ijr Vfi u.13 meant a quick climbing on tbe hand-j manv” bv electing General Eisen- ...ns o open campaign headquarters. n b ardCTt New Dealers hower . Columbia soon, it is announced anci b ht he nominatlon , 0 a AcUially of course Governor y State Chairman Edgar A. Brown 1 - - 7® Aciuanj, oi course, vjuveinui o‘ Barnwell who defeated Chairman F r Dea man ho h d proclairned Stevenson is extremely sensitive . Barnwell, who defeated Chairman {(Jr mont h s tha t he would not run to th i s i ssue an H nrobablv realizes Baskin at the recent state convention. . . inis lSbue d a P IUUclui y reauAcs Four vears ago -when the fight was or accept the nommatlon - That meant i that it is over-riding in the minds of course, that Truman and Steven-1 of * many voters . Even ^before his son are joined together and that; nom iuation, and almost consistent: Truman i$ Ins mail llumgli he ihllfllyj r ) y thereafter, he Kas been at great made- in this state against Truman ,.ULUj .givil.,, rights. Brown, together vith many other "went tishing”. They ° f ^ w 0 derS ’ tries t0 Set out from under the cloud > didn raise In the 0 f getting votes an effort is being made to keep the President in the background. But he has let it be understood that he is not going to be pushed back in the their hands in that fight. Now they talk of "party” love. The Browm announcement appar ently means that the regular Demo cratic party organization i$ prepar-Jrear of the Democratic campaign. He mg an active campaign to combat says he is the "key” nian and that independents who are supporting Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower for pres ident. At the state convention Brown :s the man who offered the success ful motion to endorse the Stevenson- Sparkman New Deal ticket. With offices opened in Columbia we would suggest that the Barnwell Senator be made head captain, as sisted by Senator Olin D. Johnston (the fair weather voter four years ago), Senator Maybank, and Con gressman Bryson of this district, all of whom have openly proclaimed and boasted of their support to the regu lar party ticket. And also should be added Senator Jefferies of Santee- Cooper fame who probably has prof ited more from New Dealism than my officeholder in the state. These gentlemen who proclaim their party loyalty are officeholders drawing substantial salaries from taxpayers. And they are vitally in terested in seniority and committee chairmanships. We have no real Democratic party today. The left-wing labor group has stolen the name. We prefer principle to name. An Unfair Bus Law The South Carolina Educational Finance Commission which now con trols our schools from Columbia, has unlimited authority. This is always what happens with the centralization of power in the hands of a few. What we are now witnessing is the putting into operation at home of policies that have been followed the past twenty years in Washington. The control of the schools has been prac tically removed from common touch with the patrons and taxpayers. The Commission has made a new interpretation of the School Bus Law which now permits state owned buses to transport students who live within the one and one-half miles of school if the school district will pay the expenses. All routes must be ap proved by the commission, and it was because strong opposition was expressed that the regulations were changed, with the proviso that board of trustees shall reimburse the com mission at $12 per pupil per year for the school year 1952-53. In the judgment of this newspaper the ap proaching session of the general as sembly should amend this unfair law. Since the state is all-out in the transportation business it is not fair for some children to ride buses to school and others walk. If one rides all should ride. When the state sales tax was forced on the people we were told the money derived would be fbr education. Transportation is a vital part of education now with practically everybody out of city Jimits, white and colored, riding to the party must run on the New Deal- Fair Deal record, or fail. Governor Stevenson when put on the spot recently by a questioning reporter, said there has been a "mess” in Washington, pointing out crime and corruption as an issue of the campaign. The President takes a con trary position. He say’s he knows nothing about any mess. He reiter ates that he is the campaign key because Governor Stevenson must run on the record of the Truman and Roosevelt administrations. And this cocky gentleman adds, "I know more about the government than any mart in the United States and that I know nothing about any mess.” His game is plain. Disturbed by Gov. Stevenson's reference to the "mess in Washington”, he now seeks to tie-in the Governor and the Truman and Roosevelt records to squelch the remark before more political damage is done. Of course Truman knows nothing about the “mess” and its odor, because his eyes have been closed to open charges of crime, cor ruption and shady dealings on the part of many holding key positions in his administration. Regardless of how sincere Stevenson may be his candidacy can- pains to demonstrate that he is quite apart from the incumbent Administration. The one notable exception was his short-sighted ac ceptance of an invitation to the Washington “briefing” that Gen eral Eisenhower wisely and right ly declined. Governor Stevenson, in his insistence that he is not a! “captive,” is certainly trying to create the impression that his elec tion will mean a change in Wash ington. The need for change, however, goes deeper than the need for a new face in the White House. What is needed is a radical change for the better, and it canno tbe accom plished until and unless there is also a change in the party in pow er. Governor Stevenson’s person al integrity, no matter how great, is inadequate to cope with the am ount of politically enrenched bu reaucracy that has earned for Mr. Necklines Will r Stir, Not Startle NEW YORK, Aug. 22-^Necklines will be stirring, but never startling, next fall. That’s the word from designer Cecil Chapman whose variations of throat-exposure have started trends for nearly a decade. Mrs. Chapman reports that the clinging shape of clothes calls for j a general moderation in decolletage. Gov. Typical of this movement are these not be separated from the Roose- velt-Truman record, nor from the powerful Democratic machines in the Northern states that control the party. We may have a new Demo cratic president but it will be in name only. The same record will stand with the battlecry to the Amer ican voters “20 years of prosperity”, with slurring remarks about the long ago Hpover depression for which the latter was not responsible. As the Stevenson supporters claim credit for the nation’s abnormal prosperity, which every sensible person knows has been artificial due to world-war conditions and government spending —they ought to mention other things also in the record. They could discuss high taxes, huge debts, inflation, as saults on the Constitution, “crony ism”, lax administration, centralized bureaucracy, the trend toward statism, tax scandals, outright steal ing in numerous government agen cies, the whole web of corruption, and the general disease of socialism for which the Administration is re sponsible. And certainly if they are to claim credit for successes in for eign policy they must likewise take the blame for reverses and bungling. And they should not overlook the power of the big-city bosses and laibor leaders, who to a large extent direct party action in Congress. There’s only one platform for Stev enson to stand on—Roosevelt-Tru- man. The bosses of the disgraceful Democratic convention made the de cision regardless of the shyness or five favorites in high-fashion: 1. The low back—a scooped-out look in the back of cocktail and even ing dresses which have demurely prim fronts. I 2. The fichu-and-bra—bra fronts of jewels or flower petals worn with arm-and-back-covering fichus that match the fabric of the skirt. 3. Turtle necks, a dramatic sirenish neckline for sheath dresses, rising high around the throat but sometimes slashed in a deep slit to the waist in back. 4. Canoe necks—a Shallow curved version of the old boat neck; invar iably worn with a slim frock. 5. The shell—a neckline that is cut low and soft and round, with its edges fashioned in the uneven, grace ful curves of a shell shape. Church Group To Sell Chicken Stew Chicken stew will be offered for sale at Wilkie’s Store on the Green wood highway, Saturday, Sept. 30. The public is invited with the pro ceeds used for the •building fund of a new Church of God on the Milton Road. • ATHLETES FOOT GERM HOW TO KILL IT. IN ONE HOUR. If not pleased, your 40c back. This STRONG fungicide SLOUGHS OFF the outer skin to expose bur ied fungi. Kills it on contact. Get greaseless, instant-drying T-4-L at any drug store. 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