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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, August 28, 1952
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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.
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VETERINARIAN
614 Musgrove Street
Clinton, S. C.
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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. •
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any drug store. Today at McGee's
Drug Store.
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