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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, January 29, 1953
5Ihr Qllintmt (Ulirnnirlr
Established 1900
WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher
HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant
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'It is paying out millions to individ
uals for doing what every good
I farmer knows he should do for
i himself. When the Government at
tempts to regulate the market it
only keeps the inefficient or mar
ginal producer in business aT the
expense of the efficient' producer
and of the consumer.
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Free enterprise should be put
back into farming and every other
field of business. A planned and
subsidized economy destroys init
iative to a large extent, discourages
industry and demoralizes the peo
ple. Secretary Benson has a big
job to enlarge domestic and for
eign markets so that the farmer
will be working primarily to sell
his products on an open, profitable
market—instead of for a govern
ment loan.
Early Draft
For Young
Graduates Seen
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j Washington, Jan. 27. —Draft Di
rector Lewis B. Hershey said today
there may be more emphasis soon
upon drafting of young men as soon
as they finish school.
Hershey told the American Legion
Security commission there* is a
growing awareness that the draft
will get young men early or late, and
that they had* best get in their 24
months of duty early.
He said there are proposals in ex-
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-! istence to-kghten the reins on men
of draft age, and that some are like-
j ly to go into effect this year.
Hershey also declared he is op
posed ,to proposals to extend the re
quirements for service from 24 to 36
months.
He said “until,we have taken ev
ery man who has not yet served, it
wouild-ipot be a good thing to extend
the penod of service for those who
are called.” - •
Hershey said the nation must
make up its mind soon whether
fatherhood is a substitute for mili
tary service. He said 1,400,000 fath
ers have been deferred and he be
ers, otherwise eligible, should be
drafted.
He also expressed himself in favor
.of universal military training “if you
mean training men for less than two
years and putting them into the re
serves until they are needed for ser
vice.”
Hershey said the draft pool is
large enough to provide the men
needed for the rest of this fiscal year
—through June 30 — who will be
called at the rate of about 50,000 a
month. He added it is impossbile,
however, to predict the size of the
forthcoming draft calls.
CLINTON. S. C.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 29. 1953
Join the March of Dimes
More than 90,000 polio victims—
the greatest number in history—
inquired assistance of some kind in
cctaining patient care in 1952.
Over 57.000. of these were new
patients who were stricken during
the year. The rest were carryover
patients from the year before.
South Carolina was more fortunate
than most other states, but still suf
fered a crippling toll of 180 cases.
Late in the year the National
} oundation for Infantile* Paralysis
nnd the American Red Cross joined
lorces in a drive to collect blood
Irom which gamma globulin, a
temporary polio preventive, could
be extracted. This was the b:g
r.cWs in the fight against infantile
paralysis during 1952. In tests fi
nanced by the March of Dimes,
gamma globulin proved to be ef
fective in either preventing or les
sening the effect of polio. The re
po, t. though encouraging., was of
v urse. not final. The good news
i pie yesterday from New York by
. science reporter that a safe new
accine against polio has worked m
. tew humans, and probably will
t large-scale trials on children
this summer. This, of course, rais-
look for spending to be cut out in
every way possible, waste and non-
essentials to be curbed. Every ef
fort .will be made to balance the
budget immediately. Senator Harry
Byrd said yesterday that individ
uals and businesses are entitled to
a cut in taxes and with this state
ment all taxpayers will agree. It
can be done. Senator Byrd said, “if
the people of this country demand
it and the rempval of heavy federal
taxes now imposing a cruel bur
den on both individuals and busi
ness”. Wisely he cautioned, that
first the national budget, billions
in the red—must be balanced, ex
penditures drastically cut eliminat
ing the necessity of deficit spend
ing and increasing debt, v.hich has
characterized the exit administra
tion The sooner the budget is put
in sound order, the sooner tax re
lief can come.
There is a possibility that the so-
called excess-profits tax will be
abandoned entirely when the cur
rent law expires next June. This
tax, most economists agree, is an
unfair and dangerous burden on
business—and most especially on
the smaller business, which is de
prived of funds needed for growth
purposes.
We have faith in the Eisenhower
td guarded hopes that spells the
death knell of polio a» a cripp.ei . p r0 g rarn it j s the only kind of
end killer It is cheering neves p ro g ca n-i that can be trusted to
ln.m the Foundation that save this country from bankruptcy,
tests of the treatment will be un- na t; on — no matter how wealthy
dei taken during the summer. | an( j hQ A y W ell supplied wih resource
The annual TVlarctrbrTJimeS drive cs—and no system of Tgovernment
is now on throughout the nation can forever survive official cor-
Though hot included for an appro- ruption and deficits in.the national
pFiation- in the rweitT Community treasury, notwithstanding what ex-
hyst 'MUim/ation st,t n p hern Mve —TfuihaiL tne spender o~
■appeal is the most worthy and ap- all time of other people’s rfconey-—
pealing that confronts our people.| has been doing and telling us the
In our , own county and community) past eight years.
funds from the national organiza-j
tich’'have helped many victims i ni f^ n k c n f RnffA r
hospital treatment where thev are OF DUFFcr
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra
Benson and President Eisenhower
hospital treatment where they are
unable to obtain treatment else
where. County Chairman J. Hew-
lette Wasson, reported last week
that $7,000 was received last year
from the National Foundation to
help carry on the wmrk in this
county.
on the domestic front, besides be
ing confronted with the budget and
taxes, are confronted with the
question of farm price supports.
, The new secretary has a big job
-?h,s ,s a campaign through mau'^ ST tree
"stS'rs ;:r ■ f ° i ^-
ments in which we are asked to Arnencan tanner.
'53 Tax Returns
Being Taken By
Old School Districts
Miss Jennie V. Culbertson, coun-
I ty auditor, states that 1953 tax re-
| turns are being taken by old school
| districts rather than the new num
bers 55 and 56, which embrace all
! schools in the county divided into
two areas for Laurens and Clinton. |
Miss Culbertson pointed out that
her books are set up for the old
school district system in the county
and that the districts are still legal
tax units although they are not
used now for school purposes. The
boards of assessors in each dis-i
trict, she said, are still in office
and review the returns. Automo-1
bile license plates are still being
issued on the basis of the old dis-j
tricts, she said.
She asked that taxpayers in
making their returns by mail bear
in mind to use the old school dis-|
tricts rather than the new.
She said that blanks are avail-
, able to property owners here at
city hall, The Chronicle office and*
at the Citizens Federal Savings and !
Loan association. They will also!
be available at the city clerk’s of
fice in Cross Hill and Gray Court,'
the only other incorporated towns:
’ in the county,
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; Scouts To Hold
Family Banquet
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Boy Scout Week activities wull I
i begin in- February -in this county |
I with a family banquet for the
• whole" “scout family.
t tnis city,
j district chairman, states that “Fam
ily Night” will be observed with a
banquet in the Presbyterian college
dining hall on Friday, February 6,
at 7:30, and that tickets may be ob
tained from W. C. Baldwin or any
scout leader in the community. ■
The program will be put on by
the scouts and climaxed, by Bond
Thomas, Wattsville troop member,
j receiving the Eagle award.
National Boy Scout Week is set
for February 7-13.
drop our dimes,. JL P. Wilder is
chdiman for the Clinton area, with
A big spending problem for a
long while was potatoes, just one
several co-chairmen to assist him. ! on N° w Lne $64 question
This fight against polio which be- ** a butter glut with the Govern-
comes more encouraging, depends men t buying butter daily at a cost
upon the voluntary generosity of 5650,000. The support program
millions of Americans. As we give on ends on March 1 and
\vc help to conquer the dread dis- n 16305 that Secretary Benson must
ease and provide immediate care ac * v ^ se President whether to
Inr those who are stricken, We continue the present program at
will be speeding the day we all'^P per cent parity. There is also
hope, when all of us will be free Question of other controls
from the fear of infantile paralysis. w hich expire this spring with
It is a call to open our hearts which | man y legislators opposing any re-
The Chronicle commends to all its newal.
PTA Executive
Board To Meet
Let’s look at butter now under
the price-support program. Since
last November the Government has
been buying up butter until now it
President Dwight D. Eisenhower |' ac q U i r ed 37 million pounds at
has entered upon a four-year term i an expenditure of over $25 million,
as President of the United States, i with the purchase still going on.
It is reported that 20 million
pounds has been bought in the first
20 days of this month at a price of
90 per cent of “parity”. This is
just one of the many multiplied
spending reasons why we are told
expenditures cannot be decreased.
Butter producers are placing on
the market at the present high
price far more butter than they
can sell and as a result millions of
pounds are being sold to the Gov
ernment. It is the same old story
of buying, destroying and giving
leaders and the general public.
Our New Leader
the transition being smooth, with-
out ostentation. In assuming the
oath he entered immediately upon
-iis tremendous, task carrying with
it the awful power and responsibil
ity that accompanies the office of
president. It is well for the coun
try that he has selected a strong
team to help him, lind that he
knows how to delegate authority to
his assistants. We will not have a
one man” show in Washington.
In his inaugural address Presi
dent Eisenhower called upon
A meeting of the executive board
of the Florida Street School PTA
will be held this evening, Thurs
day, at 8 o’clock in Neville Hall on
the Presbyterian college campus.
All officers and committee chair
men are asked to attend.
County Shrine Club
To Met Here Feb. 3
The Laurens County Shrine club
will hold its next monthly meeting
at Hotel Mary Musgrove on Febru
ary 3 at 7 p.m.
Members are asked to make reser
vations with George L. Phinney of
Laurens, or Hugh L. Eichelberger of
Clinton. All Shriners are invited.
the nation to proclaim anew the j a way potatoes to boost the price
faith that "rules our whole way of f or i a rge growers. The butter sur-
hfe—faith in the dignity of man p i us j s jyg ] ar g e iy to the refusal
and his inalienable rights. It set 0 f housewives to p>ay the present
forth in clear terms the attiudes high price, with the sales of mar-
end principles which would guide
The- new administration.
The American people realize the
jnportance of the change in office
that was made quickly and with-
garine which sells at a much low
er price—mounting from week to
week. Government figures show
that from 1935 to 1942, the per
capita consumption of butter drop
out mishap. It was a long past due peij from 16.J pounds to 8.*7 p.qunds,
change and this newspaper wel- with margarine jumping up from
jorpes it for we have faith in our 2.9 pounds to 7.T pounds. It means
new leader and what he stands for. That dairymen are beirig liurt by
His policy set forth in the recent j this growing competition due large-
presidential campaign met with j ly to housewives seeking a product
the overwhelming approval of the fnore reasonable in price for their
people who were demanding a tables. Government has no busi-
change after 20 years of New Deal-
Fair Deal blundering, wasting,
spending and corruption.
Time will show what President
ness in the butter business and
should get out of the market.
The Production and Marketing
Administration is one of the most
JEisenhower’s program will be. We expensive agencies of Government,
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so remember those
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‘‘It’s Time That Counts”
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