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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, November 5, 1953
(Elinlun (itiromrlr
Established 1900
WILSON W. HARRTS, Editor ahd Publisher
HARRY £. LAYTON, Assistant
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CLINTON, S. C.. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 5, 1953
The Sociol Security Tax
* Individual taxpayers! are assured
e'i i. drop of about 10 per cent on
vraome tax in 1954. It won’t be a
rut in the tax you pay on this year s
jnrnrre. There are two reasons for
expecting this reduction to r come.
<11 the law passed by Congress, calls
Icj .,t. and (2) the Eisenhower ad-
tgmistp&tfon says it won't oppose
•—tbuTcuT |
Etn what some people save by
tius proposed cut next year may_ be
tf? > t by an increasef m their social
lev^nU tax. also scheduled to start
January 1. On that date the social
i-rc.;. ity tax, which employers and
«*>p;oyees both have to pay, goes
«p from 1 1-2 to 2 per cent.
Congress will be called upon to
^ct>r't..der a plan to add more than
111,000,00(1 people to the social se-
•cur.tv roll, including several groups
e-c: now covered ‘ This proposal
tmtiins more and niore government
■Bfroivement with the lives of more
and more people, whether they de-
aire it or not. The big need of to-j
4kcy is to put an end to paternalism
aad socialism and to return to indi
vidual responsibility and independ-
»e*nce upon which our government)
•as founded and has grown strong. 1
Tlcre is this fact also—the present
satial security system is about as
«n-ound as anything could be. Why
*ben expand it? What we ‘need is
* voluntary plan allowung employ
ed persons to defer federal income
tats payments on part of their earn-
to be put in pension funds to
withdrawn upon retirement or
afcafeVi’ity. This'' would encourage
iEMdi* iiaal thrift and put an end to
fcst^er and more expensive bu-
nrt&ucracy. In fact, social security
tei’i is forced government insurance
• saarwac the public.
The Cattlemen March
A caravan of 350 cattlemen
arched upon Washington last
mn_k urging high mandatory sup
ports un live cattle. These big grow-;
«5 have never had it so good as
i» recent years and neither have the
hraiewives had it so hard. The 1
spokesmen for the cattle industry,
vu^orously opposed anything like
"Vwnb ois' price ceilings on their
ae*ai products when prices were
llx^h This same crowd is now’
clbrnoring for 90-per-cent-of-parity
pnr/ supports for their cattle. Other
spokesmen and representatives of
fr«-tstock have expressed an entire
ly different opinion.
Linder the present law expiring at
thr end of next year, there are
natwratory farm price supports at
Wl pe: cent of parity on six basic
s3fe.rables—wheat, corn, cotton, to-
h*evo, rice and peanuts The Secre-;
■ siry of Agriculture has discretionary
dMfctbonty to apply supports and set
■flP^ir level on other storables and|
pvj-ishables. Dairy products are un
like :«ic*5 support now.
costs and loss from spoil-
las made the question of sup
■purling perishables extremely con-
tsoversial, and viewing the record
iK/rrj 1946 through 1950, clearly!
sdlaws that government ha| made a
p»>r job of attempting to control
prices and supply. During this pe-
rnyr government took a $500 mil-
iscsr. loss trying to support potatoes
at 91' per cent of parity under
•impel crop conditions. It has lost
another $235 million supporting
vuyrs and dairy products.
These big ranch growers who
nttfe vn expensive automobiles and
Iteve ha3 it so good because of ab-
nuTTria! war conditions, now are
«r&dz£ht in a squeeze brought about
ilf* -over-production, a decline in
*oi«.*i>rts, and the long drought
-mbtci has forced the sale of under-
cattle. These conditions ■
hr,»c caused a substantial decline
cattle, prices. The cattlemen
to remedy it. And the present law
has not been changed one bit. It
was written and put into effect by
the Truman crowd.
Hurts Small Colleges
The budget control board has
been hearing requests for the fiscal
year for state departments, agen
cies, institutions, and colleges. All
are asking for increased appropria
tions. As would be expected the
colleges are requesting several mil
lion dollars in larger appropriations
for new buildings, engagements
and improvements, increases in sal
aries and general operating expens
es. Their-requests, to a large ex-,
tent will doubtless be grante^J.
The enormous- amount of money
being poured into-, our stSte'institu
tions is making competition all the
keener and hhrder for the denomi
national colleges that are doing an
excellent-job-and must be preserved
since they fill a definite heed. They
caffnot compete in revenue, of
course, with the state institutions
which are expandiry^ each , year
through j^ucrea-se'd-f,'' appropriations
'provided Tiy taxpayers. In some of
them there is evidence of unjusti
fied extravagance, and luxury.
There is an ari|le that promises'
to work a hardship on’the colleges
through a new.ruling for ex-service
men who are veterans of jthe [recent
war w’hich w r as fought without be- '
ing authorized by Congress. A
change in the law has been made
In World War II veteran students
w'ere paid a'monthly allowance of
$75 (single men), $105 (married
men) or $120 (two or more depehd-
•ents). fii addition the government'
bought their books and paid their
tuition.
Under the new law the veteran |
receives a larger monthly allow
ance': $110 (single), $135 (married),
or $160 (two or more dependents).
But out of this allowance paid di-
lect, he must pay for his books and
tuitiom Because of this change
many ex-service men are enrolling
at tuition-free or lower cost sup-1
ported institutions by taxpayers!
money
Heads of private and church)
schools feel that the law discrimi
nates against them because of their
' higher per capita cost and that they
aj-e ftot recipients of state funds.
But there should always be a dis
tinct separation of church and state.
Under the old law it was shown
that some colleges upped their fees,
in order to get more government
funds, and an end should be put to
this grab practice . The small col
lege has a difficMlt road ahead at
best and federal veteran regula
tions should be fair without the pos
sibility of injuring institutions that
Uo not have the state treasury to
, draw upon.
*
Thornwell Midgets
County Champions,
Undefeated In Season
^ i
The Thornwell orphanage Midget
football team emerged as champions
of the county Midget league which
closed tis 8-game season on Octo
ber 9. Thornwell went through its
schedule without a loss.
Standings |
W L T
Thornwell ‘ 8 0 0
Whitmire 6 2 01
Joanna 530
Florida Street 4 3 11
Acaderhy Street 4 4 0j
Laurens 3 4 0
Garlington Street ... 2 5 L
Lydia . 2 6 01
Henderson Herd Is
Given Classification
On Comparison of Score
!
On comparative score the herd of
registered Jerseys owned by Mr. and
Mrs. Caldwell Henderson, of this
’ity, was recently classified for breed
type by an official classifier of thej
American Jersey Cattle club, ‘Pro.)
lessor H. P. Ewalt of Oregon State!
college.
The ijnimals in the herd were giv- ’
en individual rating^ based on a;
comparison with the Jersey breed’s
official score card, which allots 100
points for the ideal Jersey animal.
The Henderson herd now has an
average score of 83.00 percent on 20
animals..
Nine anifhals are rated Very Good,
4 Good Plus, and 7 Good.
^ m
Ploy Be Presented
Tonight Academy School
A play, "The Old Maids Club,”
sponsored by the Woman’s club at
Clinton Mills, is being presented
this evening at 7:30 at Academy
Street school.
Miss Jackie Franks,, dancer, and
a lage cast of characters, are taking
part on the program for the com
edy. Music will be furnished by
Dorsey Turner. ..
Proceeds win be used to pay for
dishes at the school cafeteria to be
used for community activities.
Kiwanians To
Elct Officers
Officers for the new year will be
elected at this evening’s meeting of
the Kiwanis club at Hotel Mary
Musgrove. J. C. Thomas is retiring
president of the club.
>'♦ admit it, but the present situ-
•aajit is basically the result of high
Uriels the past several years which
cawreed the growing of larger herds,
*ed keeping the rate of slaugher
smaller. The drouth, of course,
wdtoch man or government cannot
*a3»»trol, has added to their plight.
Tke new administration is mak-
<xr# an intelligent study and honest
-eflkin to work out a permanent,
tor agricultural program to farm- j
slid consumers, a well-balanced
gEraferam £hat will help develop
markets, protect the rights of all
and free us from multiplied
isive government controls,
is a loud complaint over the
of farm prices. They began
ago during the Truman ad-
ijstration and nothing was done
J. C. THOMAS
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