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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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THE WORLDS MOST WIDELY USED DEVOTIONAL GUIDE
Philip said to Him, "Lord, show us the Father, and
we shall be satisfied." Jesus faid to Him, "Have I been
with you so long, and yet you do not know me, Philip?"
(Jphn 14:8. 9 RSV.)
At a family ♦onference in a secluded woodland area, our five-
year-old son became separated from his age group. 1 found him in
tears. “What happened?” I asked. “I just stopped for a minute to
look up,’,’ he cried. “I heard the trees brushing the clouds and I saw
a bird flying. When I looked down, everybody was gone.”
The world does not wait while we pause to look around. Like
Philip, many of us walk in the presence o( God unaware of -Him.
Made by God, we live in His setting. His gifts surround us, and we
use them every moment of our lives. Yet we are so ungrateful.
The secret of thanksgiving lies in our awareness of God. Christ’s
spirit in us teaches us appreciation and love for God, and sheds a
magic glow over our attitudes and actions. >
PRAYER.
Our Father, we have frequently failed in our praise
of Thee because we have not learned the secret of
awareness. Help us to become aware of Thy presence in
us, in others, and in Thy gifts to us. through Christ.
Amen.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
The secret of giving thanks is awareness of God.
Mary Edith Barron (California)
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that government revenues are
obtained. Currently, there is an
added urgency in efforts to get
greater value for every dollar
spent, due to the renewal of cold
war tensions and the consequent
prospect of expanded national de
fense and foreign assistance pro
grams.
Concern for the quality and
cost of government is a perennial
problem, which seems to defy so
lution, for big government is in-
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evitably wasteful. Any study of
the budget, or the cost of govern
ment' runs up against a sheer
magnitude and a complexity of
data that baffle easy description
and multiply the difficulty of
dramatizing any solution. This
awes and terrifies mnny able citi
zens, who shrink from their clear
duty to better understand the
budget process, in order to pro
mote eeonorny, sound fiscal poli
cies and more prudent practices
in raising and disbursing funds
both in national and state capi
tals, and in their hoipe towns.
During the greatest prosperity
this nation has experienced, our
governmental units in fiscal 1955
spent $110 billion, or around one
third of the national income. And
the trend since has been upward.
This exceeded consumer spend
ing in food stores, for tobacco,
clothing, and housing combined.
It represented the equivalent of
$664 for every man, w'oman ( and
child Of this amount, the c&st
of national defense was $2^6,
while the remainder paid all oth
er Federal, state and local costs.
Taxes amounted to $491 per capi
ta, or the euqivalent of more
than six weeks of a factory work
er’s labor at the present average
hourly wage. In addition, dur
ing the year all government debt
outstanding rose to $1,928 per
capita—an aggregate, annual gain
of nearly $8.5 billion.
Federal spending is nearly
double that of the state and lo
cal governments combined, while
7- per cent of all tax collections
goes to Washington. The fiscal
1957 budget expenditures are now
expected to be $69.1 billion, or
$4 billion above the estimate of
last January. This marks the
largest peacetime total with one
exception, and was exceeded in
only three years during World
War II. The $700 million esti
mated surplus may be in jeop
ardy because of a slackening in
corporate profits. With every
prospect that the fiscal 1958 bud
get w'ill show a minimum rise of
$2-$3 billion, it became clearer
that we are failing by % a wide
margin to get spending under
contro.1. Further, at a time* of
peak prosperity, we are achiev
ing too limited a surplus to meet
the requirements of a compen
satory fiscal policy.
In the 1957 budget, 61 per cent
of the funds,’ or more than $40
billion, was allocated to major
national security programs. There
can be no question "of our neeTl
to be strong, and ready for any
eventuality, but to deny, as some
da that there are substantial op-
p6ftuni ) ties for economy in these
expenditures, without weakening
our defenses is contrary to all
logic. In certain areas the de
sire for more and more services,
costing increasing amounts, seems
to give too little attention to ul
timate costs. The fact that the
prices of goods and services have
mounted for government, even as
for its citizens, dictates that the
budget needs more careful scrut
iny than ever before, and no
category of spending should ^>e
considered untouchable.
Past efforts at economy and im
proved efficiency do not offer
great encouragemnet. The second
Hoover Commission, following
our most far-reaching study of
Federal operations, pointed the
way to greater efficiency, to les
sened competition of Govern
ment with business, and to sav
ings, estimated as high as $5.5
billion per year. A balance sheet
of progress over the eighteen
months since its work was com
pleted shows that, of 479 separate
actions called for by Its recom
mendations, some 313 have been
endorsed, in whole or in part, by
the Administration. Of these, 193
actions, or 40 per cent, have been,
or are being, implemented t with
potential savings estimated ajt
around $530 million yearly. This
represents little more than some
of the less controversial and less
costly reforms. Much remains to
be accomplished, if we are to
profit by the excellent work, and
this will require diligent efforts
of everybody.
An area crying out for courag
eous pruning is that of grants-in-
aid to state and local govern
ments. For fiscal 1957 these it
ems, amounted to 6 per cent of to
tal Federal budget expenditures.
The dollar total of around $4.5
billion, spread over some . fifty
different programs, is more than
the total peacetime budget prior
to 1932. In recent years this Fed
eral aid has furnished 8 to 10 per
cent of state and local revenues.
Yet these funds represent no gifts
from Washington, but a return of
locally collected monies, after the
deduction of exorbitant adminis
trative costs. Costs are frequent
ly accompanied by burdensome
and costly standards and con
trols which weaken the. recip
ients. In addition, since they us
ually involve matching funds,
they are a temptation to extrava
gance, and one which therefore
favors the wealthiest or most im
pudent units. The Governors
Conference has more than once
recommended that these grants
be curtailed and that certain Fed
eral revenue sources be allocated
to the states, to enable them to fi
nance the programs directly. The
Commission on Intergovernmen
tal Relations found unequalled
opportunities for savings in this
field, yet Congress, urged on by
local pressure groups and un
wieldy Federal bureaus continues
to hand out billions in this cost
ly form of ‘gift’.
Repeated deficits in Our over
all government spending, and
continued resort to borrowing,
leave little hope for tax reduc
tion^ unless we demand more for
pur tax dollars. Success in Con
gress, in state capitals, and in city
and town halls will never come
uqtil citizen apathy ^liminshes
and all of us take more interest
and demand action. Businessmen
can be of inestimably greater
help if more of theta will bring
I to bear on government operations
some of the management talents
WASHINGTON AND ■ *
"SMALL BUSINESS”
By C. WILSON HARDER
’ There is considerable evidence
to merit the belief that when the
new Congress convenes, the
problems of small business will
be foremost on the agenda.
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During the political conven
tions the National Federation of
Independent Business outlined to
the platform-
making com
mittees of both
major parties
the problems
of Independent
business, and
both parties
adopted strong i
planks on smal
business.
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And as is’ c . w. mruRr
well known now, both parties
triumphed in the recent election
in differjmt ways; one retaining
control tot the administrative
branch, the other maintaining
control of the legislative branch.
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In his message to Congress In
January, President Elsenhower
is slated to include a request for
tax relief for small business.
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At the present time, it is not
known just what form this re
quest will take, but those pro
fessing to be closest to the situa
tion say the White House will
ask that the Federal levy on the
first $25,000 of corporate income
be reduced to 20%.
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Many legislators have informed
the Federation that they are In
favor of tax relief for small busi
ness along these lines.
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The problem is this. There is
no thought in mind that special
consideration is to be given small
business as some sort of subsidy.
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Rather, the problem is one of
leaving small business with suffl-
^ nf laiepcnient Katin pm
dent earnings to Invest in the ex
pansion and development of the
business. The tightening of cred
it by the Federal Reserve Board
has made such measures even
more imperative.
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It is perhaps quite trite to
mention that most businesses fail
because of a lack of cash. If a
business cannot hold back
enough from earnings to meet
competition, or cannot boiYow
the money needed to compete,
the padlock inevitably must
adorn the front door.
• * *
In 1955 11,000 business Arms
were forced to the wall; in the
first eight months of this year
over 1,000 more were forced out.
Failures are running double the
1952 rate. Of course, there are
many reasons for business fail
ure, but a large share of this
alarming rate is due to lack of
cash to keep heads above water.
• • •
And often even borrowing will
not solve the situation on the
present tax structure. Here is
the way that works.
• * •
Suppose, for example, a *mall
business to keep competitive has
to make a $5,000 capital Invest
ment in a new building, and bor
rows the money. Actually, that
business must pay $10,000 for
that building, because out of
each dollar of earnings, taxes
only leave 50 cents to be paid
back to the lending agency. Of
course, the business can take de
preciation, but this is usually off
set by the interest rste,
• • •
The problem has . probably
been allowed to exist too long.
so*
If it exists much longer there
will be s declining problem, doe
to the fact small businesses still
operating will be - declining.
gress for a hospital at the fort,
but the Department of Defense
wants, to build one large enough
to take Care of future expansion,,
It is estimated that about $11,-
000,000 will be needed instead of
the $5,000,000 already appropriat
ed.
I have be^n urging the Secre
tary of the Army, Wilber Bruck-
er. and thd Deputy Secretary of
Defense, Rueben Robertson, to
agree to go ahead with engineer
ing and design-plans for the larg
er hospital and then to present
their request l?o Congress for the
larger appropriation
The $5,000,000 would take 1 ar ■
of a 250-bed hospital • but th' 1
present need is for at least a 500-
bed hpspital. The Department of
Defense also would like to con-
truct a SO’O-bed hospital which
was designed to be ^expanded to
1,000 beds later If provision? Is
made only for 250 beds now, it
will .mean that the old hospital
will have to be continued in use
d’Trtag with the new building
The general renovation pro
gram about to get underway at
the fort will greatly improve the
housing facilities for the soldier
Included in the work is the lining
and painting of the interior of
buildings, providing latrines and
showers on the second floors, im-
. proving heating, lighting and hot
water systems, and the installa
tion of suitable floor covering in
the barracks. , <
Gasoline Price Probe
My efforts to have an investi
gation made of the recent one-
cent per gallon increase in the
price of gasoline moved fonvard
a step this week The Senate
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Committee voted in favor’of my
motion at the organizational,
meeting-’of the committee to ask
the Senate .to approve a resolu
tion providing for the investiga-
j tion.
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Newsprint Price Investigation
Another price increase which
I the Interstate and F'oreign Com
merce Committee is going ahead
, with immediatley is of the recent
j~$4 per ton jump, :n the cos* of
I newsprint.
The first hearing ha beer
! scheduled n Washington on Feb
^ 26 -I shall urg<i the committee
: to make a full survey of the rea-
j ons for-this price,rise [ do ho*
want to see our newspapers and
other newsprint user: subjected
to any unnecessary hardship be
cause of profiteering if that ,;.s
.'What has been goinjJ on.-}.
Sponsoring New Bills
I have joined Senator Potter of
Michigan, in the introduction of a
resolution to establish a new Sen
ate Committee on Veterans Af
fairs At the present time all bill
and resolutions on veterans af
fairs are .handled bv-th<| Senate
Labor and PublicWelfare Com
mittee My view .js that - vet
erans affairs are too important
not to be considered by a com
mittee dealing entirely with that
subject .
Again this year I‘am co-spon-’
soring i with Senator Long, ot
Lortiisiana. a bill whii-h would
' permit veterans to reinstate na
tional service life m-urance poll
| cies which have lapsed We tried
; to secure passage'of this bill 'a -f
I year, but only.a weaker verwon
■ was tacked onto another bill i
' hop- we will be able to ge* the
I-bill we want this time
Also, l am ro- pnnsoring with
j other senators a bill to transfer
*he ;afety.function- of the Gov-,
ernment, from the Commerce De
partment, to the I-abor Depart
ment .This was one of *he rec
ommendations of the HooVer
Co tarn i ssi on for *he purpose ot
improving the present safety ope
ration , in ♦hef government
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which have so richly served the
American productive machine.
To achieve sounder fiscal poli
cies, greater economy, and more
of our. spending closer home will
help in the fight against infla
tion, bring wider personal discre
tion in the spending or saving ot
our incomes, and buttress our
economic strength in -this uneasy
world.”
Holmes Bell are patients at Hays
hospital. .
George Holder was a paftient
&t Blalock clinic sevefal days last
week.
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WITH THE SICK
Roily Bannister, Jr., of Mount-
ville, underwent an operation this
week at Blalock c^nie.
Friends "of J. T Willard will re
gret to know he is ill and a'pa
tient at Blalock clinic.
Little Ken Walker, son of Mr
and Mrs. James Walker, is conva
lescing at Hays hospital following
a' tonsilectomy yesterday..
LittleeRonald Casey, son of Mr
and Mrs. Russell Casey, has re
turned-home from Blalock clime
where he was a patient for sev
eral ffays.
Charles Cobb and Mrs. J. E
FToffitt are patients at Blalock
clinic.’
Mrs. Willie Rushton is a pa
tient at Hays hospital.
Friends of Eric Barnes will be
interested to know- he was a pa
tient at Blalock clinic ‘ several
days last week.
Robert O’Sullivan and William
Sen. Thurmond
Reports ...
When I came to Washington,
one of my promises w as that I
would do my best to have Fort
Jackson at Columbia designated
as a permanent Army insaalltibn.
Shortly before my resignation
from the Senate last spring, I was
notified taat Fort Jackson had
finally been given-designation as
a permanent fbtt 'Now the im
portance of this is beginning to
be clear wnth the announcement
during the past week that ap
proximately $2,200,000 is being
^pent in improving the fort’s
housing facilities this fiscal .year
and the further revelation by the
Armv -that perhaps a* much as
$2,000,000 will be spent in the
next fiscal year for’ further im
provements at Fort Jackson.
Also, during the past week 1
have been having several discus
sions with officials in *the Defense
Department and the Depactmeta
of the Army atxput the construc
tion of a permanent hospital at
Fort Jackson.
An appropriation of $5,000,000
was made last vear bv the Con-
LAURENSCOUNTY
Tax Books Now Open
The tax books of Laurens County are open for pay
ment of the following taxes:
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Special
School
School
Bonds
School
Deficit
Board
Edoc.
1955-56
Total
Laurens No. 55
;... is
25
49
Laurens No. 56
18
22
4
3
46
Greenville No. 520
18
42
V2
53^2
Ware Shoals 51
18
35
60
(County-wide includes:
Ordinary
county, 9
mills:
bonds, 8 mills: hospital, 1 mill—Total, 18 mills).
(Mauldin-Simpsonville-Fountain Inn Water Dist.
levy 13 mills).
Every male between the ages of 21 and 60 years,
who is not physically disabled is required to pay $1.00
poll tax. i |4U
Tax hooks opened October 1, 1956 ahd remain open
without penalty through December 31, 1956. Taxes
will be collected through April 15, 1957, with penalty
added, and will go into execution April 15, 1957. The
following penalties will be collected: January, 1 per
cent; February, 2 per cent; March, 3 per cent; and from
April 1 to April 15, 7 per cent.
SAM M. LEAMAN
County Treasurer
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