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Y \ ■ j < • : Pafce Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, February 14, 1957 viljr (Ulinlnn (Hljrunirlp Establish 1900 July 4. 1889 — WILLIAM WILSON HARRIS — Jane IS, 1955 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable in Advance) ..pQne Year $3.00, Six Months $2.00 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post OfTice-aLClinton, S C., under Act of Congress March 3, 1879 The Chronicle seeks the 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 ’■esponsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. ________ f —x-L" ■ -- I, —i—.— * Member South Carolina Press Association, National Editorial Association. National Advertising Representative: AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York, Cnicago, Detroit. Philadelphia CLINTON. S. C.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14. 19a7 ■ti Not An Issue Of Magnitude Rumors persist that the administration will abandon, in some "major instances at least, its ’‘partnership" concept , of electric .power development—a concept which calls for the full cooperation of local,'government . and local private enterprise, with the federal government participating'where there is a need. Reason for this rumored abandonment is that, partners hip was given a big play as a political issue in the last electron,;- particu larly in the Pacific Northwest, and that a number of candidates who were opposed to it ami in favor of socialized federal power development instead won high office. Whether there is any basis in fact to these rumors remains to be -seen. But the idea that the public at large is opposed to partnership, and that the successful candidates who urged all-out federal power development won pri marily because of their position on that is sue, makes no sense. Several public opinion surveys have been made on partnership: A typical one. taken in the Puget Sound-Cascade area of Washing ton by a memUr.of the Roper Survey found that sentiment ran three to one in favor of partnership, ami two to one against federal ' power. (i . , | The well-known columnist. Merryle Stan- ; ley Rukeyser. quotes the taker of this survey : as stating in a letter: "It was'apparent well J into the campaign that the-power issue in the | Pacific Northwest was not an issue of mag- I nitude with the voters. Whatever else was effecting the vast ticket-splitting pattern. ! the power issue was not. In fact, to the con- 1 trary. people want to see public and private power live side by sitle, working together for | IKisitive expansion and growth,” It is also reasonable to assume that the i people, carrying so heavy a tax burden as they-do,, wish to see taxpaying private enter- V ' prise undertake power projects—instead of tax-free, tax-subsidized socialized enterprise. The partnership idea is designed to hold fed eral spending for power to a minimum fig ure, and to encourage local people to take care of local needs to the maximum extent. What sound argument can be made against that ? Setting The Trap Whole nations from time to time come under the freedom-destroying rule of dic tators bv devious methods- which fool the *b people until they are trapped: » Powerful Labor leaders and politicians in the United States haye been promoting can didates and measures to build government monopolies. to the" exclusion of free enter prise. If such a program is successful, rank and file workmen would find themsdves-tnere work slaves as they did in Germany and Rus^ sia. Their labor bosses would'be holding top political jobs. Strikes would be outlawed un der penalties such as we have witnessed in the dictator countries. Government control of industry and individuals would be extend ed. x You may think this could not happen here but, it is happening under many disguises. Commenting on the way workers are forced to contribute for candidate^ and measures which they may oppose, Raymond Moley in Newsweek lists large sums that are taken *• o-v • from union funds for politic#! purposes. He jioints out that workmen should he interest ed." ... in the fact- that their contributions- w hich should be devoted to* matters related to their interests as workers, are thus di verted to the ideological and political con cerns of their officers.” , „ Thus are individuals trapped into .situa tions over,which they have no control. Wasson Participates In Briefing Session For Church Leaders State Senator Robert C. Was son. of Laurens eoupty, was one of five South Carolina legislators meeting with 50 churchmen of the state', last Wednesday in the first "legislative...JELriefing for Church Leaders” in Columbia. Sponsored by the Christian Ac tion CouncilJ the "Briefing” brought together representatives of 15 denominations—Protestant, Catholic, and Jew—from all parts of the state. “Free and frank discussion" of important issues now before the general assembly characterized the presentations made by Lt. Gov. Ernest G. Hollings, Senators Rembert Dennis, of Berkeley, and Wasson, Mouse members Rex Carter, of Greenville, and Albert Watson, of Richland. Motorists Urged To V* Watch For Pedestrians One out of every four persons killed in traffic in the United States is a pedestrian, according to national traffic accident reports. In South Carolina, 121 j>edestrians were killed- and ToU injured inc traffic • accidents’' from January 1 through November 30, 1956, according to traffic accident statistics com piled by the State Highway Department. Studies show that one of the most dan- geroius acts a'pedestrian can commit is cross ing between, rather than at, intersections. Another act which takes the lives of many pedestrians is walking or running out from between parked -vehicles. The Highway Department- urges motorists to be especialh careful when driving through residential sections where children may be playing and also when driving at night. Many- pedestrians have serious handicaps, the Highway Department noted. They may have had eyesight or*defective hearing. Some may have >low reaction time. Even if they see danger, they may Ik* unable to react in time. . ’ ' Pedestrians may have little or no know ledge alsiut the limitations of a driver in stop* ping. Drivers are urged to be on the lookout for pedestrians at all times—especially during rainy and foggy weather,, since traffic haz ards -'an- increased for both* drivers and pedestrians in bad weather. Clarksdale, Miss., Press Register: “Presi dent Eisenhower has said at least twice in his news conference that he could see no rea son why information on the travels of sena tors and congressmen at government ex pense should not be made public. . . . This is the first break in the wall of secrecy that surrounds, such expenditures in many gov ernment departments and agencies, not to mention Congress itself.” Pensacola, Fla., Standard: “The freedom of the individual to explore the thinking and conclusions of the human race, and to weigh them in the scales of new intelligence, is the spark-plug of human progress.” SENSING THE NEWS By THURMAN SENSING Executive Vice President Southern States Industrial Council » eeeeeeee.eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee %#,%•••• »'e «*• e'e «We«’# ee'ee eVee'ee *e eee THE PRESIDENTIAL PARADOX , ' *— — *" - In submitting a budget of $72 billion ior the 1938 fiscal year, the largest peacetime budget in the na tion’s history, the President quite clearly acted at variance woth the views of Secretary of the Treas- ury Humphrey and others of like mind in the Ad ministration, regardless of efforts to gloss over the differences ;n opinion. In fact, in an effort to smooth, over the rift in the ranks, the President in the course of a press conference, called upon the members of Congress to cut the budget wher ever they fo°und it possible to do so. in the same breath in which the.President call ed upon the Congress to cut the .budget, how’ever, ' ..he gUg made-this statement: As long as the American people demand, and in my-opinion, deserve the kind of services that this budget provides, we have ,got to spend this- kind of money.'" The President's suggestion as to budget cut ting is thereby exposed for what it apparently is —nothing but a face-saving gesture—and the two viewpoints he expresses are simply not reconcil- able. This paradoxical position of the President is i t mindful of the statements made by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the campaign of 1932. w-hen he said. "Any nation, like any family, can for a year or so spend more than it earns, but you and I know that a continuance of that habit means the poor- house.” If President Roosevelt believed that statement, lie Certainly never acted upon it, because he ignor ed it from the day he •wasie-lected and our national debt increased steadily from that day on. It i» both disillusioning and disheartening that the philosophy of economy in government under' which the President assumed office in 1953 has now been reversed. It is true that for the first two years of his administration, the President did faithful Hr carry out the precepts of governmental economy which he so,carefully outlined in his first campaign and which he so eloquently advocated. He brought the war-time Korean budget down $10 billion in two years' time, but now* two years later he is advocatmg^a peacetime budget $8 billion higher than, the budget of two years ago. In the 1952 campaign, the president promised to lighten "the burden of our inheritance of debt"’ and he promised to lift the “tax burden that stifles initiative.” He also resolved “to manage the Gov ernment’s finances so as to help and not hinder each family in balancing its own budget.” J Now. four years later, there is very little, if anything, to show that the first two promises have b«en kept; more thar\ that, the resolve itself is no longer in evidence. All of which makes the disil lusionment all the more keenly felt by those who blieved that we had finally, after twenty long years of “taxing and spending and electing,” ob tained an administration that would lift the tax burden and restore the initiative of the people, that would bring an end to the ever-present night- ‘mare of disastrous inflation. It would almost seem now as if there were no where for the people to turn for relief. This fear will certainly be realized if Congrses takes the same attitude as that expressed by the Adminis tration. Apparently, the one hope of the American p'eople now lies wjth the Congress. But we say that it is most disheartening that the President has reversed his own philosophy vhth refemce to lessening the expenses of gov ernment and is taking no leadership in restoring the nation to the s<fund economy which he advo cated four years ago. After all, leadership is most effective when it comes from the President, and he cannot dodge his responsibility for sound eco nomic government by saying that just because the “American people” demand and, in his opinion, deserve all these things, they should have them. As a matter of fact, it is not all the American peo ple who are demanding them; it is only segments of the people. And it is always the individual, never “the people,” who may or may not deserve anything! Davidson Alumni To Have Dinner In Greenville Friday Davidson college alumni in the Greneville area, which includes ladies night banquet meeting earnings for 1956 for Social secuy Clinton. wiU hold their annuaf ity purposes at the time he files Land-Owners Now Covered For Social Security Purposes Farm landowners as well as sharecroppers niay now be self- employed d for social security purposes. The income of farm landowner received from a share- farming agreement is covered by Vi recent change in the social se curity law if the rental arrange ment calls for the farmer to take an important part, in the opera tion of the farm and he actually does so, according to Miss Mar- .tha Pressly, district manager of the Greenwood social security of- feie. This provision *of the new law is met if the farmer participates to a material degree in the pro duction or management of a crop or livestock oh land he rents. Sharecroppers have been cover ed as self-employed since the be ginning of 1955 The new law covering landowners applies to all types of farm rental arrange ments including cash rent, stand ing rent, share rental and share*- farming arrangements. The landowner who materially participates in the operation of his farm should report, his net Friday night in Fellowship hall of Buncombe Street Methodist church. Greenville. Dr.‘John R. Cunningham, pres- ictent of the collegt, who will be the speaker, will be introduced by Dr. John McSween, of Clinton. his income tax return after the close of the year. Farmers who would like.more information re garding this new phase of the law should contact their nearest soc ial security office. Presbyterian Women To Meet Sunday At Wayside Churth The annual conference of Dis trict 3 of the Women of the Church of the South Carijftna Presbptrey will be held at Way- side Presbyterian church, Lau rens, Sunday afternoon, Feb. 17. The devotional will be given by Rev. W. E. Simpson, Jr., and Mrs. O. F. Liner, of the First Church, Greenwood, will bring the inspi rational message. Music will be furnished by Miss Barbara „ Wolfe, soloist, accom panied by Mrs. G. E. Shepherd. A short conference period will be held on “How To Get Work Done,” and one person from each church will contribute ideas from fast yera’s program, with em phasis on the theme, “Forward With Christ Through Christian Citizenship.” Registration will begin at 2:00 o’clock and the meeting at 2:30. After a fellowship period re freshments will be served. IF YOU DON'T READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DON'T GET THE NEWS Phon* 74 Music Festival For High Schools At Inman In March ^The Western District High gchool Music Festival, one of four scuh festivals sponsored an nually by the South Carloina Music Educators Association, will be held March 12, 13, and 15 at Chapman high school at Inman. Vocal events are scheduled for March 12; piano and instrumental solos and ensembles, March 13; bands, orchestras, and baton twirling, March 15. The Western District comprises the counties of Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Edgefield, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Newberry, Oconee, Pickens, Salu da and Spartanburg. Soloists and groups from any high school in this area may enter the festival events provided the music teach ers and directors are members of the South Carolina Music Educa tors Association. TRAINING IN CARIBBEAN Charles W Owens, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W Owons, of Clihton, is serving aboard the seaplane tender, USS Currituck, in "Operation Springboard,” the annual Atlantic fleet /winter training exercise in the ’Carib bean Sea. TIE MOST DANGEROUS PLACE IN AMERICA Statistics prove that more accidents happen at home than anywhere elae. Ac cidents mean extra bills for doctors, hospitals, nurses, etc. Accidents to the bread winner mean loss of income. 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