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/ / A A \ PaRe Four THE CLINTO: CHRONICLE Thursday, April ll r 1957 Olljr (Ulintnn (Cljnnurlr I Established 1900 July 4. 1889 — WILLIAM WILSON HARRIS — Jane IS. 1955 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable in Advance) One Year $3.00*, Six Months $2.00._ Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton. £. C., under Act of Congress i March 3. 1879 The Chronicle, seeks the cooperation of its subscrrbers 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 yvill not be noticed This paper is not responsible for the views .or opinions of 'its correspondents Member: South Carolina Press Association, National Editorial Association National Advertising Representative i AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION : New York, Cnicago. Detroit Philadelphia CLINTON, S C.. THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1957 House Cleaning Victor Riesel, the distinguished writer on labor affairs who was blinded with acid by goons, believes that the current Congression al investigation into' alleged abuses by cer tain labor leaders, will result in legislation., forcing unions to clean house. Public opinion —which includes the opinion of the rank-and- file union members and the many honest of ficers of unions—-w-ill demand that. Mr. Riesel goes on to describe three spe cific- fields in which legislation can be ex pected. First, the law must see that union members run and actually control their own unions. Second, protection must be erected around the welfare and pension funds, which now total the incredible .sum of $25 billion. Third, something must be done about labor's jmlitical acitvities so Tar as they lead to cof- rnption*and racketeering. • • . This is,all to the good. Rut there is one more essential step—-entirely' aside from special legislative needs, which will be made clear by the present investigation. That rs adoption, by all the states, of right-to-work laws which make union membership a vol- de- untary matter, which each worker can cide for himself, without coercion. Evidence From The Records The cost of building construction has just about doubled since World War II. and the cost of the ^hings inside our buildings has followed a comparable trend. That is simply a fact. But how many people have adjusted their insurance coverage to take care of this price inflation? That’s a very big' question indeed—and, as -prk.es continue to rise, it .becomes bigger all Baldwin and Hill Named To Leading Posts On PC Annual Blair Baldwin ,af Blair, will serve as editor of the 1958 Pres byterian College yearbook, ac cording tp the verdict of recent campus-wide elections. He was named to take over the reins from present PaC-SaC editor Marshall Tobias, of Sum ter in the largest election turn out of the year at PC. Blair, a rising senior, will start to work on his publication after the open ing of the 1957-58 sesion next September. The same election found Bob Hill, of Mayesville, selected as business manager of the 1958 PiaC-SaC and these students nam ed cheerleadrs for the coming year: Carl Latham, James Bid- ward Marshall III and Joseph Roddey Miller, all of Rock Hill; and Charles McElveen, of Kings- tree. Baldwin is a past business manager of the student newspa per. a member of the dean’s scholastic list and the robed choir and is past secretary of Pi Kappa Alpha national social fraternity. Hill is past secretary and trees urer of the Mary Alice Hamm, Thornwell Girl, Jn University Recital Miss Mary Alice Hamm, so prano, student at the University of South Caolina, will appear in recital in the University’s Lieber College at 5 o’clock FYiday after noon. Miss Hamm, a senior in music education, is a pupil of Evelyn Potter Williamson. «> Miss Hamm will appear jointly with Miss Marilyn Stacey, of Georgetown, pianist, and Don Bedenbaugh, of Leesville, or ganist. Miss Hamm is a graduate of Thomwell High School, of this city. Episcopalians Plan Fund Raising Drive For Missionary Work For the first time in its history s hi tbe Indiana nvently became the 18th state to .adopt such a law and. significantly, it was the first major industrial state to do so. Right-to-work is in.no way anti-union—the unions are free to organize as many workers as wish to join. It is. however, pro-worker and pro-good union. For it make^ the union ">cll itself on the kind of service, it' gives and the standards of conduct it follows. It does away with union monopoly—and monop oly. in any field, inevitably breeds corrup tion. the time. The magazine National Under writer recently asked several fire insurance (ompanies.to check their records to find out just how adequate fire insurance coverage is today. The check was made, and widespread] evidence of seriously inadequate coverage I was revealed. Fire caused’$140,000 loss to an Illinois garage building—it was insured for $21.000. An upstate New York fire caused 'a total loss of $44,479 in a small store—in surance coverage was $29,100. A dwelling fire! resulted in a $27,700 loss, and there was hut $15,000 insurance irt effect. So it goes—such examples could be continued indefinitely. The point is that millions of people just don’t have enough insurance on either their homes or places of business. The policies may have 1 een adequate when they were, issued years ago. but they are inadequate now. often to a trenrendotis'extent. „ Council, a member of the of Scabbard and Blade and presi dent of Tau Phi Pi scientific fra ternity. the Episcopal Church in the Dio cese of Upper South Carolina will conduct a diocese-wide capital funds solicitation for the purpose of assisting its missionary work ; The campaign will be held dw> Inter-FYatemity i ing the first five months of 1958 will seek cash and™ pledges totalling $360,000, according to T. E. Davis, of Newberry, presi dent of the Episcopal Church' Foundation of Upper South Caro lina. The Foundation ,as the dioce san agency' responsible for the campaign, has selected R. C. Den nis, of Kansas City, Mo., as the professional director of the drive. , Mr. Dennis will be present at the Annual Convention" of the Diocese to be held at St. John’s Church, Columbia, on May 7-8, 1957, at which time he will out line his . plans for the 1958 cam paign. Mr. Davis stated that the Foundation considered itself ex tremely fortunate in being able to secure a person of Mr. Den nis’ dedication, spiritual outlook and proven ability to be in charge of this very important venutre. In addition to Mr. Davis, offi cers of the Foundation are: The Rt. Rev. C. Alfred £ole,-chairman of the board; the Rev. Capers Satterlee, of Spartanburg, .vice- president; R. Hoke Robinson, of Columbia, scretary; and Ernest Patton, of Greenville, treasurer. Other members are: The Rev. Messrs. George H. Murphy, of Aiken, Stiles B. Lines, of Cam den, J. Kenneth Morris and Wil liam A. Thompson, of Columbia; and Messrs. A. T. Allen, of Ches ter, Frank Jervey and A, Hoke Sloan, of Clemson. Edward D. Sloan, of Greenville, Moultrie Bums, of Camden, and Wyndham M. Manning, W. Croft Jennings, and John N. LeMagter, all of Co lumbia. ij , TV • Vx-i VA/I, LeIRtoter, Clinton Seaman In Far East Wallace F. Power, seaman, United States Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rufer L. Power, of 303 W. Carolina Ave., aboard the dock landing ship USS Tortuga, participated in the largest am phibious operation to be held in the Ear Bast since Wbrld War II. Seaman Power is married to the former Miss Judy C. Potter, of Puente, Calif. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our sincere appreciation to the friends and relatives who were so thoughtful at the time of the death of our wife and daughter, Dulse Derrick Boyle. We are deeply grateful for the many kindnesses, expres sions of sympathy and the beau tiful floral offerings. JAMES L. BOYLE, MRS. O. C. DERRICK. Consider The Government Never Gets Out 1 Senator B<V(Fhas a hibit of gofhjPkTthe' heart of matters in his public"statements. He has pone this in his analysis of the pro posed $71.8 billion federal budget. Much of the increase, he says, is account ed for by an increase in civilian domestic spending. The budget would provide for fed eral grants to states in 13 new fields, bring ing to 67 the number of such activities in which the federal government is involved. Total vontributions would be $4 billion. This has much more significance than its inflationary influence on one year’s budget. For, as Senator Byrd states, “Once the fed eral government gets into a field it never gets out and it inevitably increases its con tributions from year to year.” So, if these budget proposals are approved, we will have established a precedent leading to ever-in creasing spending in the years ahead.’ Molly-Coddling No Answer As everyone who reads or listens to news accounts knows, juvenile crime has become a problem of grim dimensions in this country., A leading authority, J. Edgar Hoover, of, the FBI, has devoted a signed editorial to it in a recent issue of that organization’s law enforcement bulletin. He says, “Recent hap penings in juvenlie crime shatter the illusion that soft-hearted molly-coddling is the an swer to this problem.” And he asks, “Are we to stand idly by while fierce young.hoodlums —too often and too lopg harbored under the glossy misnomer of juvenile delinquents— roam our streets and desecrate our commu nities? If we do, America might well' witness a resurgence of the brutal criminality and mobsterism of a past era.” , Mr. Hoover also demolishes the idea, held by some j>eople, that there isn’t any more juvenile crime than there used to be—that it’s just better publicized. In the pkst four* an y branch of government. years, the population of 10-17 year olds has risen 10 per cent. In the same time, arrests of individuals in that age bracket have in- creased at twice the rate. Finally. Mr. Hoover makes a strong case against the common custom of not publish ing the names of young criminals. As he puts it, “Publicizing the names as well as crimes for public scrutiny, release of past records to appropriate law enforcement officials and fingerprinting for future’idfentification are all necessary .procedures in the war on the flagrant violator, regardless of age.” We have tried the soft-hearted approach, and it has failed. In the name of self-preser vation, it is time to toughen up. -- V t So far as integration is concerned, the only way it can be enforced in any of our sovereign states is for the people of that state to accept it. If they do not accept it, it cannot be enforced—and if might be pointed out that in a number of our states, it ca/piot be enforced. But we say again, this whole question is much bigger than one of integration; it is a question of the fundamental freedom of the individual and thp protection of his inherent rights. This is graphically illustrated right now by the attempt to pass in Congress a Civil Rights bill that would deny in certain instances one of the most basic rights of a free citizen in a free nation—the right to trial by jury. This bill is perhaps aimed mainly at the South on'account of the integration question, but if it is ever passed in its present form, it will be a dark day for the people of this whole nation. It is to be believed than public opinion wiU not allow this destruction of freedom to be thrust upon the people, and that on -account of this very provision the Civil Rights bill will meet the death which it so justly deserves. j. c. thomas Save Oil LARGER DIAMONDS MORE BJAUTY! MORE BRILLIANCE! MORE VALUE! ■it V4 CARAI* SENSING THE NEWS By THURMAN SENSING Executive Vice President | Southern States Industrial Council THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION "If the Supreme Court says its-the laW, then it’s the law. and we'sflould all obey it." Thus we heard the superintendent of schools of one of our Southern cities speak the other day, and thus we have heard many others speak since the Supreme Court decision oh integration in 1954. For recognizing that we must have law and or der rather than anarchy, these people are to be commended. But they commit a very serious fal lacy in thinking when they make such a categori cal statement as that quoted above. * Taking the position that a Court—or any other branch of our government—cannot be questioned is a throwback to the philosophy of "The Divine Right of Kings." In those days the King could do no wrong; now, in these days, many people seem to believe that the Supreme Court can do no wrong, and they therefore support the philosophy of "The Divine Right of the Supreme Court.” There is no room in a free natiorf for a philoso phy of this kind. It was never intended by the founders of our form of government that this should be the attitude of the people. This is a much bigger question than integra tion. In fact, integration is only one of the facets of the question; there are many others. In our form of government, in any free nation, the supreme authority rests in the people them- selves. The' Constitution itself, the very 'bednkk of the government established for us by our fore fathers, was not intended to be “Divine.J’ That’s why it has been amended more than twenty times. Certainly, the Presidents are not to be con sidered "Divine”; many of them have been thrown out of office because the people did not want a continuation of the policies they advocated, j The Congress is not thought of as “Divine.” The same thing happens to members of Congress that happens to the President; if they do not rep resent the views of their constituency, they are not reelected. Why, then, should the Supreme Court be con- , sidered above question? _ There can be no valid answer. Of course, since its members are appoint ed for life, it is much more difficult to do any thing about them than it is the President or the members of Congress, but it can be done provided public opinion demands it. , As a matter of fact, the only way in which any law can tye enforced or any branch if our« govern ment can be supported is by means of public opin ion. As one of our presidents once said of a ruling of the Supreme Court of which he did not ap prove, “The Court has handed down its decision; now let them enforce it.” Neither the Supreme,Court, the President nor the Congress can enforce any law unless it is sup ported by public opinion. As one of our early pa triots pointed out, whenever any government be comes dictatorial, arbitrary or unjust, then it is the duty of the people to overthrow that govern ment. This observation would apply equally to Safe Deposit . . I Box at Our i Bank OF DIAMONDS up to a S f$QQ50 year to ^ John L. 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