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Pt|f« Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, June 6, 1957 'T \ (Elinton dUprnntrlr • N EsUbllabed IMt July 4, 1889 — HTIJJAM WILSON HARRIS — Jane 13. T955 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable in Advance) .a i...One Year $3.00. Six Months $2.00 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Po«t Office at Clinton, S. C. March 3. 1879 under Act oi Congress _ , ' 4 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 responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents Member: South Carolina Press Association, National Editorial Association National Advertising Representative: ' r AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION — New York, Chicago, Detroit. Philadelphia CLINTON. S. THURSDAY. JUNE 8. 1087 A Free World Depends On U. S. Early in April, news dispatches from Lon don told of serious political problems faced In Prime Minister Macmillan—and of what was termed a “new wave of Anti-American ism.” These two developments are closely relat ed. They stem from a British fear, which finds many influential voices in the coun try's principal newspapers and magazines as? well as government, that England is becom ing the tail to the U.'S. kite. For example, our agreement,* made at Bermuda, to supply England with guided missiles, drew this com ment from the Sunday Express: "The Ber muda deal gives rise to fears that the rocket defense of (ireat Britain is virtually handed over to American GIs.” The root of all this lies in the profound change that is taking place in Britain’s role in the world. The‘British are a proud people and for good reason. Behind them is a mag nificent history. What is shocking to tra ditionally-minded England is that the days of vast empire and power are also behind them. l\ S. News & World Report puts it this way: "Great Britain, in all except economic relations with Commonwealth nations, is drawing back to the status of an. island conn- Rebuttal , '' From An Authority The distinguished physicist, Edward Tell er, issued a warning that this nation must take steps to prepare itself for survival in the event of a nuclear war. In the course of his re marks he said that principal reliance should be placed on highway transportation, on the grounds that "our systepi of railroads is likely % tp be completely knocked out. at least for “the moment.” / Dr. Teller’s view was reported in Time magazine. It brought a letter of rebuttal from one of America’s most distinguished soldiers, and at man who has had unsurpassed expe rience with transportation under^war condi tions—General James A: VanFleet,. U. ,S. A. (ret.). General Van Fleet stated: "From ex perience as a combat commander in Europe during World War II and more recently in Korea, it is my firm conviction that our sys tem of railroads is not likely to be completely knocked out by a nuclear attack, even for a moment. It is a matter of record that at Hiro shima and Nagasaki railroad-type structures stood up among the best, while at Hiroshima regular railroad service was resumed within 18 hours after the first atomic bomb was dropped.” try—still with great strength and great re sources in capital and in people, but ho long- *^er a power that leads.” It adds that the is lands are militarily vulnerable in this age of hydrogen weapons, and, on top of that, are self-sufficient in verv few of today’s basic national needs. The magazine traces.what has happened to the old Empire—that Empire on which the sun never set. It came to its zenith in the great age of Victoria, who was the ruler of a quarter of the globe. Then the colonies, be ginning with Australia, began to gain their independence. One new and independent na- . tion after another has been created. Today the population of remaining .British colonies is but 80 million—where as recently as 11*39 is was 563 million. SENSING THE NEWS By THURMAN SENSING Executive Vice President Southern Statee Industrial Council Planning Board (continued from page 1) quested the delegation to close or abandon the road, stating that it was no more than a path, and served no good purpose. County Attorney Phil D. Huff, when called upon at a meeting of the delegation some weeks ago when thp same matter was under discussion, stated that it was his opinion that the Supervisor had authority to close or abandon the road. However, when pressed, he did not state that the Supervisor has sole authority. , ft is thought by some interest ed in the case that the County Delegation can enact legislation of their physical and spiritual be ing; therefore they had responsi bilities of a social and spiritual nature. (Let life give unto you a sense of reverence; a sense of sig nificance, recognizing obligations and responsibilities to enable you to fit into your place in life; a.dis criminating sense of values, put ting fii-st things first. But, he ad vised the students, seek ye first the kingdom of God, and all things shall,be added, Seek a sense of salvation—a sense of spiritual se curity in Jesus Christ. College Awards that would abandon and close Jhe road. - and industrial, its cities are new The delegation on Monday re- and striking in appearance.” quested that the Board of County i In the baccaluareate sermon Commissioners investigate the ' last Sunday Vnoming, the Rev. Al- matter (including seeking an opin ion from the State Attorney Gen eral) and recommend a course of action. Thornwell Closes (continued from page 1) the fifth grade; and Whit Mayes of the tenth grade. Departmental awards were made to Joanne Winburn, monitor's medal; Johnny Cookson, wood- shop; Wayne Lewis, dairy; Maxie Gray, electrical shop; J. L. Doc- kins, gymnasium care; Whit Mayes, printing department; Ralph Watts, campus care; Charles Foun tain, poultry; Michael Parks, school care; Della Parsons, in firmary; Sandra Sherer, office, j B. S. Pinson, principal of the Thornwell schools, was presented a silver pitcher in appreciation of his 30 years service to the insti tution. Miss Janie Stewart was also presented a silver pitcher in recognition of her 26 years ser vice as a matron. The baccalaureate service was held Sunday morning - when the sermon was delivered by Dr. Har ry K. Holland,, pastor of the First Presbyterian dhurch of Marietta, Ga. Hhe told fhe young graduates that they have the capacity to ask of life "what you will. You can compel life to give what you will. ’ He reminded the boys and girls (continued from page 1) are responding to change. The — becomingJirban rk>us service in extra-curricular of trustees, presented the bacca laureate and honorary degrees. Sixteen commissions in th4 Offi cers’ Reserve Corps and two reg ular army commissions were giv en senior ROTC cadets by Lt. Col. Francis V. Smith, professor of military science and tactics. Pres* ident Marshall W. Brown presid ed over the occasion. Dr. George C. Bellingrath, aca demic dean of PC, made the pre sentation of medals and prizes to outstanding students. He award ed the following: Outstanding Senior A w a r d-r- James H. Hancock, Jr., of Rock Hill; general scholarship medal for highest four-year average— Harvey Eugene Butler, of Con way; Gold P award for merito- THE DICTATORSHIP OF LABOR UNIONS Dave Beck has been getting all the headlines, publicity and- attention lately. Walter Reuther’s 'tactics have had very little notice. Actually, what W’alter Reuther has been doing is ten times worse than what Dave Beck has been doing, as reprehen sible as have been the actions of the latter. Dave ^eck has simply been misappropriating the dues collected from the members of his own union. Astually, this 'is an internal matter on the part of the union. Walter Reuther has been vio lating all the rules of decency, fair play and indi vidual freedom which are the very basis of our form of government and our way of life. This is a matter which affects the nation as a whole. . Possibly the reason Beck's actions have seemed so noteworthy is because, while it may have been Britain’s economic and military power have ! suspected, it- has never been brought out so glar ingly before that labor union bosses have been ap- declined accordingly. Once the British Navy ruled the waves. At the peak of her sea pow er, in 1914. she had 195 capital ships. In 1939 she had 122. Now she has 48, and but 20 are currently in operation. What this means is that much of the au thority Britain used to exert in the world has passed to ojther hands. She remains-an ally of the United States, and to most stu dents she is the most important and reliable ally. But her capacity to pursure major policy,, with her own judgment is gone—as the Mid dle-Eastern crisis, and the resignation of Prime Minister Eden, dramatically demon strated. -» What importance has this fateful evolu tion to t*ie United States? The answer is: Every importance, whether we like it or not. When vacuums exist in the world^ they must lie. filled. Only .two powers are capable of fill ing great vacuums—the United States and the Soviet Unioit: The.*e are the sole powers with the wealth, the weapons, the populations, the strengths of all kinds. Americans cer tainly want no empires. But basic responsi- bilities of empire have fallen upon us.- “Last Day Of Bondage” ' It was pointed out ;that on May 10, the average American served a theoretical “last day of bondage,” so far as 1957 taxes are concerned. Whht he earned up to that time just about covered his tax bill for the year. What this means is that taxes in the Unit- ed States currently take about 36 per cent of all our earned income. Putting it another way. all that we earned during the first 130 calendar days is needed to support our own governments of one kind and another. So much for 1957. What of the years ahead? Will the "lafjt day of bondage” come earlier in the year—or will it come later? That depends on whether the people really want cheaper government, with the reduction in government activity that will involve, or just want to talk about ijt. Every billion dol lars cut from the over-all cost of government- would permit it to come one day sooner—and, conversely, every billion dollars added to that cost would delay it one day longer. That brings up a slogan which'is 100 per cent relevant. Here it >s: "I’ll take less from government — if government will take less from me.” 0 propriating unto themselves labor union funds on such a grandiose scale. It was generally known that labqr union leaders lived in magnificent style, with large salaries and' large expense accounts, and that the labor unions have in recent years built some of the finest buildings in Washington for their union headquarters—but it was not known that in addition to these' things,’the labor leaders were in some outstanding instances using union dues for their own personal benefit. Perhaps the reason Reuther's actions have been given only passing attention, at least by the “lib eral” press, is because the public has become ac r customed to the tactics of brutality and violence, of politicappressure and economic boycott his un ion and other unions have used so many times in the past and are countmuing to use. This barefaced disregard by Walter Reuther and his union of all the rules of decency, fair play and individual freedom has been more brazenly brought to the surface in the case of the Kphler strike than any other one instance. - ■ Upon calling the strike in April, 1354, the UAW, in complete disregard of state and federal law, massed 2,500 pickets in front of Kohler’s plant gates. All those who attempted to pass were beat en — kicked in the grom — manhandled — and thrown back. The small police force of the village of Kohler (population 1,800) was unable to cope with the situation and the sheriff did not even try When an injunction against mass picketing was finally obtained after 54 days, there followed a reign of terror away from the plant—sneak at: tacks—under cover of darkness. Non-strikers’ cars were dynamited; shotgun blasts were fired into their homes; individual workers were attacked and beaten. The homes of workers were picketed, their wives and children were terrorized and in timidated. The UAW used the tactics of goons and gangsters, not those of decent, law-abiding citizens. ^ When Kohler was back in operation and the strike had failed, the UAW, in September, 1954, turned to the boycott of Kohler products in an ef fort to wreck the company. Referring to the na tion boycott called by the UAW, Don Rand, Inter national Representative, openly stated, “That’s ‘what we’re doing, wrecking the company.” But the boycott, in nearly all instances, has backfired. All these activities on the part of the UAW have been recognized by the people generally for what they are—an effort to rule or ruin on the part of the union. But the UAW is continoihg its efforts. The CIO has admitted in print, in fact has boasted, that it has spent over $11 million on the strike so far. Emil Mazey, its secretary-treasurer, has stated, “If the more than 2,000 Kohler strikers paid dues to UAW for 250 years it would not make up for the amount the union has spent .at Kohler.” These fig ures indicate as well as anything else what the UAW has at stake, the extreme importance it at taches to its efforts to win out in the end. Why have the union leaders been able to spend this much of the union funds on such a strike, a strike that many of the union members did not believe in in the first place? The answer is—be cause over 80 per cent of union members are cap tives of the union shop or some form of compul sory unionism, because they must pay dues wheth er they want to or not, because union bosses can spend union dues as they please, because union members operate under a' labor dictatorship. If the people of this nation, through their rep resentatives in government, do not bring an end to compulsory unionism in all its forms, then they will only bring upon themselves just what they deserve—a labor dictatorship over all the people. i: flail Safe f a u dM by lison F. Williams urged the PC seniors to consider seriously their ‘moments of decision.”' He pointed out ‘it is the mo ment of choice, the moment of de cision, which can set us apart.” He added: ‘When we are confronted with a choice between Christ and Cae sar, in effect, we choose Caesar. There is a mixture of self-grati fication running through almost all of our decisions." He said people consider three questions in time of decisions: 1— Is this thing smart? 2—Is it popular and ‘how does it measure up to the social pulse^at of our time? 3—‘Does this thing bring me power?—how can I use my education to make money and to be a success?” “In Christ,” Williams said, “We find the authority of what is right in our hour of crisis.” And he added: “This approach (through Christ) has a way of shattering every vestage of intellectual pride . . . For those who would look to popular choice, Jesus’ spirit shows us the fresh approach of never surrendering to convention . . . For those who would rest judgment on the standards of power, Paul said God has chosen these things that are weak to con found the strong.” Robert M. Vance, Clinton bank er and chairman of the PC board 8 I I 1! U ♦ ♦ • • § ♦> % :: ft 1 ft ft ft activities other than athletics— Thomas Joseph Reeves, of Den mark, and Hancock. American Legion school award —'Reeves; Pi Kappa Phi frater nity award to highest freshman scholastic average — Gene Gor don Floyd, of Clinton; Fred Jay Hay memorial Bible medal to the highest average in two years of required Bible courses—Raleigh Hugh Bums, of Piedmont, Ala,; Fraser memorial Bible medal to highest freshman Bible average— Floyd; Dudley Jones history award—Robert C. Helm, of Eiber- ton, Ga. Ministerial Club award to top senior ministerial candidate— James Waldo Dodson, of Amelia, Va.; Columbia Theological Semi nary scholarship — William Franklin Harrington, of New Zi on, and Reeves; Tau Phi Pi sci ence award for highest scholastic average in science courses—John Cooper Hill, of Atlanta; F. H. Mendenhall, Sr., International Relations Club award—Yong Ki Lee, of Seoul, Horea; Kappa Al pha fraternity athletic cup to the outstanding senior athlete—Bruce M. Thompson, of Michigan City, Ind. Lt. Col. Smith made these mili tary awards: Department of the Army superior cadet r i b b o n— Thomas Joseph Reeves; Reserve Officers’ Association of South Carolina medal to outstanding cadet—Reeves; Association of the U. S. Army award for exemplary leadership — James H. Hancock, Jr.; Third Army certificate of meritorious ■ leadership achieve- ment—David Gaston Collins, of Charlotte; Robert E. Wysor saber to best company commander— Collins; Dugald Hudson award to the cadet with highest scholastic average, senior military—Albert Stanley Johnson, Jr., of York; and the Hudson award to the ca det with the highest average in junior military class—James Thompson Richards, of Heath Springs^ * Chamber Commerce Committee To Coordinate Plans The Recreation Committee of the Chamber of Commerce is un der the chairmanship of Dr. Fred E. Holcombe, it has been announc- etT by James E. Wolfe, president of the Clinton Chamher of 'Com merce. >■ j .■ ,.>7? The committee, made pp of representatives of local civic clubs, organizations and committees, will meet and discuss ways to coordi nate a city plan for recreation. Chairman Holcombe is gather ing information relative to coor dinated city recreation programs from a dozen South Carolina towns, which he hopes will be of some help in guiding the thinking of the group. Also, Holcombe said they would appreciate any ideas 6r suggestions from any one in terested in the project. The following will serve on the committee: Calvin Cooper, W. A. Johnson, Russell Cooper, A. D. Lancaster, John Mimnaugh, Harry McSween. D. S. Templeton from the City Recreation Commission; Claude Crocker, Dr. Holcomlbe, and M. D. Milam, Jr., representing the Lions Club; D. S. Templeton > and A. C. Young from the Kdwan- is Chib; Van Jones from the Ex change Club; Mrs. Leila Johnson and Mrs. D. A. Yarborough the B&PW Club; Lewis Bagwell, Jr., Milford Smith, and James W. Wal ker, from the Junior Chamber «f Commerce; Mrs. Fired E. Hol combe, the Junior Canteen; and Mrs. F. V. Smith the Senior Can teen. From the American Legion, Charles Burnett, Winfred Norris and Roy Smith; James E. Wolfe from the Chamber of Commerce; and from the Moose Club, MarceU Barker and Herschel Thomason. Don't risk loss or theft by carrying large amounts of money about with you to pay bills. 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