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i 0 * l Pajre Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, October 17, 1957 (Elution (Eljrnnirlp Established 15MW July 4. 1889 — WELUAM WILSON HARRIS — June IS. 1955 PUBLISHED EVERY THUKSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Ra;e (Payable in Advance) ^ ne S3 00, Six Months >2.00 Kntered as Second 'Class Mail Matter at the Poat Office at Clinton, S. C., under Act of Congress - March 3. 1879 . , The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the $$blisher 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 Mem ben" South Caro1:na~Press Association. National Editorial Association ' • National Advertising Representative ’’R E SS ‘A“SSDCI'ATk)N ‘'LTT'ZTT. New York', Chi'eajd; D^trott Phttadelphta State Wilt Fight Hard For Rights, Says House Speaker CLINTON. S. ( .. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17. 1957 National Bible Week-1957 National Bible Week, the annual all-faiths observance sponsored by the Laymen’s Na tional Committee. Inc., will be observed from October 21 to 27 this year. Charles R. Hook, chairman of the Armco Steel-Corporation, is National Chairman and serving with him as his Honorary Vice Chairmen (representing- the three major faiths) are: James A. Farley. Chairman of the Board of the Coca-Cola Ex port Corporation: Sidney Weinberg, partner uf the investment hou?e tioldman. Sachs & Company, and H. VV. Prentis. Jr., chairman of Armstrong. Cork Company. in today’s world—a world - confused, tense and floundering—more and m<f>re of us find that the Bible provides the true solace and understanding of life and our fellow men. *It is in the Bible that we find the fundamental laws that govern the right way of living and the pathway to everlasting Peace. . . . The Bilile is not just another book—it is. always has been, and always will be the greatest Book of all. It is the Book we must acknow ledge as being always a part of 'us — today, tomorrow, forever. has' ever taken." Second, it would lift TVA off the backs of the nation’s taxpayers. Third, it would place ownership and control of TVA in the hands ot the people who patronize it ' Km - the y and benefit from it. Fourth, it would give TV4 the dynamism and flexibility of pri vate enterprise. Fifth, it would eliminate the “. . . tyranny, abuse and graft of politics to which an institution like TVA is so subject.” Sixth, it would sttfp the threat of a power shortage that constantly Hangs over the TVA region because of dependence upon Congress for growth funds. TVA as now* constituted, with its direct -subshtjes- and its -virtuaJ -freedom from tax ation. is a drain on the whole nation. All the rest of us are helping to pay the power bills of its customers. It would be equally logical to help pay food bills, their housing bills, or “South Carolina will use every reasonable, honest and lawful mean);'at our command to protect bur way of life,” Solomon Blatt, long-time speaker of the House of Representatives, told a Laurens C o u n t y audience last 'Thursday night. - Mr. Blatt . was principal speaker at the annual Laurens County Civic Hub meeting - wKiefi~ was heltT at the fair grounds. About 400 persons w e r-c present-, for the Occasion, sponsored this year by the Joanna Lions club. "Our people," the speaker said, do not. want outside -influences to come in and run their jobs for lo not want outside in- ome in and run their schools for them; they do not want, in short, anything more than to be able to workj and worship ac cording to their deep-ingrained sense of the American way, which in too many oaher sections is being corrupted by those who wish to move too far too fast.” Mr. Blqtt devoted mpeh of his address to e*mphasizing the prog ress thS state has made economi cally and otherwise in the last 25 years. » This progress has been made passible, Mr. Blatt declared, by "the remarkable job" the legisla- t»HV*has done in maintaining a bal pay. Mr. Blatt was introduced by W. C. Dobbins, of Joanna, himself a member of the House from Lau rens county. Mr. Dobbins also introduced a n u>m b e r of distinguished guests. These included Rep. Burnet R. Maybank, of Greenville, described as being a candidate for governor 1 as was J. Allen Lambright, of Spartanburg, solicitor of the Sev enth Judicial Circuit. Reps Frank Eppes, of Greenville, and Arthur Ravenel, of Charleston, were in troduced as candidates for lieuten- rens county were represented at the barbecue supper: the Lions Clubs of Laurens, Watjaville, Hick ory Tavern, ClintoiVa n d Joanna; the Kiwanis Clubs/of Clinton and Laurens; the Rotayy Club of Lau rens; the Jayceesj Clinton; the Rui> Court; the Mj Joanna; I the sional Wome and Clinton; Claude Lawson, president of the Joanna Lions Club, presided. of (an Laurens and of Gray Clinton and and Profes- Clubs of Laurens n d the Exchange Jus ance between capacity to appropri-i ant *governor. ate and, the ability. of taxpayers tot—The following-civie dobs* of- Latr- Clubs of Laurens and Clinton. The Lions Club of Laurens will be host to next year’s meeting. Civic clubs of the county rotate the responsibility of staging the meet ing each year. — + Dr. David I. Mixon —Optometrist— j 201 N. Broad Street PHONE 1308 * Office Hours: 9-5:30 - 1 . “Royal Thievery” Discussing the penalties imposed on the pocketbooks of the peope by inflation, John S. Knight, editor of the Chicago Daily News shows that: It robs the worker of his pension security. It rolis the man who has invested in goy- ~enirfienT securities as part of his^savings. It robs the dependents of veterans who depend upon insurance. It robs widows and children of all people who have tried to provide for their families through insurance. It makes Social Security a fraud. It cuts down the amount of goods that can he purchased by the growing army of old peo ple. And finally, Mr. Knight declares, it' robs everyone who is dependent upon a fixed in-, come from investments. The Workman Who Never Showed Up Have you ever figured out just what the federal government costs you—and related the cost of taxation to other costs you must bear? Publisher Guv T. Ludi of the Wahoo News- * S pa[>er, Wahoo. Nebraska, has done just that. His paper is a. small business._.with a circu lation of about 4.500. Last year, he finds, the federal government took $6.58 per hour for every hour the plant was in operation. As he puts it, that was equal to the pay of three skilled workmen—“three skilled work men that never showed up for work.” Then Mr. Ludi did some more calculating. His federa] taxes came to over $260 in cash each week, and amounted to nine cents out of efery dollar taken in, whether or not a profit was made on the transaction. And those taxes took enough money out. of the plant to pay for any one o^ the following: heat for 22 yearspostage for 9 years; elec tric lights for 32 years: water for 103 years; electric power for 9 years; electric heat for the typesetting machines for 22 years; tele phone for 2L years, and insurance for 15 years. That. Mr: Ludi goes on, brings up the big question: " . what are we going to do about it?” Here's his answer: ‘‘We don’t know. We know that spending by govern ment is too high . . . that taxes are too high and going higher. . . . Actually, we would propose that tax-conscious people every where seriously consider the problem before the next primary election in 1958. At that time something can be done if everyone will crack down on the spenders in Washington.” ^ny other bills. Mr. Mg tea If has an idea that really would result in ”A New and Greater TVA.” And it would be a sound TVA. instead of a mono lithic example of freedom-destroying social- ism. „ Methodist Women Plan Bazaar-Supper For November 25-26 Bunge. Texas, News: .‘‘Today’s cheerful thought: It’s a small world, and getting smaller all the time. Maybe it will soon dis appear.” “A New and Greater TVA” A man who knows the Tennessee Valley Authority area—Robert M. Metcalf, Jr., vice president of the Guaranty Mortgage and Trust Company, of Memphis, Tennessee— has written a little article entitled ‘‘A New and Gfent TVA.” , ■ He raises this question: “What would be the happiest solution of the problems posed by TVA—the best answer for the country as a whole and for thg residents of the TVA re gion?” Then he provides and documents an answer: “Sell the power generating facilities to the people in the area it serves.” That, Mr. Metcalf observes, would accom plish a number of great and desirable objec tives in one stroke. First, it would “Reverse one of-the biggest socialistic steps the LI. S. SENSING THE NEWS By THURMAN SENSING Exvcutir* Vie* Pr««id»ni Southern State* Industrial Council KOHLER. WISCONSIN, AND LITTLE ROCK. ARKANSAS Why did the Administration send federal troops in to Little Rock. Arkansas, to enforce integration in Central High School, where law and order had not broken down, and not send troops into Kohler, Wis consin, in the case of the Kohler Company strike in 1954, where law and order had broken down? That is an mtere^ing question, and a factual, dis passionate answer might spotlight some attitudes on the part of the Administration that it would prefer to keep in the dark Boiled down to its essence, a comparison of the two very clearly shows that the Administration is motivated more by any political advantage it might gain by wiiat it does than it is by any concern for the preservation of law and order. The Administration felt it would gain politically b>^ enforcing integration of the races; it felt it would lose politically by curbing the law-breaking activi ties of the labor unipns That, plainly and simply, is the answer to the question. - This is not to say that had the other political party been in power, its own administration would not have done the same thing In fact, the last presidential candidate of that-other party says JjtMfcOuld have act ed the same way. Which only serves to show that one party is no better than the other when it comes to playing politics, that a voter looking for states manship cannot expect to find it in the leadership of either party. We have reached a sorry state of af fairs when the administration of a party in power is more concerned about what may happen in the next election than it is about acting according to law. Invasion of the State of Arkansas by federal troops was entirely illegal under the Constitution. Whether these would have been violence at Central High School in case of integration (subsequent events in dicate there would have been), the Governor of the State thought there would be, and headed this off by use of the National Guard. This was the Govern or's responsibility under the Constitution, and his alone. He was stopped from carrying out this re sponsibility by federal court injunction, whereupon violence did break out. Then, instead of handling the situation -through^ the proper legal channels, the President federalized the National Guard of Arkansas so*that the Governor would be powerless to carry out his responsibility for preserving peace and quiet in his own state and very quickly ordered a blitzkreig on-Little Rock by federal troops without giving the “civil process” any opportunity to work the trouble out in a peaceable manner. "Thus did the Administration violate the “law of the land" which it was so piously proclaim ing to uphold. , On the other hand, in the case of the Kohler Com pany strike, law and order broke down completely at the local, county and state level in Wisconsin. No effort was made by the duly elected officials at these respective levels to preserve law and order. More than 800 cases of vandalism to property and violence to individuals were reported, but the po litical power of the union in that state was of such strength that the people had to bear them, without re course to due process of law. If there was ever a time when the federal government had a duty to. in tervene, it was’in this case. It was the responsibility of the-Govenor of Wis consin to call out the National Guard but he did not .do sol. He made no effort to settle the trouble with state troops as was done in Arkansas. The Adminis tration might claim that in such a case, it was the responsibility of the Governor of Wisconsin to call on the federal government for help before it could send in federal troops. Actually, such an attitude would have been correct, except that it was plainly appar ent to everybody that Wisconsin was making no ef fort to enforce the law at Kohler. The Administra tion waited on no such call in the case of Little Rock. In Little Rock, the law was being enforced in ae- 1 cordance with the responsibility of the State Govern ment, but this made no difference to the Administra tion; it sent the federal troops right on in without being asked and without excuse. ITie “law” doesn’t seem to be the same to the Administration in all cases, whereas “polities” is always the same! A fall and. pre-Christmas bazaar will be staged by women of Broad Street Methodist Church on Novenv ber 25 and 26 at the Clinton Ar mory. A turkey dinner will be served on Monday evening. All women of the church and other friends who are interested are contributing to the project, pro ceeds of which will be u s g d to equip the new church kitchen. Tickets for the supper must be purchased in advance and will be on sale by members and at a num ber of business hopses in the city. Preparations have been under way for several weeks by chair men and their committees for the event The following are chairmen of the various booths and depart- ments to be featured: -. Tickets—Muss Rebecca Speake. Aprons—Mrs. G. W. Hollings worth. Dolls and Clothes—Mrs. Allen Simmons. Ccikes—Mrs Henry Trammell. Candy—Mrs. B B Ballard. Country Store—Mrs. Roy Cas que. *' * Church Decorations—Mrs. Wil- mot Shealy. Jr. Parcel Post—Mrs L. L. Cope land, Jr. Clothing and Handwork — Mrs Howard Watkins. Cookies, Pies, Breads—Mrs. L. O Edwards. Christmas Novelties — Mrs. James Wolfe. Turkey Dinner—Mr and Mrs. Cecil P. Wilson White Elepharrt—Mrs. James L. Walker. Poster—Mrs. Milford Smith. Publicity—Mrs. J B. Arnold. IF YOU DON'T READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DON'T GET THE NEWS Phon* 74 -t- MIDWAY DRIVE-IN THEATRE Clinton — Joanna Now Open 7 Days A Week THURSDAY OCT. 17 1st Run ABANDON SHIP TYRONE POWER MAE ZETTERUING Short—“Uncultured Vulture FRI. & SAT. OCT. 18-19 Double Feature In Vista Scope and Color FRONTIER WOMAN —And— TIME TABLE ' MARK STEVENS Short—“Patriotic Popeye” . SUN.-MON.-TUES. OCT. 20-21-22 . 1st Re-Issue Run. Color THE QUIET MAN JOHN WAYNE MAUREEN O’HARA Short—“Art and Flowers” WED.-THURS. OCT. 23-24 Double Feature HOT ROD RUMBLE —and— CALYPSO JOE Short—“L’Amour the Merrier” ^ ' —Coming Soon— “MAN ON FIRE”—1st Run , “THIS COULD BE THE NIGHT”—1st Ron