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MARCH «. 1958 Holder Of The Key Will the current decline in business con tinue? Or will it level off? Or will a new up ward surpe set inj? To a very jurat extent, the answers to these and other such questions will be found in the state of retail trade durinjr the months in Oie i ^Kead. / / - This, in effect, was what Professor Mal colm T. McNair, the distinguished Harvard University authority on retailing, told the re cent convention of the National Retail Mer chants Association. In his words: “The con sumer holds the key not only to the fortunes of retail business in 1958, but in a larger sense to the fortunes of the total economy.” This view has become a generally held one. The heavy stress used to be laid upon pro duction figures. But consumption figures are equally important, and some think they are more important. It’s obvious that production in any line can’t hold, up long unless people buy the goods. So the volume of retail trade directly determines what goes on in the fac tories. Retailers know that competition will be tough this year. They know that consumers are doing more shopping around and more planning before buying. Every' merchant will do all he can to offer the most attractive in ducements and the best buys possible. And, it is good to report, most retail spokesmen seem reasonably optimistic about the sales prospects. Are You Fit To Drive? You may have a good driving safety record and feel you are in excellent health. Even so, there are circumstances under which you’re not fit to drive. That finding comes from the American Medical Association, and is elaborated in a new pamphlet. Here are some of the things that rn^ke a driver dangerous. Emotional upsets. If you can’t keep your mind on the wheel and off your worries, you shouldn’t be behind the wheel. Driver’s attitude. Some drivers feel the oth er fellow is always wrong; some are aggres sive and intolerant. They need to grow up— to become mature. Sleepiness. Dozing is not restricted to night driving. On long trips the driver should rest every two hours and drink coffee or cola to stay alert. Medicines. Some medicines, including seda- j tives, tranquilizers, cold tablets, etc., may dull reflexes or impair co-ordination. Stimu lants may make a person nervous. Consult your doctor about the side effect of drugs. Other hazards listed in the AMA pamph let include faulty vision, certain nerve and heart disorders, diabetes, old age—and, of course, drinking. All of these conditions can result in special hazards—all require preven tive measures. It’s a case where knowing our selves and acting accordingly could produce a heartening drop in highway carnage. You Have Socialism- Or You Don’t Dr. S. C. Hollister, Dean of the College of Engineering at Cornell, recently said this: “How would you like to have a competitor appear in your business who was furnished working capital with low interest by the fed- *• eral government; who would not have to pay local, state or federal taxes; and who set his prices below yours by the amount thus saved? What would you think if the federal govern ment held up such difference in sale prices to the public as an .example of the excessive charge you were making for your commodity or service? And what would you think-about this operation when you realized that you were paying taxes which in part were being used to support this kind of competition? “The electric utilities are facing such a situation. ...” Then Dr. Hollister pointed to the magnitude of the problem in these words: ‘‘There is at present a bill before the House of Represent tatives which is disturbing in its conse-n quences if it should ever become low. The bill provides for the TVA to raise its own capital through the salt of bonds; to extend its geo graphical territory without limit; and to op erate its financial affairs without any bud getary approval by the Congress. If such a bill were enacted, the federal government would Ik.* on an uncontrolled expansion pro gram in the power field. “What is there in this power situation that should receive the active attention of busi-_ nessmen generally? Power is the energizing force of all industry. Control of this force by government operation affords a powerful en try by government into the remainder of the industrial activity of the c^ntry. Any act therefore, on the part of business which con dones expansion in the power field can w'ell be an act which, in the end, will be inimicable to the business world, itself. You cannot have just a little bit of socialism. You either have it or you don’t.” ^ That is UK) per cent plain—and 100 per cent accurate. The businessman or public of ficial who actively or passively encourages socialism in any field of enterprise is encour aging ruthless force which can ultimately destroy a free nation. Dorothy Thompson looks at education: “Most American parents do not want their children to be educated. They want them to be trained for a specific function. They de spise ‘useless’ knowledge. So our high schools are forced to teach everything under the sun, typing, home economics, mechanics .parent hood, and many other things that young peo ple once learned at home, in specialized schools, or as apprentices. But a real educa tional institution is not a job factory. . . .” Petaluma, Calif., Argus-Courier: “The hue and cry for better education, in w’hich we join, is motivated by our determination not to surrender to nor be destroyed by Commu nist Russia. But if the steps we take are but further steps on the road to a strong central ized government in Washington, then we our selves are surrendering to, or being destroy ed by, the spirit of totalitarianism." SENSING THE NEWS By THURMAN SENSING Ex*cutiT« Vic* Pr*tid*nl Southern States Industrial Council THE CASE AGAINST FOREIGN AID The President has again asked for billions in for eign aid for the next fiscal year—$3,942,100,000 alto gether Of this. $2,635,000,000 would go for military assistance and $1,307,100,000 for economic aid. These amounts, added to what has already been appropriated for this purpose, would bring our foreign aid bill up to some $70 billjon since the end of the Second World War. This whole program of foreign aid is completely fallacious and illogical—re;ardless of the propaganda being grandiloquently shot at us—at our own expense —by political leaders of both parties, by the interna tionalists. the one-worlders. and the do-gooders. Yet we have been brainwashed and scared to such an extent as to what would happen if it were discontinued that it is very rare any more that we hear anybody taking the side of the Amercian taxpayer or repre senting the philosophy of an independent America. There were two basic misconceptions in the foreign aid program to begin with—(1) that we could buy friends, and (2) that we could cure the ills of the world with dollars Neither is possible. You just cannot go out and buy love of democracy and love of freedom like you can buy a ton of coal or a bushel of wheat It must first exist in the hearts of the people themselves, and if it does not exist there, no number of dollars will put it there. Who is to say that we did not have just as many if not more, friends at the end of World War I than we have right now 0 Who is to say that, instead of cur ing the ills of the world with our dollars we have not added to them—by aiding communism in many in stances. by subsidizing socialism in even more in stances. by destroying the independence and jelf-re- i’ance of many nations, by upsetting the way of life of peoples when they did not want it upset? This viewpoint has nothing to do with the value of the United.,\atu>ns; our participation in that organza- tion proves'that we are not isolationist. It has nothing to do with military alliances; we should always be ready for military alliances when it seems to our mu tual benefit. (It should be pointed out, though, that a nation that is not willing to defend^self against com munism by its ow n effort is not likely to make a very good ally.) It has nothing to do with foreign trade; we have always been ready throughout our history to trade with foreign nations and should continue to do so. * What we are saying is that it is fundamental folly to continue under the conception that we can solve the problems of the world if we will only spend enough of our money"Tve have made entirely too many mis- tekes; both domestW and foreign, under that concep tion to keep it up any longer. Our foreign economic aid should be discontinued immediately; our foreign mili tary aid should be thoroughly reviewed and liquidated as soon as possible. / We mentioned the American taxpayer and the fact that no one seems to speak for him any more. If he is not too brainwashed and scared by the politicians and the one-worlders, he should speak up for himself. He should advise his Government that at least he is not scared of what Russia might do if our foreign aid is. discontinued. Any such fear is all in our minds. Let's wait until Russian foreign aid also totals $70 bil lion before we begin to worry—then we’ll never wor ry! Neither should the American taxpayer fear any lack of allies against communism if our foreign aid is discontinued. Those who are against communism will still be against it, with or without our aid; those who are not against it will not be changed anyway. In fact, the greatest safeguard in this world against communism is a strong United States of America— and certainly we would be much stronger if we quil dissipating our material resources over the face of the globe At least our national debt would have been $70 billion less if we had never started on the program— and jt would be hard to prove the rest of the world would have been in any worse shape than it is* now. The chances are the world would have been in much better shape—because nothing destroys like depend ence upon someone else to take care of you Democrats Organize (continued from.page 1) In regard! to national politics, Plaxico stated that he is of the opin ion that the South and the country •as sr'whole will fare far better under a Democratic administration in the White House than under this pres ent “big business’’ administration. “I know that in both 1952 and in 1956 many of our people saw fit to cast their votes for other than the Demwratic nominees, but I am con- stranied to believe that they have been sadly disillusioned and terribly disappointed—especially those who voted for the present occupant of the White House. ‘‘He (Eisenhower) tried to lead us to believe that he was a great believer in states’ rights . . that he believed the people of each state should be permitted to govern their own affairs. But since he took of fice. so far as I know, not one act of his has been even remotely in the direction of states’ rights.”- Plaxico dwelt at length on the caling out of troops at Little Rock ‘by a Republican administration, in absolute violation of the doctrine of states’ rights.” He spoke of the depressed condi tions being experienced by the na tion’s farmers and the textile indus try. ‘It is my belief,” Plaxico said, .‘that the best way to solve the South’s problems is to continue to fight within the Democratic party. The South has always been the back bone of the Democratic party and it should continue so. We should begin now to organize and fight as we never have fought in the 1960 convention for our ideals and for our traditions which have been our way of life down through the years. "I know there are policies advo cated by the National Democratic Party with which we cannot agree Thursday, March 6, 1958 and I also know that there are some men in the National Democratic party of whom jve do not approve. But I do not propose to let my dis- like for a few men run me out of my party “We must realize,” Plaxico said, “that n o party can succeed in America as a sectional party. It must be a party with nation-wide appeal. We should start now to sell our leaders and our principles and our ideals to the nation and to the National Democratic Party.” Senator Wasson, upon assuming the chair after his election as pres ident of the convention, expressed his appreciation of the honor. Wasson Hits Republicans He said he believes the’ Demo cratic . Party is more united today than at any time in recent years, ami he welcomed back those who are reutrning after having strayed away during the last two elections. “We don’t leave the church be cause we don’t like the preacher,” he said. “After five years of Republican rule, what do we have? Little Rock, small farmers being ruined, the textile industry depressed—w h i 1 e great sums are being spent for for eign aid; financial credit being ex tended to Communist nations—while bread lines form in Tenessee. Wasson reminded the members of the convention that Laurens County remained in the ranks of the Demo cratic Party. “We are united and determined to maintain a strong party.” he said. During the course of the proceed ings tribute was paid to Mrs Slay for her services as secretary of the party in the county and as deputy clerk of court for a number of years. The credentials committee, com posed of A. F. Cook, John Ross, and Joe Wedlock, recommended that the hst of official delegates be come the permanent roll of the con vention The resolutions committee was composed of Toy R. Patton, J. W- Tinsley, and E. C. Huffstetler. The only resolutions presented be fore the convention were those adopted at the Cross Hill precinct meeting, which were published in The Chronicle last week. They were r«i<J before the convention by J. H. Shealy of the Cross Hill club, and adopted. * Mrs. Kitty McCravy Willson, who has served as vice-chairman of the state Democratci party, wa^ en dorsed to succeed herself in that post. vote of 107 to 69. Long ,in speaking for his motion, said “We need a man who is able to compete with the Northern end of the party, cope with other interests, and command respect. Tom Pope is a strong man—the man to iron out differences and lead us out of the wilderness.” He stated that dele gates, under the motion, would be “urged and requested” to support Pope in Columbia. Long’s motion was seconded by W. C. Dobbins of Joanna. Also lend- inf support was Thomas A. Babb of Laurens, who during the debate moved the previous question, which would have shut off debate. Mar shall Abercrombie, of Laurens, moved that Babb's motion be tabled, which was beat down by a vote of the convention. Soft-as-a-kitten leather flattie and cute-as-a-kit- ten, too. Bold in bright red or versatile in deep black, it boasts clean tailored lines and the gay decoration of a fringed bow perched right above your toes. You’ll love its easy-going ways. Only 2.99 LYDIA MILLS STORE I always pay by CHECK • • • Hassels Develop (continued from page 1) Party, and that Southerners need to organize a minority group and take a stand for Southern interests. He recalled that in the^ national election of 1956, only 45 per cent of the votes in the state were Democratic, while a combination of independents and Republicans totalled 55 per cent. Sloan spoke for the election of Ju lian Dusenbury of Florence, as state chairman of the party. He moved to table Long’s motion. Sloan was opposed by Mayor Joe B. Medlock of Laurens, who said that Pope is an able man who has stuck with the party. “You’ve got to be either a Democrat or a Republi can—Washington doesn’t recognize anything else. And that’s where it counts.” TTie Independents should organize their own party, Medlock said in stating that Democrats should stand up and be counted. A. B. Culbertson, of Laurens, also spoke in opposition to Sloan’s stand. “Arc we Democrats or Republi cans?” Culbertson asked, and said that “the time has come for Demo crats to take a stand.” Culbertson said that Dusenbury is seeking to stir up strife in the Democratic party, “and if you elect him state chairman you’ll get what’s coming to you.” Joe F. Smith, of Laurens, said, “Why tie delegates down? Send men to Columbia you can trust.” He commended Sloan for getting up and opposing the motion. Mr. Long xeplained that his mo tion for the endorsement of Pope did not require delegates to the Co lumbia convention to support Pope. He urged that tJie vote be directly upon the motion to endorse Pope rather than upon the motion table, to which Sloan agreed. The convention proceeded to bal lot on the motion with a standing vote, and Pope was endorsed by a West Leaves Belk's, Goes To Georgia City . P. B. West, for 18 months assis tant manager of Belk’s’ Clinton store, has resigned, D. B. Smith, manager, said yesterday. Mr. West left Monday to join a Belk’s store in Bainbridge, Ga., where he will be merchandise man ager. John H. Southall, formerly man ager of a store in the Belk chain in Charlotte, N. C.-, has arrived in the city to succeed Mr. West as assist-; ant manager of the Clinton Belk j store. 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