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Pajre Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, March 13, 1958 Jllir lUlintun EAUbUshrd 1»«« July 4. 1889 — WILLIAM WILSON HARRIS — Jane IS. 1955 PITJLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (payable ih Advance) One Year $3 00, Six Months $2.00 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton. S C., under AcJ of Con^resa 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 noUCffa 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: * AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York, Cmcago. Detroit Philadelphia CLINTON. S. C., THURSDAY. MARCH 13. 1958 The Clinton-Laurens Road Reports out of Columbia that the Laur ens, County legislative delegation in the Gen eral Assembly is seeking to get something done about the Clinton-Laurens highway are gratifying indeed. Several times before such efforts have been made, with a concerted move about a year ago from both cities end ing like others—not much accomplished. Then, when plans were announced and work started on the new interstate highway from Greenville to Columbia, the State High way Department relegated the highway to a secondary status and any improvement ap peared doomed. Now, however, our hopes are revived, and we hope the delegation will push with all the vigor possible their resolution to “improve, straighten, widen, or relocate that portion of Highway 276 lying between the corporate limits of the city of I^aurens and the corporate limits of the citv of Clinton." While we are on the subject, it appears to r us that the number of the highway mention ed by our legislators is incorrect. According to a map before us, U. S. High way 76 is a cross-state highway originating at Wrightsvilie Beach, near Wilmington, N. C., coming into South’Carolina from White- ville. N. C., to Mullins, going on to Florence, Sumter, Columbia, Newberry, Clinton, Laur ens, lYinceton, Honea Path, Belton, Ander son. Clemson, Seneca, Westminster, and on into the Georgia mountains by way of Clay ton. running off the map. Highway 276 begins at Laurens, goes to Greenville, Travelers Rest, Marietta, Cleve land. Caesar’s Head, into North Carolina mountain country to Brevard, and ends in the vicinity of Waynesville. So the Clinton-Laurens road is really High way 76. No matter what the number—let’s get it- fixed! Of Interest In Clinton News from Washington that efforts are being made in Congress to put quotas on textile and plywood impbrts from Japan strikes a responsive chord among business in terests and individuals in Clinton. These two industries have substantial in vestments here and anything done to bolster sales of these products in competition with foreign imports is received with a great deal more than common interest. The country for several years has heard of the inroads that textile shipments from Ja pan have made in the market in the United States and the great amount of damage in flicted upon domestic mills in sales of their goods. Some segments of the industry were put out of business by these Japanese textile imports that took over the market complete- Not so well knowm is the plight of the ply wood industry that ifc facing thosame type of competition from Japan. Some estimates of the percentage of the American market that has l>een gobbled up by Japanese imports of plywood range as high as 50 per cent. That is enough to demoralize any market and put out of business any industry Jthat is forced .to compete with cheap labor averaging about 13 cents compared with $1.50 to $2.00 paid in this country. It is high time that some protection be giv en to industries in the United States—and in Clinton—against that type of competition. Power Of The Press A leading association of retailers recently held a convention. And one of the highlights developed, according to an Editor & Publish er account, is that “Newspapers remain tops among retailers as the prime implement for moving goods.” That speaks well for the power, prestige and durability of the press, in this era when all manner of media are scrapping for a share in the advertising dollar. The printed word, in regularly-issued periodicals, has not lost its magic. Businessmen And Law Enforcement “ ... the current high tide of crime . . . can be brought under control only wdien business leadership teams up aggressively with law- enforcement agencies for the common good.” That statement has been made by Fred W. Johnson, Special Representative of Ameri can Stores, a Philadelphia food chain. Mr. Johnson speaks with authority—for over a seven year period, this chain has ac tively-cooperated with the police department in proving to malefactors that crime doesn’t pay. The results are impressive by any stan dard. As of a recent date, American-Stores had suffered 92 holdups at gunpoint. Con victions have been obtained in 84 of the cases so far tried—and this number is subject to increase, as a murder trial with four defen dants is still pending.. There have been no acquittals. All in all. total maximum prison terms amounting to almost 750 years have been banded out to the convicted bandits, along w ith two sentences of life. And 22 gangs have been liquidated. The whole country has been suffering crime waves. D imes of violence committed by juveniles,-especially, have been soaring in numbers and increasing in sheer viciousness. The growing gravity of the problem has been outlined time and again by such authorities as J. Edgar Hoover. All decent elements in every community must work—as business men in Philadelphia work—to help the law enforcement authorities in a job that has no end and grows ever more difficult. Religious Emphasis We6k Is Underway On College Campus “The Christian Position in the Modern World” is theme of Relig ious Emphasis Week being conduct ed on the Presbyterian College cam pus this week. ' % Ten outstanding ministers and lay leaders are participating in the pro gram which began Tuesday night and will extend through Friday. - A “Committee of Fifty” students is coordinating all phases of the program for the sponsoring Student Christian Association. Bill Yearick, of Miami, Fla., serves as SC A pres ident. All college activities except drill have been suspended on'Wednesday and Thursday so the student body may participate in a full schedule of religious emphasis. They are divided into ten groups, with a speaker as signed to each. The groups will meet with a different speaker in three in formal talks and discussions each day. ..The entire student body heard Chaplain Loren T. Jenks, of Fort Jackson, open the program with a general chapel address Tuesday night, and also Chaplain John O. Woods, of Fort Bragg. N. t^, on Wednesday night. Dr. Cliff R. John son, of the Alexandria (Va.) West minster Presbyterian Church, will address the chapel assembly tonight, and Dr. W. McLeod Frampton, of the Orangeburg First Presbyterian Church, will conclude on Friday. In addition to these genend speak ers, the conferences and discussions among smaller groups will be led by: Dr. John McSween, of Clinton, former president of Presbyterian College; Roy Lecraw, Atlanta busi ness leader; MYs. Fountain I^Chap- man, Charlotte psychiatric assistant; Dr. Eugene T. Wilson, pastor o\At- lanta’s Peachtree Road Pres^te- rian Church; the Rev. JospjmKel- lerman, pastor of Charlotte’s Holy Comforter Episcopal Church; and Dr. G. W. Cunningham, of Laur ens, former Cornell University phil osophy professor. Telephone Talk IKE EDWARDS Your Telephone Manager Garner. Iowa, Leader: “The continued em phasis of crime in television programs ac complishes one end which few- piay realize. It has a tendency to cheapen life. Television characters ‘die’ by the dozens every day in rocket shows, westerns, highway stories, waterfront dramas, police case histories, etc. A young mind is impressed — the wrong way.” Tax Economics Bulletin states that in the last 20 years or so more than $4.5 billion of highway user tax funds has been diverted to non-road purposes. And the trend of this diversion has been upward in late years. »i> 9* <Lj» «A !«-• • • ••«•«*« •« •• •••« ♦* ♦♦ •« •« •• •« ••••• SENSING THE NEWS By THURMAN SENSING Executive Vice President Southern States Industrial Council IT’S HIGH TIME! T4ic National Labor Relations Board has notified the powerful building trades unions, as well as the contractors of America, to drop the closed shop re quirements of their contracts by June 1st or face heavy monetary loss or contempt of court charges. In other words, the NLRB is notifying those concerned that they must obey the law. Well, all we can say is—it s high time. The Taft- Hartley ...’t. the labor law of the land, was passed in 1947. !* specifically banned the closed shop. Why has it taken eleven years for the enforcement agency con cerned to get around to stating that the law must be obeyed’’ Laws passed by Congress are supposed to be observed, and it makes no difference whether the en forcement officials or the others affected agree with tfielaw or riot * Of course, the attitude of the NLRB up to this time has been just another illustration on a national scale of what we have seen much of on the state and local scale during recent years—failure of public officials responsible for enforcing the law to measure up to their duty This has been especially true in the case of such strikes as the Kohler Company, the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, the Southern Bell Telephone Company, and the Perfect Circle Corporation strikes. In the many cases of violence to person and destruc tion of property in connection with these strikes and many others, local law official* failed in their duty. They all too often were afraid of, or worked hand in glove!with, the labor bosses. ll is interesting to note that the NLRB has advised it will hold the employer equally guilty with the union in case of viofation of the closed shop provision of the Act. This is as it should be. because the employer who connives with the labor union to deprive the employee of his light to work is just as guilety as the union of destroying that employee’s freedom. If freedom means anything, it means that a man has the right to get a job and make a hving for himself and his fam ily without being forced to pay dues for the privilege of doing so and the closed shop destroys that right. This recent ultimatum of the NLRB was aimed di rectly at the building trades unions and the contrac tors because the building industry has no doubt been the most guilty of all industries in violating the closed shop provision of the law. It is to be believed, how ever, that this is not the only guilty industry, and it is tp be hoped that the Board will extend its directive to all industries alike It is also to be hoped that in those states having "ight-to-work laws, wherein compulsory unionism of any sort is forbidden, that the - law enforcement of ficials will enforce their own state laws. There are be lieved to be many union shops in these states, which, in effect, are just as bad as the closed shops and which are in direct violation of the laws of those states. The reason the Taft-Hartley Act has not been en forced since its passage in 1947 is that our public of ficials, from thfe top dqwn, have shut their eyes to its non-enforcement. The same holds good for the state, the county and the city. If the governor of a state or the mayor of a city is more sympathetic to the de sires of the labor bosses than he is to his sworn oath 1 to uphold the law, then it is hardly to be expected that the public officials under him wi^ enforce the law. Instead of failing to enforce the Labor Law as it now stands, die Act itself should be strengthened to ban compulsory unionism in any form—closed shop, union shop or otherwise. Once this were done, many of our problems would be solved—in corruption with in the unions themselves, In violence in connection with strikes, and in many other ways. Unions would then live by their merits and not by force. The indi vidual worker would again have the freedom guaran teed him under the Constitution. WHAT DO BELLS SAY? For hundreds of years the ding dong of bells has been the signal for news. Right here at home the mellow tones of our church bells call folks to services or invite them to a wedding. Bells peal ing ring in “The Happy New Year.” Our door bells an nounce visitors and friends. But that bell we hear most— the telephone bell—can be the most thrilling of all. Its ring Is exciting ... maybe an old friend calling, someone plan ning a party, a new baby in the family. Whenever you have good news to share, chances are you announce it with the friendly ring of the phone because your phone’s the quickest, most cheerful way there is to put folks “in the know!” Kitty Coed was homesick and how Then she telephoned home—just look at her now I /•Vs •'l % % Around the state—across the nation Save money—save time—coll stetion-to-station RIGHT ARM: Reference books are mighty handy when you want to know something—say like what’s the biggest mountain in Canada. Well, there are all kinds of reference books, and one of the most valuable is one you use every day—the telephone directory. Its white pages save you time by avoiding wrong numbers ... the yellow pages ' are an easy shopping guide of places to buy things. And the introductory pages give helpful information on how to get the most out of your telephone service. So, remem ber to keep your directory nearby when you phone—it’s so handy. :: • I always pay by Riwanis Club To Heer Health Board Speaker Tonight Clinton Kiwanians will hear a spe cial report on heart disease from a S.' C. State Board of Health repre sentative at their regular meeting on Thursday night. Bill Routh, health education me dia specialist for the board’s heart disease control section, will address the group on “Heart Disease: Pres ent Facts and Future Hopes In South Carolina.” The meeting is scheduled for 7 p. m at the Hotel Mary Musgrove. In his capacity with the State Board of Health, Routh has had the opportunity of seeing much of the work now being done in the field of heart disease, and of talking with many doctors, patients and research scientists. He has visited many South Carolina heart clinics and is familiar with the surgical, medical and research work in progress at the Medical College of-South Carolina. lr\ addition, he has taken orientation courses at the US "Public Health Service in Washington, D. C., "and at the National Heart Institute in Bethesda, Md. Because of this experience and be cause of his previous background in mass public communication as a public speaker and radio-television broadcaster. Routh is well-equipped to translate the heart disease prob lems into easily understood terms. A native Columbian, he holds degrees from both the University of Sotith Carolina and Northwestern. Subscribe to THE CHRONICLE Dr. Felder Smith OPTOMETRIST Phone 794 Laurens, S. 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