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THE CLINTON CHRONIC! 1 Thursday. December 4, 1958 Moscow-Style Censorship Conger Scores A ruling of the Internal Revenue Service, which holds that institutional advertising;, placed by privately-owned Utility companies in opposition to public power development is not a legitimate business expense, ahd so is not deductible for tax purposes, has brought a storm of protest from across the country. Newspapers and press associations have been especially critical, on the grounds that the ruling amounts to censorship by taxation, and undermines the rights of free speech and free expression. Now two state public service commissions, in letters to the Federal Power Commission, have taken a comparable stand. The Georgia Commission says: “We note that the public power utilities, either indi vidually or through their various associations publish entire magazines and periodicals and otherwise engage in advertising programs of national scope designed to extoll their par ticular virtues and thereby influence the opinion of the consumer. ... In our opinion the counter campaign . is nothing more than good competitive advertising in the best tradition of our free enterprise system. Such a program is a recognized tool employed by all competitive industries to attract and re tain consumers and as such is as much a Our Most Valuable Asset The trend toward bigness in business, in industry, and in government should alert management to the danger of overlooking the needs of individuals. That is the view of Eugene N. Beesley, president of Eli Lilly and Company, as expressed at a recent personnel conference of the American Management Association. To quote hirh directly: “There is danger of having the individual seen small er. less significant in the minds of manage ment; also there is danger of having the em ployee himself feel less significant—lost in the magnitude of the corporation, govern ment, and world problems." The biggest organization—whether it be industrial, governmental, or whatever—is made up of people, and people are its prime resource. The ideal of the individual’s worth is what distinguishes our kind of a society from a totalitarian society. If we lose human values, we lose everything. Mr. Beesley is convinced that personnel executives must find new ways of recogniz ing the needs of the individual worker. For one thing, he proposes a strengthening of person-to-person and group-to-group com munications within organizations. In his own company, jpersonnel executives are required to see that all employes whose jobs have l>een eliminated or temporarily discontinued be cause of fluctuations in demand for product> are pr>ductively employed on other jobs— and without loss of time or reduction of pay. We nets! bigness in this big country. But it mu.^t !*■ the kind of bigness that never for gets that people—individual people—are our most valuable asset. (Continued from page one) legitimate expenditure as the advertising ' The basic issue at Kohler is not campaigns currentlv l>eing carried on l^- 1 ^ 1 has been or ^of wages, * , , . • | hours and working conditions—nor tween the electric and gas utilities. ... | of recognition of a union “The advertising material in question “Failing to get the company to seems to be nothing more than a valid effort join with them in coercing employ- on the part of the companiesdo protect their very existence and it is the opinion of this ( dm mission that it is in the public interest^, 1954—^ as marked from the first for them to continue as a part of our private day by violence and mass picketing ees to join the union, the union tried another tack. “Our strike which began on April join a union to keep your job. There is no excuse for compulsory union ism in principle or in practice.” % Clinton's Ed Pitts Named As Tackle On All-ACC Team enterprise system. . . The South Carolina Commission expressed identical ideas. The public ownership movement, if suc cessful. will absorb and destroy the private power industry. To deny one party to this fight the right to defend itself in print, on pain of heavy tax penalty, is the sort of thing one expects from Moscow—not Washington. Walterboro !>ess and Standard: "In the past few weeks a rash of senseless bombings of houses of worship and schools has taken place throughout the South. . . . Decent peo ple should rise up and demand that the cul prits, when captured, should be severely pun ished for these unwarranted attacks. If al lowed to go unchecked these groups may de- "Our plant was shut down for 54 days by a mass picket line com pletely blocking all entrances “There have been continuous as saults on employees, shotgun blasts througth windows—window smash- ings, paint bombings, wrecking of employees have been victims of automobiles, slashing of tires. Some several of these assaults. “To date there have been over 800 of these acts of violence and van dalism directed at non-strikers, ployee who wanted to go to work since the strike began when an em- “There has not bee na single day could do so without fear of violence to his person—his family or his property. “Seven automobiles and one build ing have been dynamited. “T h e union never voluntarily ceasde any type of illegal conduct. Whenever we were successful— Bab&on Discusses Inflation And You cide that the Methodist, Presbyterian or even the Rotary Clubs, should be eliminated. Ter- through legal action—in compelling ror tactics are never good, and only prove the t0 discontinue one type of il- cowardice of the perpetrato .. or ^ conduct equally illegal — \ ' and equally coercive. ■ “Now the UAW-CIO is trying 10 use as an example of their power —as an object lesson to try to con vince other employers that anyone who dares to resist any of their de- Babson Park. Mass., Dc. 4-Are you one who finds ( mands , is * ** placed under sen- yourself constantly worrying about your financial fu- |* nce ‘ )f economic death through a ture 0 Do you never seem to have quite enough money . .. ... . .. .. , to make both ends meet’ Perhaps, while successful B “ t ^ ^’ l11 learn lf ^ {“ ve in many wavs, you are a very poor manager of your "<* alread y done ^ ^ own finances? You are. ,( y«, arc a young married <*■<» »P » Iwo cdogcd sword couple with children and if you have not cash re serves, available for emergencies, equal to your an nual earnings, or if you are not building solidly in that: direction’ INFLATION WAVE AHEAD “While the boycott has not hurt us, it is hurting the UAW-CIO. “It has been a graphic demon stration to the public of the utter ruthlessnes of their leaders in their quest for invincible power. It shows I ended last weeks column by forecasting that we ^^ public clearly that their philoso- will find the Democratic cure for inflation worse than ^ is one ^ ru j e or the Repubhcan disease of taxation. This week let me expand this thought. Both the war and peace time demands of our economy have increased the federal debt nearly $260 billions since 1932 to a figure now pledged by law at $288 bil lions. This is an average debt of $6,000 per fanuly. 1 suspect that by the early 1960’s our federal debt may well be hfted to $300 billions A first important reason for the gaining for a union to take the pasi party ot Cleveland Term . will con The Vice President’s Tax Program Vic* Prenident Nixon has joined the long lint of authorities who l»elieve that a thor ough overhaul of our tax system is needed. Mr. Nixon would repeal the excise taxes, i ^ ^in>t 7nKL\nSN save for the traditional onea on liquor and to bacco. and replace them with k general man- ufasturer’s excise of 1 • ^ per cent. He would reduce the personal income rates in the top brackets, on the grounds that present rates are “almost confiscatory’ , . . and prevent risk taking and encourage tax-avoidance devices." He would reduce the corporate income rate, and believes that this act. by stimulating bus iness activity, would ‘lead to more, rather than less revenue.” And in order to encour age industrial investment and ex|>ansion. he would adopt "more-liberal treatment of de preciation for business taxation purposes." Any tax program is l»ound to draw dissent, and the Vice President’s is no exception. ! Principles of taxation provide plenty of room for honest controversy. But the kind of 1 thinking that lies back of Mr. Nixon’s pro- I posals can hardly be opposed. Our tax sys tem has grown like Topsy. Taxes have been | raised and lowered in almost a helter-skelter fashion, as the exigencies of the moment seemed to dictate, with little regard to the system as a whole. The result is an oppres sive hodge-podge that is the enemy of eco nomic growth. A sound tax system must do more than produce money for government. It must en courage industrial activity and jobs neces sary to the development of the nation. \\ Bahaoii climbing federal debt is that our government is fight ing an extremely active cold war America's concern over what goes on in the rest of the world increases the national debt. Stepped-up nuclear weapons re search and production, and the very expensive prob ing of outer space, also add to the national debt. And if Russia dumps onto world markets still more raw materials produced by slave labor, the U. S. Govern ment will undoubtedly have to undertake financial op erations to help American agriculture and industry As the debt limit goes up and government activity ex panels, you can be sure costs will go up and nobody's dollars will go even as far as they go today A second important reason for inflation is the "easy buck" at titude of both labor and management toward govern ment work We all know that if productivity increases the control of many unions has pass faster than wages, prices decline On the other hand, cd out of the hands of their mem if wages go up faster than productivity, prices rise bers and into the hands of their lead- in the interest of national well being we must fight a ers—ambitious, ruthless, power-hun- vigorous cold war In so doing, however, it is obvious gry leaders—who command —not that unless we give our government a full measure of represent their members—who en- productivity. we only cheapen our own dollars in the force their decres sby violence and long run . coercion on employees as well as PLk.N NOW YOUR*OWN HEDGES employers This has come about because union leaders have been allowed to establish themselves as a favored class above the law that governs less favored mortals “Ureon leaders have attained great power But they have not been required to accept the respoosibtl ity for the proper exercise of that power. In a free country, power and responsibility must go togeth er. “The time has come eo abolish this favored class and to make un ion leaders subject to the laws "No other oranization u allowed which govern everyone else, to force people into membership. No matter how high its purpose or how much it does, membership must be voluntary. You cannot be required to join or to support a church but you may be forced to PITTS Ed Pitts, of Clinton, nigged tackle on the University of South Carolina fotball team, was named to a berth on the All-American Coast Confer ence team for the 1958 season. The choice was made by the As sociated Pftss Regional Board com posed of sportswriters and sports- casters servig the ACC area. Pitts, in his third year at the Uni versity, is a 1955 graduate of Clin ton High School, where he was also an outstanding player. He is 20 years old. 6 ft., 1 inch, and weighs 215 pounds. He is a son of Mrs. Esther H. Pitts and the late P. M. Pitts. At Mobile Home Show In Florida Jim Bares, general manager, and James Holland, sales represent a tive, of Mobilmanor. Inc., attended the Florida Mobile Home Show in St Petersburg from Nov. 19 to 23 Mobilman had one of their 38 ft. long, 8 ft. wide, two bedroom mo-, , , 1 bile homes on exhibition at the show, Fair minded people everywhere and the home attracted much alter tion and response. Barnes stated that Mobilmanor will have 10 ft. wide mobile homes | in production within two weeks Lowery Evangelistic Team At Church Ot God The T. L. Lowery Evangelistic Delegation Asked To Provide Landing Strip On County Land Mayor W. Paul Culbertson of Laurens, in a letter read before the meeting of the Laurens County leg islative delegation at its meeting in Laurens Monday, requested the dele gation to provide a landing strip on a section of land near the county home. Culbertson stated that the strip would serve industrial officials, pro viding a convenient landing spot for their planes when visiting the coun ty, as well as individuals in the county who own planes. The strip would be 3,000 feet long and 200 feet wide on land owned by the county. The cost was estimated at $1,000. if county machinery is used for construction. Representative William C. Dob bins said if a definite need for the strip to serve industrial officials could be shown, he would favor the project. .Senator Robert C. Wasson and Representative T. David Sloan, Jr., other members of the delegation present, made no comment. The delegation agreed to pave ap proaches to the Ray Armstrong place, a service station and store near Fountain Inn, with the owner paying the total cost. The delegation was presented with holding the recent general election and hospital referendum in the coun ty, pauper funerals, etc., totaling $1,020.77. An additional appropriation of ap prdximately $800 ws requested by County Treasurer Allen D. Coleman to pay for expense due to increased postage costs and advertising of opening of tax books. CARD OF THANKS We wish to extend our sincere thanks to all those who were so thoughtful at the time of the death of Chesley Mack Watson Poole The flowers, expressions 0# sym- . , , pathy and other kindnesses were a claim for $424.96 supplementary greMjy appreciated. appropriating to pay for auditing of the county books by the C. C. Mc Gregor Company of Columbia. Only $2,200 had been appropriated and the bill for service was $2,624.96. The delegation approved a number of claims including the expenses of -THE FAMILY IF YOU DON’T READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DON'T GET THE NEWS Phono 74 agree that workmen have a right to join unions and to bargain with their employers through representa tives of their own choosing “But they resent the arrogance of union leaders who claim sole pos session of all virtue and all wisdom and claim the right to destroy all who disagree with them. They do not agree that it is bar- tM>j^«of ’Vield or''be destroyed.” iduct services at the Elizabeth St /They are becoming alarmed by ( ^ iurc l 1 °l beginning Sunday imion leaders who claim the power D 00 7, for one week only , to exercise a death sentence on any •'' erv ' pes W *U begin at 7 o’clock earh I emplyoer who rejects any of their even ' n 8 demands—whatever they may be “And they are showing their re sentment and alarm by insisting on Kohler products where they might not otherwise do so. The sales wy. have lost because of the byocott have been more than offset by the ; sales we have gained because of it '•The time has come to face the 1 facts We must face the fact that To be prosperous, a nation must be productive Productivity comes from two sources: government -pending and consumer spending It is both govern ment spending and the tremendous rue in consumer spending that have increased our standard of living so markedly The American spirit of “the opportunity is there if you want to meke something of it" has driven our standard of living to startlingly high leveLi in recent yean This example of Americans consuming their way to prosperity has perhaps done as much as anything to combat Soviet ideology’ But there has been serious danger inherent in consumer spending Adequate per sonal. as well as corporate standards of financial con duct have been lacking Like the prodigal son. many have awakened during this past year to find they have spent all their resources and are right back when- they started a dozen or fifteen years ago I, therefore, urge a carefully conHdt-red program cf finances for all I conclude that oldsters will have prof ited from expenence Here, then, is a program for young people. First, build up your cash reserves to a point where they equal a year s earnings (Savings Banks. Federal Savings Association, Postal Savings. Government Bonds); second, start an inexpensive straight life insurance program; third, purchase a good non-cancellable health insurance policy as a pro tection while you are getting established in the early years of your work and while your earnings are but modest; fourth, buy a home of the type and in an area that will appreciate in value; fifth, with the help of a good financial counselor commence an invest ment program, preferably of good common stocks, to help offset the inflationary spiral. Keep your hold ings well diversified Remember the clue to financial well-being is saving and investing part of every pay . check before spending any of it for the necessities at living. MIDWAY CLINTON, S. C. CLINTON, S. C.. THUILSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1958 (Uti? (Eltntnn (Ehrmtirl? I9M July 4. 1889 — WILLIAM WILSON HARRIS — June IS. 1*55 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable in Advance) One Year $3.00, Six Months 18.00 Bntered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton. S. C., under Act of Congress March I. 1879 • , The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of Its asbscribers and readers—the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice The Chronicle will oubUsh latter* of general Interest when they are not of a defamatory nature Anonvmous 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 RepressntaUve AMERICAN PRESS ASSOClATIOff — New York, Chicago, Detroit PhUeAaiphia FRI. & SAT. DEC. 5*6 Cinemascope—Color THE LAW AND JAKE WADE ROBERT TAYLOR RICHARD WIDMARK —Shorts— “Where the Pest Begins" “Outfoxed" SUN. 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