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tvtom ru»n» THE CLINTON 11:1:11 Nia.f Can Dulles Continue? (PriBKkDt Fosmhovk cr announcfd the rwijfna non of Mr Pulles \f5lrrda> morning). . Secretary of State John Foster I)ulles. to say the obvious, has had his impassioned critics as well as his impassioned partisans. l>oth in this country ami among our allies overseas. This was inevitable for several rea son:*. For one thing. Mr. Dulles is a man of utmost .resolution w ho, once he beheves a policy to l»e right, pursues it to the end with every resource at his command. For another, Mr. Dulles, by the very nature of things,'feas had to deal with enormously delicate and complex problems, in areas of high inter national strategy which cannot help but In? fogged with nagging doubts as to what will ultimately prove wise or foolish, and what will succeed or fail. For still another, the price of a major error on so high a level could be a war of indescribable destruction. But Mr. Dulles has never been criticized for sparing himself. He is one of the most dedicated of men It has l>een revealed that when a malignancy was discovered a little more than two years ago he was advised by his physicians to take the time for radiation treatments. But there was work to be done, and Mr. Dulles refused, putting w’hat he con ceived to be the interest of .the nation and the free world first. Now, the malignancy has spread. The upshot of this—aside from the person al tragedy involved—is that, in the words of U. S. News & World Report, Mr. Dulles has become “the West’s indispensable man.” The worry is that there is no one to adequately replace him, if it turns out he must step down. The magazine observes that in Con gress all criticism of Mr. Dulles was stilled, and that a prominent Democrat said that he "knows more about this whole foreign prob lem than any other American.” The hard fact is that the world is in an other crisis, perhaps the most serious of all. The Berlin situation is now at the heart of it. A foreign ministers’ conference of the great powers is projected for the Spring. An enormous amount of work must be done in preparation, and decisions of the most de cisive kind must be made. In any event, the firm Dulles policies will be carried on—the ITeeident has made that clear. And Mr. Dulles, whatever the future brings, has made his lasting mark on history. Three-Ply Sock As co him rust Jay Hayden sees ft: The moat significant domestic political fart for 1 promises to be the three-ply nock—na tional. state and kaal—American taxpayers xeni to be in for." This gloomy ant hi pa non should surprise no one There's hardly a state that isn't scratching around looinnf for more revenue and new sources of revenue. Thousands of communities are in the same boat. As for the federal gmeminent. It’s true that the l*raa- idrni is going all-out ia support of a balanced I t’udget However, in Mr. Hayden's words, he faces the fight of his life** with a ( eagres* where the big -pmders are numerous. One of the things that has happened is that we have lost ».ght of the distinction be tween what is necessary and what is merely desirable. Every family would like a man sion to live in. a staff of servants, custom- made cars and other such luxunss. But the intelligent family cuts its suit to fit ita doth. I alcss government follows the same course, we re asking for financial troubles that will dwarf anything that has happened in the past Another -.gnifKant trend is taking place. On the -tate levels, particularly, there is much talk of (•roadening the tax base." This is a euphemi>m for taking more tax money away from lower-income groups, and for reaching tho-* who pay no direct taxes now. It simply rvfiects the fact we’ve reached the point of diminishing return when it comes to taxing the high-bracket incomes. It’s going to be the many , not the few, who suffer most if the limitless spending philosophy prevails. Inflationary Program Out of the mid-winter meeting of the AFl^CIO Executive Council has come news of organized labor’s legislative intentions. For one thing. Congress will ItAuked .to shorten the work week to 36 hours—while pay would l»e the same or even more than is now received for 40 hours. For another. Con gress will lie asked to increase the federal minimum wage frbm $1 to $1.25 an hour. For still a third. Congress will be asked to extend the wage-hour law to groupsof work ers w ho have been exempt ever since the law’s lieginning. notably those engaged in retail trade. Here, if there ever was one. is a straight out and out inflationary program. It is a pro gram designed to get more pay for less work —and, most important, without relating pay to productivity. This is one of the surest known ways to force prices up. As for the proposal to extend coverage to retailing and the other exempt service in dustries, this would violate a basic concept of the law. Its original sponsors—of whom President Franklin Roosevelt was one—real- bed, and said, that certain types of business are local in nature, and should be regulated locally if at all. Retailing is that kind of bus iness. Every retail store, large or small, chain or independent, mus^ compete locally and deal with wide local variances in costs, con sumer preferences, labor supply, etc. The country has been hoping that the unions would show a little more restraint in their demands. The current program certain ly doesn’t look as if that is happening. ed when the country was hit by the great panic of 1M3 Again these looses brought government official*, hank ers, and businessmen to their knees in rffwntnocr Then came World War I Our country's business greatly profited from World War 1—which prosperity continue! until 198* Durtng the boom, another increase in dishonesty, speculation, and labor troubles occurred Those national sins cul minated in the Stock Crash of 1929 followed by the (.real Depression of the "Thirties " After the slump o« 193H. World War II broke out. which stimulated bus iness until 1945 when another short adjustment took place Following this, due largely to the groundwork laid by the Koosevelt Administration which favored borrowing, installment purchases, legislation favor able to labor, social security, and leaving the gold standard, occurred our present so-called "New Kra” with its crime, waste, and reckless spending WHAT OF THK FITURE? It may be that this present era is not yet approach ing an end. It nvay be that unemployment has been corrected by federal and other legislation It may be that the stock market can go to greater heights. I don't know, nobody knows AH I know m this —Unless crimes, inefficiency, waste, the craw for liquor, and the reckless borrowing of today ronwo and we return voluntarily to hooeoty. efficiency, temperance, and thrift, we win suffer a long and severe corrective de pression This cannot always be postponed by lefnlaUoo. but only by repi-ntance of ours sins and returning to the teachings of the church. Since 1789. abnormal prosper ity has always resulted in eras of godlenness. these eras have been corrected only by unemployment and a return to godliness. This is an example of Newton's Law of Action and Reaction. Perhaps the present-day brokers, bankers, industrialists and politicians can suspend this. lawr. But based on all economic history (since Joseph's seven years of plenty followed by the seven years of famine) this economic law of Action and Reaction has been as dependable as the Law of Gravity. Let me also refer readers to their Bible’s eighth chapter of Deuteronomy. For preaching on this text my ancestor, the Rev. John Rogers, was burned at the stake in London in 1551 during a period of Eng lish speculation and so-called prosperity. * be Md at Oem sea an June 14. IS. M. Lion Trulurk la servu* thif as chairman of the State Council which ia made up of the Dtstnct Governors of thl Lions (Tuba of the entire State of South Carolina Association Youtfc Banquet At Joanna A youth, banquet for intermediate' and young people in Reedy River Asaociation will be held on Theaday. April 21, at 7 30 p. m in the Jo anna Baptist Church All Training - Design For Your ' l>ha«is will be an Cl bon and thaw graduating from high srlmoi will be honored Professor r T * E EpUng will be the master of ceremonies. A MM an titled, "What's Their LJaa?*' will be presented Tickets are 50 cents each Dirac tors are urged to notify the Joanna church by Sunday night, April 19. the number planning to Robert D. Lynn Heads Rev. Cordell Maddox Memphis Girls School Babson Discusses Business And Religion Babson Park, Mass., April 16—I have recently re ceived a booklet entitled “A LOOK INTO THE FU TURE." forecasting boom and inflation ahead It is written by the editor and staff of one of the leading invest mem advisory services ONE SUBJECT OHOTTED This famous writer does not in any way refer to the present moral and non-religious conditions of the nations This same criticism applies to most other writers on the future business outlook President Ei senhower and his Army Chief of Suff are the only prominent people in Washington who are now dang so Members of the Cabinet and most members of Con gress act as if these great moral force* are now out dated and only "old fogies" worry 1 about them. To me this is a serious situation This subject is discussed | by me in a book pobiubed by the iFleming H ReveU Co. of West wood N J . entitled "FUNDAME'S TALS OF PROSPERITY I have I also discussed the matter in another oak. RELIGION AND BUS INESS" When times are bad. these [ books have a good tale, but ia times like today such books ire not Robert D. Lynn, former resident of Clinton, and graduate of Pres byterian College, has been named president and treasurer of Miss Hutchison's School in Memphis. Tenn. . Operated by an educational foun dation. the well known school for gjrls was founded in 1902, and has 400 students and a.staff of 40. It is a day school and j includes grades from kindergarten through the twelfth grade. Mr. Lynn, who holds a master’s degree from the College of William and Mary, will assume his new po sition at the beginning of the fall term. His brother, Ross M. Lynn, is headmaster of Memphis University School. They are sons of Dr. L. R. Lynn, former president of Thorn- well Orphanage here for 25 years, and Mrs. Lynn, now retired and liv ing in Tallahassee, Fla. Mr. Lynn for a number of years has been executive secretary of Pi Kappa Alpha national fraternity, with offices in Memphis The Royal Ambassador group of the First Baptist Church will cele brate RA night with a dinner to^ \ 1 Dr. Felder Smith OPTOMETRIST Phone 794 Laurens, S. C. apply today as they did they are recot Teo It may "Now Bra" whm ortB cMbi but I definitely doubt it I U9 peon rspeat itaoU So here «»N«T l(X»NOMN MIVTORf TKWWE* la lim GMoral CoorRr Waatuaftao first president Of tko Umtod Mate* Uno nry nm«| of only • few hi empkiy bonexer gradually imgriMd Mid MBS wbeo wo got iato oar nr«h England As nation w -which roar he d its height m 1827 Hub the 'vn- . .. jitm iuumimn of Tn » the Adsmw- Jamm Madmoa. and J What’a a young man's chance of being draf.ed today? According bo U. S. News & World Report, currently 7 out of 10 put in some military service before they become 26. No one above 25 is now being called. Dun.n. Urn ftrxi era of pruopenty. uix-mp'oyment. dahuamy graft, a Thu reacuon was followed by the tlecttoa of Andrew Jackson m 1828 our first turn to the left " The mon eyed inten-ds lost confidence and business declined further until 1837. when we npeneacod our first real busmr" panic This rasuird a reform ta government and economic cundittoos which coot timed until 1861. when the Har Between the States suited. Following, this war. U S Grant was ciected President and pros pen!y continued, but with accompanying dishonesty, graft, and the ruthless "carpet bagging." This re- sultid m the panic of 1873 and the depression which followed 1874 UNTIL AFTER THE SPANISH WAR The panic of 1873 brought people to their senses Government became more honest, business more ef ficient. labor leaders more reasonable, and personal morals unproved. Again the economic situation ad vanced greatly for about eighteen years. During 1890- 1892, however, many scandals occurred in connection with the building of railroads. This resulted in the peo ple’s loss erf confidence as well as of money. Further more, the new settlers on Western farms were encour aged to borrow heavily on mortgages sold to Eastern investors. These mortgages were later largely default- FRESH FARM EGGS Brought in frenh daily from our owm farm—no middle man. Your choice of brown or white whelk. effective thk Dm SOr 3 Duo. for fl.M 3 Don. for fl.M We (ppreriate Y« Mm, Pay** PAYNE'S HATCHERY & Brood SC. Uloa*d *8 day N«mroday»» CLINTON, S C., THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1959 REV. CORDELL MADDOX night (Thursday) at the church be ginning at 7:30. Members of the organization and their fathers are invited to attend the session. Guest speaker will be the Rev. J. Cordell Maddox, of Columbia. Mr. Maddox is associated with the Brotherhood Department of South Carolina, in charge of Royal Ambassador work He is a native of LaGrange. Ga. and came to South Carolina to attend Furman University where he received his B A degree in 1954 After graduating from Furman University he attended the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary where he received his B D degree ia 1857 Immediately upon graduation there hr returned to South Carolina ta become director of Royal Ambas sador work in the Brotherhood De part me nt of South Carolina IF TOO DOITT READ THE CHRONICLE TOO DONT GET THE NEW» Lions State Council Meeting Saturday District Governor Rembert Tru- luck and Mrs. Truluck will be in Columbia Saturday to attend a meet ing of the Council of Governors of Multiple District 32, Lions Inter national. Principle item on the agenda will be the completion of plans for the win $1000 OR ONE OF 1300 OTHER PRIZES! good ncwg eon high ecMOoi. senior aim.*: magnificent enntaa (CASH I SCHOLARSHIP! 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