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/ / 10 X . THE CLINTON CHRONICLE / Thursday, September 22, I960 Bv SPECTATOR . . ^ COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS Si wo romp on little Santo l>o- mmgo" No tkiubt Santo Pomingo .i ohaslening. perhaps a thrashing, but why do we adopt harsh measures with and .against Santo Domingo and hurl only words, empty words, at Cuba? Our Latin Irfends must wonder at us uo submit rather tamely to Russia but we take little nations by the throat We are not even "suavi- ter in modo fartiter in re." as Sena tor Tillman liked to quote Thy translation, of course is 'soft, suave in manner but strong, bold, in ac tion We .ire the victims of dangerous pressures and are crushing our own iKMple for money to throw away jil! over tlie aorld i » 1 was am- of the original group which formed the National Cotton c ouneil of America At times 1 rep resented the planters: at other times tin mners and once or twice the or.; ers 1 represent no group now. i>u: 1 recognize the great sen ice rendered b\ all the groups , T ie industries of our nation are at a great disadvantage in competition with cheap foreign labor. l>e: me quote a statement by J. Cra;g Smith Drc-sident of the Na tional Council: 1’he Democratic platform adopt ed at Los Angeles w as certainly not lacking m promise* »of many things •o nuim ffcsupk- The textile industry asked for a plank committing the Party to deal fairly in respect to textile imports made in low-wage countries from cheap cotton. In re- sprtfise to our appeal, the* platform says: ' i’rad< affected industries and communities not'd, and deserve, ap propriate help through trade-adjust ment measures such as direct loans, tax incentives, defense contract pri ori y and restraining assistance ' We want no pifect'^goy.ernmont loans We preftV not to borrow any money at all—and if we borrow ltd we had rather borrow it from our own banks. We want no special tax favors We wish to pay the same lax rates jother Americans pay. We want no defense contract pri ority We think the American gov ernment should intake its purchases from those American firms that can give the best value Some of us are getting a little old to be interested in restraining.as sistance We have spent valuable years learning how to make textiles. If there is to be any restraining as sistance. we think it is more appro priate to extend it to the people in Hong Kong. India, and Japan We have emphasized again and again that w» are not asking fop; any s.eeial favors or any handouts of any k.nd whatsoever We want a fair chance to compete under the ^anie set of legal ground rules. and that is all we want We don't think k is fair to pass a law ‘re quiring a minimum wage in this country and then permit an employ er outside this country to pay as little as 10 cents an hour and cause unemployment among American citizens who are supposed to be protected by our minimum wage law We don't think it is fair to re quire tbr-American mills, by law, to pay one-third more for cotton than the* foreign mills pay and then permit the foreign mills ' to ship ;heir products here, which they can do ONLY as a result of their low- wages and cheap cotton costs. We asked Chester Bowles and his Democratic Platform Committee for a fair shake and. instead, they of fered to put us on the dole We havt* so many discourage ments in seeking reliefTrom unfair impor.' that some friends ask me why we don’t give up. Of course we are not going to give up We are go ing to continue to tell our story to anybody whu will listen The next audience will be the Republican Platform Committee meeting. Our friends in the Congress of the United States, in both political parties, will then be hearing from us again (Editors note: The Republican platform advocated ‘effective ad : ministration' of the escape clause and peril point provisions of the Trade Agreement Act' to safeguard American jobs and domestic indus tries against serious injury.').” * * # Are we- prepared to 101*01 or thwart the Soviet threat? 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Any defense polick based on esti mates o fthe communists' ‘inten tions' is clearly unrealistic unless we pay attention to their own re peated statements of their inten tions They have made no secret of what they intend for the United States Nikita Kruschev himself has said plainly that their purpose is to ‘bury’ us. The underlying and irre concilable conflict between the com- ! munist system and our own System of freedom has been staiged again and again by Russian spokesmen. The fundamental problem of de j fending our land against aggression j is that we now live in a world in which there is no longer a time margin to rally our forces and i strike back once war has begun. Since World W'ar II, the capacity of an aggressor to strike has been speeded up almost unbelievably by the inter-contiental ballistic mis- - sile. Modern technology has reached a point wheresober arid informed men believe that if an attack does come to our shores, we will have no more warning than, perhaps, fifteen min utes This means that we will win or lose according to the forces we have on tlW very day of the attack. I If we have sufficient force to strike back at once, it is unlikely that an aggressor will even dare to attack But if we do not have such force, our prospects would be bleak in-! deed It is of much greater importance that we spend time and money on our missile development program than that we pour billions into fan tastic efforts to send man-made I satellites around the moon. What will it profk man to ‘conquer space’ if he loses his freedom here on earth? Here is a comment from the So viet newspaper. Pravda. on the cur rent ‘Seven-Year Plan’ in Russia: The rocket w eapons . . . give us an effective solution to strategic operative as well as tactical prob lems on earth, sea and air—The Seven-Year Pkan broadens and deepens our defense base, promises to supply our armed forces with new weapons and tcchnscal means m more than sufficient quantity. Communism will become the ruling idea in the world in our lifetime ’ In that last sentence—’Commun- ■ ism will become the ruling idea in the world m our hfeume —may be found all we neod to know about the 'intentions’ of the Russians We do m* need a far Pun intelligence 1 service to find that out.” • • • America was developed by men who took long chances " John D Rockefeller, the (mt. was a great pioneer He made hundreds of mil lions of dollars Did he rob the peo ple? No; he brought to market .oil for lighting: he rendered a great service. James J. Hill and Edward H. Har- riman built vast railroads across the continent. They served the wild and limitless waste country well Do we begrudge their millions'’ It is the fashion of the day to be smirch those hardy pioneers, but this country owes them a great debt. We are still an undeveloped nation of vast resources calling for devel opment But the ruling philosophy of the day is to make a nation of or dinary men and to throttle men of vision and daring The government in Washington should encourage development and investment Jiy individuals Our national government collects 52% of the net profits of great and small companies known as corpora tions, -but just groups of us ordi nary folk who invest our savings to make possible such enterprises Just on what basis of justice—and common sense—our nation provides money for enterprises which pay no taxes one can’t see. The fundamental principle of our law, our jurisprudence, our theory, and plan of government is that all stand on a plane of equality before ! the law | We Americans are a queerly in consistent people We talk about rights, rights—what rights or which lights'’ We have twisted the idea of equality so far as to step on one group of citizens; trample on their ancient and established rights, in order tu show favor to another group. Likew ise we use tax money to finance enterprises which com pete with enterprises which are heavily taxed. -America has rapidly become a land of pressure groups, favored citizens and other over-taxed co zens. , Equality is apparently something to invoke when you mean to rob Peter to pay Paul. That is the pre vailing idea of equality before the law Our Constitution has been vir tually shot to pieces by the Federal Govrenment in all its departments. The idea that whenever Congress legislates on a matter the States are precluded from that field is rankly contrary to the Constitution. TTie Congress cannot assume juris diction or confer jurisdiction er| itself by merely enacting something it calls a law. But that very prac tice now is gaining sanction. If the bill in Congress be outside the jurisdiction of Congress that in validity cannot be cured by the pas sage of the bill and the signature of the President. The Constitution will some day be shown in glass cases in libraries as a specimen of out dated fancies of old fogies. OFFICE SUPPLIES CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. PHONE 74 Tjillard BolnnH 10.J E. Pitts St. EXPERT WATCH REPAIRING Frankoma Pottery Silver - Watches Kimberly Diamonds Phone 1699 WE HAVE WHAT IT TAKES FX)R EXPERIENCED PLUMBING AND HEATING CALL BENJAMIN PHONE 117 or 5% YOU GET EXTRA MEASURE OF ASSURANCE when we iheck your automatic transmission fluid regularly. 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Some fail to grasp their blessings. Ours is a nation which guarantees to every child the opportunity for religious training. Yet ours is a nation which smarts under the scourge of a moral disease — juvenile delinquency. In blessing you with a son or daughter, God has entrusted to you a precious soul. You are required by law to give your child a secular edu cation. But, despite the scourge of delinquency, a free nation must leave to your conscience the. question of your child’s moral and religious edu-* cation. God has blessed America. With a nearby Church ready and eager to provide Christian training for your child, and religious foundation for your family's life — the Sun shines bright. J3ut there are shadows. You must decide! JH#. Htnlrr AJi. Irnirt, S/.«f^.rg l V,. ■ li i •A'-'-- THt CMURCM ro* ALL . . . ALL FOR THE CHURCH TV Church u the (mint factor oa *aith for the b.ildi.| of durackr aad good citizenship. It it • slorehotM .f spiritual values. 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