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4 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Tharadajr, March 9,1961 Not The Cate A great many people undoubtedly believe that any substantial degree of tax reform and tax reduction is impossible at the pres ent time, because of the government’s reve nue needs. Well, that simply isn’t the case. For in stance, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States points out what would hap pen if the top rate of taxation of individual income were lowered from the existing 91 per cent to 50 per cent. The immediate drop in revenue to the Treasury would be but a billion dollars a year, which is less than one- eightieth of the budget. And that drop, in all probability, would be more than made up in the near future. The billion dollars thus liberated would go injo all manner of investment and purchas es. The result would be more jobs, more pay rolls, more production—and more sources of taxation for government. The Chamber adds that tax brackets far below the top one could be lowered without detriment to the government. The benefits would be felt everywhere and by all of us. Newspaper Advertising Moves Goods Editor & Publisher quotes the head of a large retailing organization, which has 36 stores around the country, as saying that it “couldn’t do business today without the 84 papers in which we advertise.” The magazine adds: “Other retailing es tablishments are paying the same tribute to newspapers every day in the year through their advertising dollars. Jhey know which advertising medium sells goods with speed and economy. . . . Newspaper advertising moves goods off the retailers’ shelves into the hands of consumers regardless of wheth er the sales effort is made by the manufac turer or the retailer.” Nothing replaces the printed word—and most particularly, from an advertiser’s stand point, the printed word which the thousands of daily and weekly newspapers of this coun try bring to their tens of millions of readers. Socialism And Cupidity According to figures just released by Tax Foundation, Inc., the per capita burden of federal, state and local taxes was 8109 in 1940, $369 in 1950 and $715 in 1960. In virtually all state and local govern ments, no less than the federal government, proposals are advanced for more and more tax revenue. Unless the people restrain their demands on government, and put their foot down on unnecessary government expendi tures that curry favor with pressure groups, Karl Marx’s plan “to wrest all capital from the bourgeoisie," may become a reality in the United States. If socialism engulfs our country, it will be due to the cupidity of people who think they can get something for nothing from govern ment. Needed Authority E Veteran Washington observer Arthur Krock writes: ‘There is ... a demonstrable check against waste and inflationary spend ing that the President has not mentioned in his messages and statements thus far. It has been sought by and for presidents ever since 1876, and was steadily denied by Congress, although most of the states have granted it to their governors. This is the so-called 'item veto’ power whereby the President can re fuse to approve certain appropriations in a federal supply bill without disapproving the entire measure. ... If President Kennedy could get this authority he would have a most effective, immediate and self-evident means of regularly balancing spending and revenue.” Louisburg, N. C n Times: “Information which does not compromise the national se curity is public information, which the pub lic is entitled to. Newspapers have tradi tionally rooted out scandal and mischief by demanding all legitimate information about the government. The right of the electorate to the truth, to the facts of life, about its government, is a precious one and must be maintained.” A late report says that the salaries of American public school teachers rose 72.4 per cent in the last decade, from an average of $3,126 to $6,389. Crime’s Strongest Deterrent Shocking increases in crimes of violence have been, accepted in many communities with equally shocking complacency. That such crimes can be curbed by all-out coopera tion between police authorities, the courts and private citizens, has been abundantly demonstrated in Philadelphia. For thirteen years, American Stores, with headquarters in that city, has cooperated aggressively with all law enforcement agencies In com batting crimes of murder and violence, par ticularly those involving banditry. The re sults of this cooperation are impressive. For the past two years and eight months there have been no armed holdups of this com pany’s properties in the Philadelphia area. The record explains why. Prior to its all- out campaign in cooperation with the city police department, American Stores had suf fered nearly 100 gunpoint holdups with a total of 83 bandits involved. All 83 were sent to prison, 11 for life. Business men and citizens in every com munity in the nation can blame lax law en forcement largely on themselves. It is grati fying to see steps being taken in one com munity to correct a condition that endangers the security of every home and family. Cer tainty of punishment, as in Philadelphia, is crime’s strongest deterrent Babson Suggests Best Way To Decrease Unemployment Babson Park, Mass., March 9—Each week some new proposition comes from the White House promising to reduce unemployment. These vary all the way from paying veterans' insurance mon ey in advance of dates due to increasing the mini mum wage. To ihy mind none of them are of any real value. The first suggestion would put more money into circulation immediatley, but would re duce the amount available later. As to increasing the minimum wage, this will cause merchants and others to reduce the number of their employees so that the higher wage will not cost them more in total. This will result in increasing unemployment without increasing total purchasing power. PURCHASING POWER VS UNEMPLOYMENT When discussing these two factors, it is much like asking which came first— the hen or the egg? Each is de pendent on the other; but in most cases increased purchasing must come before increased employ ment, and I think President Ken nedy believes this in his heart. Hence, the soundest, cheapest, and quickest method of increas ing purchasing is to increase ad vertising. m»gtr w. Mew Advertising appropriations are • now "upside down.” Merchants advertise when they have plenty of money, which usually means when business is good and there is full emptoymeHt. Then, when business slows up and unemployment develops, these merchants re duce their advertising. This is why I say that the present advertising policy is “cock-eyed.” It may help the temporary profits of the merchant, but it is not fof the nation’s best interests; it is not eco nomically sound. This especially applies to news paper advertising, although it also may include radio, TV, and mail-order advertising. Further more, Congress would surely be increasing unem ployment by increasing postal rates. GOVERNMENT SHOULD SOMETIMES SUBSIDIZE ADVERTISING Think What would happen to employment if all advertising should suddenly be stopped? Such an action would create a .national public panic, with over half the people unemployed. Certainly the government would be as justified in subsidizing merchants selling certain products as in subsi dizing farmers living in certain states. These merchants are doing as much for the nation as are the farmers. In fact, the farmers are depend ent upon the merchants to sell their farm produ- ucts. No one of us goes to the farmer direct to buy wheat, corn, potatoes, tobacco, barley, or any product of the farm. I would advise against permitting the govern ment to change advertising rates; but suggest al lowing certain temporary payments to newspa pers and broadcasters for increasing the advertis ing space or time devoted to promoting the sale of products which require much labor—the percent of subsidy depending upon the amount of unem ployment involved. RUSSIA AND “FULL EMPLOYMENT” President Kennedy cannot, or at least will not, go to Russia to seek disarmament while there is a large amount of unemployment in the United States. To make any satisfactory deal with Russia to reduce the “cold war,” the President needs to have full employment here at home. Yes, we should actually have a shortage of workers in or der that those workers then discharged by plants now making missiles, rockets and other weapons will be able quickly to get jobs in peace indus tries. Some of President Kennedy’s suggestions will help the unemployment situation in a small way, but his ideas will not come near providing “full employment.” Only advertising—natural or subsi dized—will accomplish this. Subsidizing advertis ing to reduce unemployment is something which I would like personally to help with. Secretary of Defense McNamara should immediately operate a new division to study this problem which I am today urging in this column. CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH », 19C1 UNSOCIAL SECURirrt Robert W. Anderson, president, is shown with a section of Modern wood Mosaic Parqnet, a new type of flooring being in troduced by The Modernwood Co., a division of Standard Ply woods, Inc., of CBnton. Clinton Company Introduces New Flooring Training Program To Be Set Up At Whitten Village The Modernwood Company, Clinton, will market a new type of flooring this month, Robert W. Anderson, president, has an nounced. Production started in January on Modernwood Mosaic Parquet, a companion to Modernwood Laminated Block, which has been manufactured here for sev eral years. Modernwood Mosaic Parquet is composed of small hardwood slats assembled into 18-inch- square units. It is now being produced in Carolina upland oak, and soon will be available in black walnut, cherry and hard maple. The Modernwood Company is a division of Standard Ply woods, Inc., which was founded by L. W. Anderson, of Green ville. The company was original ly established in North Carolina, but its headquarters was moved hem several years ago because of better Umber and a more effi cient working force' The new Modernwood Mosaic Parquet is designed for commer cial buildings and institutions as well as residences. It is manufactured in 5-16 inch thickness and is paper-surfaced for quick-laying in adhesive over concrete or wood subfloors. Modernwood Mosaic Parquet will be marketed along with Modernwood laminated Block made of Carolina upland oak intp 9-inch-square, factory-fin ished, laminated blocks. Ginton Gets $12346 From S. G Liquor Tox Columbia—Laurens County re ceived $404162 and the Town of Clinton $12,346 as their share of the state’s alcoholic liquor tax revenue in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960. Shares going to other Laurens County municipalities: Cross Hill, $934; Gray Court, $824; Waterloo, $118. By law, counties are allocated 30 per cent of the revenue from alcoholic taxes and licenses .Mu nicipalities get IS per cent. Presbyterians Plan Weak Of Services Dr. Albert Grady Harris, Sr., distinguished former pastor of the Macon tGa.) First Presbyte rian Church, will direct Holy Week services at the Clinton First Presbyterian Church on March 36-April 2 as the empha sis for this month shifts to evan gelism. The guest speaker will hold both morning and evening servic es at the First Church on Palm Sunday (March-26) and will con duct a series of evangelistic services throughout the following week. This schedule calls for eve ning worship at 7:30 o’clock Monday through Friday of that week, with the aeries closing with the 11 o'clock Easter morning service on April 2. ^ Visitation teams and cottage prayer meetings also wijl func tion as part of the special em phasis program. A member of the session's com mittee of evangelism will taka the lead in conducting visitation teams during the week prior to Holy Week. ’ Thomas F. Hollis, chairman of the session's Christian actlop committee, is making plans to set up cottage prayer meetings' in strategic sections of Clinton the week prior to Easter. These other committee members are assisting in the project: Thom- well Dunlap, Tom Plaxico and A. C. Young. Dr. Harris, who will conduct the evangelistic services, resides in Macon, where he served as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church for 18 years before his retirement in 1963. He served as moderator of the Synod of Geor gia in 1946. The speaker spent six years as pastor of the Mil- ledgevllle First Church before go ing to Macon, and his earlier pulpits included the Seneca First Church, the Birmingham Sec ond Churth and the Greenville (N. C.) First Church. He served as a US Army Chaplain in World War I. A native of Pineville, N. C., Dr. Harris received his edu cation at Erskine, Princeton and Union Theological Seminary in Richmond. Presbyterian College conferred an honorary degree upon him in 1940. His three chil dren also are dedicated to church work—his son and namesake, a PC alumnus, being pastor of Emory University Presbyterian Church. Pruett And Osborne Enlist In Air Force George W. Pruett, son of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Pruett, 400 Florence St., and Talmadge D. Osborne, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walker H. Osborne, 803 Sloan St., have enlisted in the Air Force. The young men were enlisted under the Air Force’s “buddy system,” which will allow them to go through' basic training to gether. After completing eight weeks of basic training at Lack- land Air Force Base, San An tonio, Texas, they will either be sent to one of the many Air Force bases located in the United States or attend a technical school. Approval of a grant for occu pational training of the mentally retarded at Whitten Village has been announced by Dr. Dill D. Beckman, state director of the Vocational Rehabilitation De partment. The Office of Vocational Re habilitation of the Department of Health, Education and Wel fare awarded the grant for the demonstration ‘ project, which will begin operation on April 1. There are only a few such projects for the mentally retard ed in the United States. The purpose of the project will be to evaluate, train and place in employment adolescents and young adults in residence at Whitten Village. Dr. B. O. Whit ten, superintendent at Whitten Village, will serve as director of the project. This trill be the first program in South Carolina for occupation al training of the mentally re tarded. There are some limited facilities for providing education but when the mentally retarded person reaches 16 years of age, he is eliminated from further schooling and there has bean no provision for training the retard ed in skills that may be used in securing employment. In the project that will be set up at Whitten Village, those men T tally retarded who have reached the age of 16 and have progressed as far as they can go in their formal schooling will partici pate full time in a program to evaluate their vocational poten tials, to learn to work with oth ers and' develop good work hab its, build work tolerance, and receive training in vocational skills. When they are ready, they will actually be placed in employ ment. The Vocational Rehabilitation Department will work in close cooperation with the project, ac cording to Dr. Beckham. A vo cational rehabilitation counselor will assist in determining a voca tional objective for each mental ly retarded trainee at the-project and will coordinate the vocation al services provided. It will also be the responsibil ity of the rehabilitation depart ment to place the trainees in em ployment. For the present, the maximum number in the project at any time will be 30 trainees. 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