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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE , April S, 1982 No Army - No Navy No Air Force Our UN Ambassador Adlai Stevenson has been quoted as saying ‘'we~must be prepared in the West for restraints on self- interest which a world-wide system of law and policing implies.'' With the appearance in print of Depart ment of State Publication 7277, “Freedom from War, the United States Program for General Complete Disarmament in a Peace ful World," we know what his typically oblique words mean. They mean that it is the considered policy of the Executive Branch of our Government, expressed in this plan already formally submitted to the UN General Assembly ; to disband our armed forces and dismantle our defense sys tem—weapons, rockets, planes, ships and all —except for the portions turned over to the UN “Peace Force." It means that the Ad ministration has already prepared and is pushing for the surrender of our Constitu tion, our Bill of Rights, our national tradi tions and our freedom. All these and our troops and weapons too, it proposes to give over to a UN in which steadily increasing Soviet power foreshadows early and cer tainly ultimate, Communist control. This State Department program is so fantastic that no American could be expect ed to believe it without reading it for him self. Obviously, there is no single document in the world of comparable importance to all Americans at this moment. But it has not been easy to get. The Government Print ing Office reports at this writing that it is swamped with a backlog of 100,000 orders that will take weeks to fill, long enough to make protest futile.) Rules For Kile Flyers Budding astronauts and jet pilots, who begin their careers in the sky by flying kites these windy days, have a few “dont’s" to re member. This point is being stressed by electric companies around the country. They’re now publicizing such safety rules as these: 1. Don’t use tinsel string, wire, or any twine with metal in it. 2. Don’t fly a kite with metal in the frame or tail. 3. Don’t fly kites in rainy weather. 4. Don’t run across streets or highways while flying kites. 5. Don’t fly kites over television or ra dio aerials. 6. Don’t touch fallen electric wires. 7. Don’t fly a kite near electric power lines. 8. If a kite does become entangled in electric lines, leave it there. Do not touch the string, or in any other manner attempt to get it down. . 9. Use only dry cotton string and dry cloth in kite tails. Remember, Benjamin Franklin didn’t face modern hazards when he flew his kite! Babson Discusses Unemployment Babson Park, Mass., April President Ken nedy is up against two “stone walla.’* The first is that dividing East Berlin from West Berlin; and the second is how he can reduce unemploy ment. (It could take JFK IS CONSERVATIVE BUT WORRIED Employment is increasing in practically all lines—manufaeturing, building, merchandising, But you can get a photographically faith- an( j other important segments; but unemploy ful copy of the State Department’s “grand ment continues to plague us, and no solution is design of*surrender” quickly. Llyle Munson y et in Befo* 1 * Solng into Around Clinton High By Jen Arnold president of The Bookmaker, Inc., (P. O. Box 101, New York 16, New York) has rushed this nightmarish “Program” into print so that it may be studied by his alert fellow Americans without delay. “It must be,” he says, “if our Republic is to survive.” AirTMunson explains that he must have 25 cents for his reprints rather than the 16 cents asked by the Government Printing Of fice because: “Unlike the Government, we cannot use your tax dollars to print it; nor can we mail it ‘free’ at public expense.” And time is running out. As Dr. Robert Morris, president of The University of Dallas, says in his foreword to the Bookmailer reprint: “We seem to be forging our own chains.” "Proclaim Liberty...”_ Love of country and belief in its insti tutions are regarded in some circles as pitifully provincial. Patriotism, in the view of our advanced thinkers, globalists and fel low-travelers, is for squares. The gallant words of Patrick Henry, that inspired un trained fanners and clerks and blacksmiths and bookkeepers to defy the King’s armies, emerge from the subversion mill to read: “Better Red than Dead.” But we shall soon discover whether or not the soul of America has died. We shall learn whether freedom is still cherished above security. On April 19th, the 187th annivesary of Paul Revere's ride and of the battles of Lex ington and Concord, will come the tremen dous, heart-quickening, awesome peal of bells across the nation—church bells, school bells, fire bells, chimes, carillons, farm bells, even dinner bells if any are still to be found, will sound off from coast to coast and border to border, in Alaska and Hawaii. The bells will be heard when it is one p.m. (Standard Time) in Washington, D. C., noon in Chicago, 11 am. in Denver, 10 am. in San Francisco and 6 am. in Fairbanks and Honolulu, and the clangor will resound across America for four minutes. “Bells Across the Nation” is the inspira tion of National Commander Charles L. Bacon and Charles Hamilton, chairman of the Americanization Commission of The American Legion. Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN, (Ret.), is chairman of the Na tional Committee and assisted by former Presidents Hoover and Eisenhower and oth er distinguished Americans. Every Legion post in-the 50 states is actively participat ing, the post commanders heading up local committees for this impressive commemo ration of Patriot's Day. let me say that JFK is getting fed up with his “in tellectual” advisers. He is willing to listen to them; but he has decided to make his own decisions and not leave them to anybody else—not even to Vice-President Johnson. Some administration officials are picking up big labor’s theme that the government should do something to decerease heavy unemployment in the U. S. There is increasing talk of considering the problem an “emergency” . . . calling for drastic steps by Uncle Sam. These would include advancing public works projects, creating made-work programs— possibly a modern WPA. So far, JFK has balked at grandiose proposals, mainly because they would be too costly and would throw federal budgets even farther out of whack ... to say noth ing of the adverse impact on our already-sick bal ance of foreign payments. However, pressure from within and without the Administration is in creasing . . . and 1982 election-year politics may force the President .to send some stringent new proposals for reducing unemployment to Con gress before too many more months have passed. SELLING MORE GOODS THE ANSWER JFK is emphasizing to both management and labor that the great need is for the United States to sell more U. S.-manufactured goods—at home and abroad—and to keep prices down. He be lieves this demands an entirely new brand.of tariff powers—an ability to “trade.” This is es pecially important in view of the “European Common Market.” JFK believes that only as he is given dictatorial powers will he be able to meet dictators in Russia and other countries. I believe he is correct. In addition, the United States is faced with a rising imbalance of international payments and a resumption of the gold outflow. The nation really sits astride the horns of a dilemma: If the unem ployment problem is met by inflationary spend ing, our gold outflow may become a flood; if we try to prevent gold loss through higher interest rates and lowered spending, business may slump and unemployment soar. The President—in try ing to boost foreign trade—is on the right track ... but he will need to be a super-salesman to sell Congress on turning over to him dictatorial powers. THE COMING STEEL CONTRACT The President is anxious to establish the prin ciple that wages per hour will increase only as production per hour increases. (Management wants the new machinery also to get some “wages.”) This may be okay for the steel cor porations, but the trouble will come when all of the other unions want the same “deal” that the steel workers receive. Many corporations claim that, for various reasons, they cannot reduce costs further than they are now. All of this means that labor is tending more and more to approach a socialistic system as far as production, prices, wages, depreciation, etc., are concerned. TTiis, of course, is the big danger. Meanwhile, the President’s Labor-Management Committee has been conferring on automation di lemmas, but no workable program for dealing April 1 through 7 is National FHA Week, and it is certainly FHA Week in Clinton. The Dis trict Future Homemakers of America convention was held in the recreation hall in Anderson last Saturday. Marjorie Arnold, candidate from Clinton High School, was elected District President. With this honor, Mar jorie also won the opportunity to attend the National FHA conven tion in Salt Lake City, Utah, next July. About thirty-five students attended the convention from Clinton High. FHA’ers of CHS were in charge of the devotions. The theme of this service was “The Message of a Tree.” Those taking part on the program were Sandy Leopard, Susie Black, Lee McCall, Ann Addison, Ruth Todd, and Sandra Huggins. The service centered around scripture pas sages from the Bible showing the value of trees. Beverly Muller sang “Trees” during the service. Mrs. Harry Bouknight, FHA ad visor and home economics teach er at CHS, will serve as district teacher-advisor for the coming year. Sandra Norris modeled a dress she made in home ec, at the district fashion show. * • * i . ¥. Janice Ruff, rising senior from Joanna, was named president of the student body last Monday in the annual school elections, homeroom representatives, repre- sentatives-at-large, and class of ficers were lected. Numerous run-overs will be held this coming Monday. Those elected, however, were: Barbara Anderson, repre- sentativ for 12-A; Janie Culber son, 12-B representative; Janet Johnson and Shirley Ann Tim mons for 12-C and 12-D, respec tively. These students will hold their positions for the 1962-193 school year. Cadet Horne Named To Honor Committee By Tfie Citadel Corps Citadel Cadet William A. Horne, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Horne, of Clinton was recently elected by the corps of cadets to the mili- UDy college 1933 Honor Commit tee. The Citadel second classman was one of 21 cadets chosen as the rising cc M "je honor repre- sentat • es, who will take over duties from the graduating 1962 Honor Committee May 5. E!e"t on to the Honor Commit tee is one of the highest achieve ments to which a cadet can as pire. The honor representatives are elected by secret ballot of the Corps, with one committee mem ber representing each of the 17 companies and four battalions. Reorganization of Laurens County Memory Gardens A reorganization of Laurens County Memory Gardens under local control and management was formally announced this week by John E. Curry, formerly of Pikeville. Ky., who will be come owner and manager of the business. The former staff, including John O .Wilson, is no longer con nected with the cemetery in any way, Mr. Curry said. Named president was Russell R* Burns, educator and farmer of Laurens. R. T. Smith, Laurens businessman, is vice-president; Mr. Curry is vice-president and manager; and John Gotautus, vice-president of Professional Dis count Corporation of Spartan burg, is secretary-treasurer. All are regular board members. A board of directors with four regular and five advisory msm- bars has bean elected. Advisory directors are Hubert W. Graydon, legislator and mar- chant; C. Bryan Holland. Lau rens realtor; V. Parks Adair, Clinton mortician; W. K. Waits of Joanna, retired assistant su perintendent of Joanna Cotton Mills and trustee of the Joanna Foundation, and Ralph Riddle of Lydia, deputy sheriff. The 38-acre cemetery tract Is located nidway between Laurens and CD aton on the old highway. It offers family memorial estates and perpetual care and already has a lai ge number of subscribers to its services. Offices are main tained o<i the site with the hours 9:00 to 2:00, Monday through Thursday, 9:00 to 6:00, Friday, and 9:00 to 12:00 Saturday. Mr. Curry, who came here last J^ionth, is a Baptist and resides with his wife and two children at 098 E. Main Street. He has been in the cemetery business since 1998, having been owner-manager and sales contractor for other cemeteries in Kentucky and Vir ginia. View* of Our Readers RURAL'FIRE DEPT. Presently, fires occurring In rural areas pose quite a problem to many persons. The municipal fire departments throughout Lau rens County make it a practice to answer calls from outside the city, but In most cases, the lim ited amounts of water carried on their tracks prove to be of no avail in combating a Maze of any size. This is usually the only water available. It must be admitted that if a piece of municipal fjpe apparatus responds to a rural call, it is not available should a fire break out in the city. This is not good, tor the urban dwellers are the ones whose taxes have been used to purchase this equipment. Thus, the person’s property which is en titled to protection is actually jeopardized. Other counties throughout the state have organized rural fire fighting organizations to provide R not be also? Boro, Is is costly, If oai at initial cost only; but lot a little further. With rural fighting facilities, fire rates would be lowered ably, not only in the rural but in the municipalities also by virtue of the fact that the city de partment would be less likely to be tied up on a rural call when needed in the city. How practical is a rural fire fighting organization? With funds which are avail able from various agencies and organizations, and public coope ration, a rural fire department for Laurens County could be more of a reality than one might imag ine. « OBSERVER. IF YOU DON’T READ ' THE CHRONICLE YOU DON’T GET THE NEWS PHONE Stt-IMl with automation-created unemployment and re training has been proposed. Nor has a plan for stemming economy-numbing strikes yet been air ed. Internahunion dissensions further complicate the situation. The Meany-Reuther-Hoffa triangle may not be eternal, but it will make for rough- and-tumble dislocations on the labor front during 1962, with many a headache for employers. CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1962 (Blip Clinton (Uhranirlp Established 1900 July 4, 1889 — WILLIAM WILSON HARRIS — June 12, 1955 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBUSHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable in Advance) Out-of-County One Year $3.00, Six Months $2.00 One Year $4.00 Second Class Postage Paid at Clinton, S. C. 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