The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, April 15, 1965, Image 2
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Qiaton, S. C„ Thuraday, A«rU IS, IMS
Second Clast States?
There we signs that Congress is begin
ning to stir out of the hypnosis inflicted
upon it by the President at the last joint
session when be demanded votes for all
Americans who know their names and ad
dresses—in ceftain states.
It is time at least for some of our
statesmen to register shock over a bill that
proposes to remove Constitutional authority
for the conduct of elections on six states
and not in 44 others, substituting the guid
ance of Federal gauletiers!
But if those who say there’s no time for
a Constitutional amendment, and that we
must have a voting bill quick to forestall
violence and disorder have their way, God
help America!
costs themselves. And it is inevitable that
if (me group is to be favored, it wiH be only
a matter of time before political pressures
extend it to others. ^
We can help the needy elderly without
imperiling a system of medical care which
has no superior anywhere. An example of
a practical way to meet the problem is the
eldercare program, under which government
would pay all or part of the cost of health
insurance policies for the low-income elder
ly, depending on need, not just age.
The Creator*
The Indianapolis Star, in an eloquent
editorial, expresses its agreement with
President Johnson’s statement that his
Great Society would not “flower spontan
eously from swelling riches and surging
power. It will not be the gift of the gov
ernment or the creation of Presidents.”
Americans who have a knowledge of the
world, says the Star, “ .. know that Presi
dents and governments did not create the
skyscrapers, jets, homes, farms, cars, in
dustries, missiles, space vehicles, nuclear
submarines,.nuclear weapons, musk, drama,
sports, literature, schools, unviersities, med
icine, and scientific achievements that are
measures of our power and abundance.
“Nor did they create our free institu
tions or our love'of liberty.” 4
What, then, has been the wellspring of
our greatness and our achievements? The
Star’s answer is the one that almost anyone
with a knowledge of the forces of history
would give, and it takes only two words—
individual initiative. It was this that dis
covered this country, explored it, developed
and protected it from enemies within and
without and looked always ahead to great
er days and finer times.
Presidents and govennents can help,
but they cannot create. That is done by
individuals—free individuals—in their in
finite numbers.
Ault, Colo., Progress: “Over the past
four or five years a lot has been said, writ
ten and proposed for taking care of our
Elder Citizens who might need assistance.
We have always favored giving where giv
ing is necessary and needed, but, we could
never favor an outright .s^ep toward social
ized medicine or another step down the
road toward a Socialistic form of govern
ment. We might add, we have always been
opposed to the Federal Government taking
control of kvee with our money (your and
my taxes paid into the U. S. Treasury);”
Neweof
Bond* Crocs Roads
MBS. N. A.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry HID, whs
were recently married, are re
siding with Mr .and Mrs. C. W.
HiU.
Mr. and Mts., Newman
Sbouse and Kay Shouse visited
in Clayton, Ga. on Sunday.
A1 Shouse, son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. T. Shouse, was among
the 7th grade students that
spent two days in Charleston
last week visiting Fort Sumter
and other historical and scenic
places.
E. T. Shouse attended the
Masters golf tournament in
Augusta, Ga., Friday. He was
accompanied by Maurice Crock
er.
Mrs. J. C. Nabors and Mrs.
B. W. Cooper were visitors in
Greenwood last week.
Mrs. Myrtle Crowe is improv
ing at the home of a niece,
Mrs. Jack Morgan. Mrs. Crowe
was a patient at Bailey Memo
rial Hospital recently.
James Evans is a patient at
Bailey Memorial Hospital.
CLUB MEET
The Shady Grove Home Dem
onstration Chib met Tuesday at
the club house. The meeting
was called to order by 'Mrs.
Jamas Eviubs, president. The
devotional was given by Mrs.
Clarence Hunnicutt.
Following the business ses
sion, Mrs. Hunnicutt, a local
leader of the club, introduced
two of the club members who
had attended the Laurens Coun
ty Electric Club meeting, and
gave demonstrations. The girls,
Cathy Berry land Maxine Spi
vey,- gav$ the same demonstra
tions for the club. Maxine dem
onstrated making tea cakes,
telling how she mixed them,
and baked them and had the
cakes to illustrate. Cathy dem
onstrated using and caring for
an electric hand mixer. She
showed how to use the different
speeds for different mixes.
Following the dsmonstr***** 1 ^.
Mrs. Taylor gave a very infor
mative lesson on financial se
curity.
Mrs. Curtis Oswalt served
refreshments during the social
hour.
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Jumping Out
Of the Traces
Old-time observer* of the
who may have been ttihnesaed in
years at the snail-like progress of Con
gress and its tendency to look into the pos
sible consequences of pending legislation,
should be throwing their hats in the air
over today’s LBA brand of efficiency.
The House having speedily voted the
Administrations |1.3 billion measure for
Federal control of the schools, the current
week is expected to see final passage of
both aid to education and the Administra
tion’s medicare bill—perhaps Senate action
m the voting bill.
Here are three of the mpst controversial
and far-reaching issues of our time. Re
penting at leisure would seem to lie ahead.
Look Abroad
Before Congress imposes a system of
government health care on this nation, it
should give intense analysis to what similar
action has produced elsewhere.
England’s socialized health system seems
to be approaching chaos. Doctors, plagued
by low pay and by intolerable working
conditions which often impede care of
those seriously ill, have been in near revolt.
Some 10,000 family doctors gave notice that
they will resign from the National Health
Service unless major improvements are
made.
In .both England and France, the social
■•curity systems are in serioua *finandal
•traits, primarily because of the astronomi
cal costs of providing health scrvkes to ev
eryone, regardless of need. It would be
foDy to say that cannot happen here. The
medicare proposal, it is true, applies only
to the elderly. But its benefits—which are
far more limited than most people know—
would be given to all.. in the age group,
whether or not they wore able to pay the
Babson’s Point of View
On: Promoting— : — -
Employer-Employee
Co-Operation
Babson Park, Mass., April 1ft—Whether a
firm is large, middle-sized, or small, it gets best
results in terms of productivity and profits if
there is mutual loyalty between management
and workers. And this is much more difficult
today than it sounds. Employers, for one thing,
are so caught up in the competitive rat-race
that they tend to concentrate on producion and
marketing, and leave labor relations pretty much
to unions and department heads. Employers, on
the other hand, are apt to forget the good of the
compay and think only of fatter pay envelopes,
more fringe benefits, and looking for richer jobs.
MUTUAL CONCERN PATS OFF
Both attitudes are self-defeating and costly
for all concerned. Astute employers recognize
that their workers are not just cogs in the ma
chinery of turning out products and getting them
to market, but that they should he—and often are
—co-workers and salesmen, ambassadors of
good will. The extent of their value in these
extra-currricular pursuits Is up to the foresight
and imaginative vision of the employers them
selves.
Naturally it is management’s responsibility
to provide attractive working conditions, fair
pay rates, and reasonable fringe benefits com
putable with others in the same field and lo
cality. But beyond this point the employer must
start playing by ear. If he deals, for instance,
in consumer goods, he can he certain that his
personnel, their relatives, and their friends are
possible customers. If he is wise, then, he will
keep his work force constantly informed, not
only regarding the workings of the factory but
concerning the final products and how they
may best be used. Company manuals and
work-time demonstrations can easily generate
employee interest and proud workers to spread
the word concerning the quality and utilization
of what they make .
PRIDE BT ASSOCIATION
Even if an emplyoyer’s products are non
consumer in nature, employees can still offer
very valuable publicity if they are intimately
acquainted with the special qualities of the
goods they are helping to turn out. If they
are shown in what respect their products excel,
they will be proud of their association with the
company and will enjoy being expats. Through
private and personal employee contacts have
come lasting and rewarding accounts for firms
whose employer-employee relations are lively
and friendly.
An intelligent employee recognizes that what
ever he is doing for his company he is doing
basically for himself—and for his fellow workers.
To build up the company for which he works, to
light up the image of its products, to help make
its brand-name a byword, is to ensure his own
job security and eventually to enlarge his own
income and that of his co-workers. This rela
tionship between management and staff must,
however, work two ways if there is to bo a truly
healthy stability in any business concern.
ESPECIALLY POE YOUNG COMPANIES
Small concerns—just getting underway—will
find it helpful in bucking the bitter rivalry in all
important lines today if they win sell every em
ployee, from the very hegnnlng, on the idea of
becoming a salesman for their products and ser
vices. If a man is made to fed that he is a vital
part of the company he works for, that he is
trusted and taken into confidence on its prob
lems as well as its successes, he is much more
likely to day put
Labor turnover is, of course, one of industry’s
heaviest w^w***! burdens, particularly today.
Hence, everything should be done to promote
employer-employee co-operation and mutual un
derstanding for the purpose of building up an
establishment that can focus Its attention on im
provement and expansion without being plagued
by needless and costly replacement of restless
workers. Whether a firm is aatoniaed or not,
H can mate its employees proud of their
elation with B and eager to mate its
Its products ever more widely
Man as a free agent accomplishes
MORE THAN A SOCIETY BURDENED WITH
CONTROLS AND THEREBY' VOID OF
CREATIVE SELF EXPRESSION.
Stories
Behind
Words
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8. FreffsM
Two- Bits
Sometimes we hear a person refer to a quarter of
a dollar as “two bits.” This expression dates back to
Colonial America.
Hie colonies which were Yjo become the United
States carried on extensive trade with Spanish colonies
in the Caribbean Sea.
One of the chief pieces of Spanish money was a sil
ver coin, which the American colonists called a Spanish
dollar. This coin gained widesread circulation in Co-
i*»
kmial America.
When the change was needed the Spanish dollar was
cut into eight equal pieces, or “bits”—the storied “piec
es of eight.”
One “bit 4 * was worth one-eighth of a dollar. Two
bits were worth a quarter; four bits, a half-dollar; and
right bits, a dollar.
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