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CUnton, S. C„ Thursday, SsptMiber 2, IMS
Thurmond Pulls
Upset of the Year
South Carolina’s Strom Thurmond
never knows when he is defeated. Other
U. S. Senators might know it,, but not
Thurmond. And not knowing it, he goes
on to win.
And the country owes him a debt of
gratitude.
Just when the nation was set to observe
another display of Lyndon Johnson s pew
er, coupled with that of the labor bosses;
just when members of both parties in the
Senate who were in opposition to the repeal
of Section 14 (b) of the Taft-Hartley Act
were admitting the cause was lost and had
just about given up the fight, Strom Thur
mond stepped in and took over.
It was a weekly meeting of the Re
publican Conference and discussion center
ed on the pending bill to repeal Section
14 (b). It had already pased the House.
There was not much enthusiasm, and the
fight appeared to be hopeless.
Until Thurmond spoke his piece.
Here is what he said:
“From time to time we have done con
siderable talking about significant issues
and taking them to the public. This bill
presents us with a golden opportunity to
do that. There is no more fundamental is
sue than an individual’s right to work; to
get and hold a job without having to pay
tribute. This is an issue that transcends
party, sectional, personal and all other
lines.
“It's an issue that we Republicans
should and must make, and right now is
the time to start doing it. It still isn’t too
late. If we really exert ourselves, we can
defeat this restrictive legislatioli.”
That did it
Thurmond’s challenge stiffened the
backbone of his Republican colleagues.
They went to work. While others rounded
up Republicans to join in putting on a fili
buster, Thurmond pulled in some of his for-,
mer Southern Democratic colleagues. Eight
een joined the cause to talk the bill to
death, including twelve Republicans and
six Southern Democrats.
Redoubtable old Senator Dirksen of Illi
nois, the Republican leader, took it from
there. He told Senator Mansfield of Mon
tana, the Democratic leader, how things
stood. Mansfield * told the President, and
Johnson knew he was beaten.
Johnson said to Dirksen, “Ev, you can’t
do this to me.”
“Mr. President,” replied Dirksen, “I am
not only going to do it to you, but I am
going to spearhead this fight.”
Unless the situation changes drastically
within the next few days, it means a vic
tory for the forces opposing repeal of Sec
tion 14 (b),
have the votes to force a vote in face of the
coalition of Republicans and Democrats.
And the man to thank is this state’s
tenacious Strom Thurmond.
rush, and says: ‘Ws do not take the posi
tion that all government land acquisition is
bad. We do think the public should have
the facts. We also suggest that much
of the land already set aside for recreation
is not being used to full advantage.” For
such reasons as difficulty of access people
simply don’t go to some of these areas in
significant numbers.
A growing population, with increased in
comes and leisure, certainly needs ade
quate recreational facilities. At the same
time, it needs the taxes private lands pay
and the materials and commodities they
produce. A reasonable balance must be
achieved. As of now, it. looks as if the gov
ernment land rush, may be tipping the
scales too far in one direction and removing
land needlessly from the tax rolls and pro
ductive use.
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WUttua 8.
Bible
The Phoenicians, who lived on the eastern end of
the Mediterranean Sea, were great traders. One of
The Phoenicians’ ports was Gebal, famous as a mar
ket for papyrus, a paper that the Egyptians made
from the inner bark of the papyrus plant.
The Greek name for Gebal was Bybios. Since
They got their paper at this port, they called the pa
per “byWos” or “biblos.” Eventually “biblos” was used
to denote the scrolls or books made from this paper.
The diminutive form of “biblos” was “bibUon”—a
little book—and the plural of “biblion” was “biblia.”
The Jews adoped “biblia”—little book—as a
name for the Scriptures. The word became “Bible”
in English.
CBEDROM’ NOVICE date, duly proven, or be forever final discharge from our trust as
All persons having claims barred. Executors,
aganlst the estate of Richard BRYAN SIMMONS PINSON Any person Indebted to
Edward Ferguson, III, deceas- Executor «- notified
ed, are hereby notified to fite 111 West Centennial St, .
the same duly verified, with the CUnton, 8. C. to mMMe
undersigned, and those indebt- August IS, 1M AlMo4f that date, aad_au
ed to said estate will please — ? claims against said
make payment likewise. FINAL SETTLEMENT present them on or before said
BEATRICE A FERGUSON, Take notice that on the SOth date, duly proven
Administratrix, day of September, 1MB, we will barred.
will
or be forever
SOI West Walnut Street, render a final account of our
CUnton, 8. C. acts and doings as Executors of
August 18, 1985 J19-3-82 the estate of Homer Rector
Jones, Sr., in the office of the
FINAL SETTLEMENT Judge of Probate 4pf
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Babson’s Point of
View On Repeal of
14b and Union Labor
By ROGER W. BABSON '
Babson Park, Mass., September 2—The big
unions have been waging an uphill battle in re
cent years. Gains in membership have been
hard to come by. As a percentage of the total
work force, unionism has been slipping. But all
that will be changed with repeal of the 14b of the
Taft-Hartley Act . ..; doing away'with the right
of the states to prohibit the union (closed) shop.
From now on, we say, watch the unions roll to
new heights of power! After three months of vacation see the bleachers full of cheer-
LOOKING BACK A BIT students are again filing through ing Clinton fans. Everyone come
It was thirty years ago that labor was given the halls of “good ole C. H. S.” and support their home team!
its first magna carta, the Wagner Act. Under This year’s enrollment consists
the sponsorship of the New Deal, this measure of about 725 studenfsr The fresh-
guaranteed the right of workers to organise, to man class, containing 218 mem-
negotiate with employers,' to strike, and to he hers, is the largest of the four
protected against unfair labor practices. Em- classes.
ployers, in general, claimed that the law was As an act of initiation the fresh-
one-sided, giving full considerations to the unions men have to wear cardboard
but restricting management. Over subsequent signs the first week of school.
Take notice that on the 14th County, at 10 o’clock a. m., and
day of September, 1988, I wffl on the same day will apply for a August 18, 1988
render a final account of my
acts and doings as Executor of
the estate of Beulah Balia Pin
son in the office of the Judge of
Probate of Laurens County, at
10 o’clock a. m., and on the same
day will apply for a final dis
charge from my trust as Execu
tor.
Any person indebted to said
estate is notified and required
to make payment on or before
that date, and persons having
claims against said estate will
present them on or before said
HOMER RECTOR
JONES, SR.,
FRANCES M. JONES
DONNAN,
VAN S. JONES,
Executors
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Highlights
From CUnton High
By PATSY SIMMONS
CREDITORS’ NOTICE
All persons having, claims
against the estate of Robert
Martin, deceased, are hereby
notified to file the same, duly
verified, with the undersigned,
years, Congress has appeared to agree with this This new rule took the place of and those indebted to said es-
claim. the usual painting and smearing tate will please make payment
In 1947 the Taft-Hartley Act was passed, over 0 f the freshmen.
« Truman v«to givioj protection to manage- The stniciliTe fron ,
ment s righto It wa, promptly dubbed a “■lave ^ sch00l K , r ^ nagpoIc „
labor act" by the umon,. The congrentonal lhe dl , pl , y slgB #Uc h w „
erected on Augurt 12. Thi, new
likewise.
ROBERT
Executor
August 30, 1965
HOOKER,
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from labor and toward management. By 1968
congress was ready to force unions to file reports
on their pension and welfare funds. Further re
strictions were placed on organized labor by way
of the Landrum-Griffin Act of 1969, which barred
certain types of picketing and secondary boy
cotts. u
sign, given to the school by the
Senior Class of 1964-66, displays
a list of various activities, such
as football games, plays, and
special programs and meetings.
Clinton High has some new
additions to its teaching staff
this year. Mrs. Wade Wilburn
The Government
Land Rush
CONGRESS SLOW TO SWING TO LABOR
Over the last several years, union heads for from'Union will teach Algebra
the most part have maintained agreeable rela- n an d Advanced Math. Mrs.
tions with the White House as weU as with gov- Mary Johnson will teach Psy-
emment labor agencies. Labor’s progress with chology and Economics. Mrs.
Congress, however, has been slow. Not until the Johnson, who Is from Laurens,
current session has there been a safe majority taught at Woodruff last year,
who could be counted on to get behind major wmwKmr™ u
to’,o'l'.b t trl.Zr“ d ‘*“ h thr<>Uli * 1 replacing Mr,.
lation favorable to labor. Librarian. Miss Fowler has pre-
™ P °“ S ‘ ble 8 ^ een 1 tb f Viously taught at Joanna. Mrs.
battle of AFL-CIO groups to elect friendly as- James M a c „ s du _
pirants to both the House and the Senate. Then, ate from Jo wiu teach
too. President Johnson has given encouragement. Mechanical Drawing,
even though sometimes rather muted, to a num- 8
her of union legislative targets . . . upping of the From the results of last Fri-
for the opposition does not minimum wage, for example—eventually to $1.75 day’s scrimmage with Burns
—and wider coverage. High School — 27-0 in afvor of
- „ Clinton, the Clinton High Red
RIGHT-TO-WORK BAN HUGE Devils seem to be in top condl- granted.
BOON FOR LABOR ' tion. Let’s hope they keep up the Given under my hand this
Perhaps no other piece of legislation has net- good wor k i n ^is coming game 30th day of August Anno Dom-
tled labor leaders more than section 14b of the Friday night with York The ini
Taft-Hartley Act. The reason is clear. This sec- game will 5e played in ‘ York- J. HEWLETTE WASSON,
tion gives individual states the right to pass their however, the Red Devils want to S2-2c-S9 J. P. L. C.
own right-to-work laws making the involuntary
union shop illegal. In the 19 states which have
taken advantage of this opportunity under Mb,
it has meant that workers qo longer had to join
a union and pay dues in order to get or keep a
job. Repeal of 14b will erase these state laws
and bring a return of the union-shop labor con
tract.
As a result, union excheques in these 19 states
could be increased by as much as $10 million
by initiation fees alone coming from those em-
CITATION FOR LETTERS
OF ADMINISTRATION
The State of South Carilina,
County of Laurens
By J. H. Wasson, Probate
Judge:
WHEREAS Odetta Mauney
made suit to me to grant her
Letters of Administration of
the Estate and effects of Bes
sie S. Mauney.
These are, therefore, to cite
and admonish all and singular
the Kindred and Creditors of
the said Bessie S. Mauney, de
ceased, that they be and ap
pear before me, in the Court of
Probate, to be held at Laurens
Court House, Laurens, S. C., on
September 17, 1965, next after
publication hereof at 10 o’clock
in the forenoon, to show cause,
if any they have, why the said
Administration Should not be
is another great
‘Getting underway
American land rush.
‘"This time the rush is by government—
federal, state and local—out to absorb more
and more big blocks of real estate.”
So states U. S. News & World Report—
and doing so points to a problem of grow
ing importance and difficulty. The federal
government now owns a third of all our
land. In the West, the percentage often
runs much higher—62.1 per cent in Oregon,
63.8 per cent in Idaho, 66.2 per cent in
Utah, virtually 100 per cent in Alaska. And,
according to U. S. News, governments at all
levels are now increasing their holdings at
a great rate.
Private land becomes government land
in various ways—in the form of highways,
airports, reservoirs, paries and so on. One
of the biggest factors is found in the crea
tion, actual and pending, of recreation areas
which run to huge acreages. The American
Forest Products Industries, Inc., has made
a survey of the present government land
ployees who will have to become union members
if they are to work with firms under union
contract. This, of course, will substantially im
prove the financial condition of such labor or
ganizations; for the newly signed up members
will be contributing regular dues each month.
This will serve to strengthen labor’s economic
position for lobbying as well as in political cam
paigns.
LABOR LIFTING LEGAL SIGHTS
% Top labor officials are steadily raising their
sights for further demaniils in Congress. Still on
the longer-tenp agenda are calls to reduce the
basic work week from 40 hours to 36, to gain
bigger and more prolonged payments for the un
employed, to promote ever-wider public works
schemes, and to eliminate, eventually, other la
bor constraints in the Taft-Hartley and Landrum-
Griffin Acts- Union lobbyists feel that under this
Congress at least they have little to fear from
•forces that would try to cut back labor’s legal
sights by such means, for example, as placing
unions under existing anti-trust measures. And
labor surely win fight vigorously to improve its
congressional “edge” at the 1966 elections.
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CLINTON, 8. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER *, 1968
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