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2 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE CUaUa, 8. C, Tkunday, October 28, 1888 Black Scandal Ondinerfly, we would not think of com menting in these columns on a mayorality race jn the nation’s largest city. New York. The power struggle of big-city po litical machines is too involved, and too mucky for us. But, because there is an impending election to choose a new mayor for the city, of New York, one of the most sickening scandals in recent history is be ing suppressed and that scandal involves this community’s taxpayers quite as much as New York City. As far as we’re con cerned, it won’t wait for discussion until the politicians in New York and \N ashing- ton are ready. The fact is that Washington has spawn ed this disgrace through one of its mon strous poverty' programs in New York City’s Harlem known as HARYOU-ACT. Last week, Livingston Wingate, executive director of that organization, told the press . that an armed group of Negro youths in the area is “prepared to die” in a struggle against white people. “The kids are arm ed and ready to move,” he said, insisting that only his anti-poverty program was stopping them. But, what the executive director did not tell the press was that New York City police have identified more than three hundred of these armed Negro youths as being “employed” by HARYOU- ACT. These three hundred known recip ients of weekly pay checks from govern ment funds have been trained in the fine arts of rioting, demonstration, looting, sab otage, assassination—and armed—by Cu ban and Chinese Communist agitators. To head off a Los Los Angeles-type riot in New York, Washington has been paying blackmail money, weekly, to identified goons. Decent Negro voters in New York City are appalled. Police officials are des perate. Any properly constituted Congressional Committee has only to ask for New York City Police Department files. And ask it should. Even one additional day of paying tribute to goons out of the public treas ury is one dsy too long. Listen to Mr. Wingate’s parting re marks to the press: “Beieve me, my community is loaded with dynamite, now. Theae kids don’t ghre a damn .. . I’ve talk ed to police. They’re scared, they know the facts, .tf I tell you too much. I’ll be the late Wingate.” New Yory City has, by reputation, the I finest police department in the world. That department ought not to be subversed by political blackmail money paid out of the US Treasury. How To Gel Bled White Food, shelter and clothing are the bask necessities of life. They represent a ma jor part of the total spending of the Ameri can people. ' But a still larger part of the national spending goes for very different purposes. This is spending by government During 1965. the First National Bank of Boston reports that spending by • local, state and federal governments will come to $203 billion. The outlays for food, cloth ing and shelter, on the other hand, will be $183 billion—or $20 billion less. Fifteen years ago, the Bank adds, the reverse was true. ~ All that government spending must eventually comes out of our pockets— or, if collection is deferred through bor rowings, the pockets of our children. . Much of the enormous increase in gov ernment spending can be attributed to ef forts to create a welfare state at any and all costs. If that'kind of acting and think ing prevails, we’ll be bled white. New* of Bonds Cron Road* MBS. N. A. SIIOtJSE . made by above are correct Babson’s Point of On GrowingScardty Of Soiled Employees That’s Why Union Leaders Want Laws! The Right To Strike The right to strike is one of organized labor's most prised powers. And there can be little doubt that this right was essential in the days when the unions were weak and stuggling, and wages and working con- * ditions, in many cases, were inexcusably poor. But times change. Today the unions • | are enormously powerful. Labor has made extraordinary econotmc and social gains. And the strike, or the threat of a strike, is now frequently used in an effort to take over functions and to make decisions which clearly belong to management. In one of his recent columns, David Lawrence mid: “Certainly a legal redefi nition and imitation of the right to strike la long overdoa. The right to strihs for higher wages Is unquestioned. But to pwv mit organized labor to enforce through •trikes an alleged right to tell manageuMmt how to run its business and what machin ery It may or may not usa is to break down the whole private enterprise system • •«K hnoineoo disintegrates, tax revenues will fall sharply while deficits* multiply and inflation ensues. The ww can he eradi cated, but it win take courage, and a sur gical* operation on labor to do it” By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Mass., October 28—Business has been soaring almost steadily upward for 96 months—the longest boom in the nation’s history. One of the results is a great switch. Instead of an economy weighted down by heavy unemploy ment, we now have an economy unable to satisfy the need for workers. This is especially true in fields requiring men and women with a high de gree of training or refined skills. LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT IN EIGHT TEARS Latest Labor Department figures reveal that the total jobless rate has now slid down to 4.4%, moving below the 3-million mark for the first time in eight years. While part of the decline has resulted from the absorption of young people hack schools and colleges, the long-term fundamental unemployment trend is still grad ually downward. Economic expansion has been responsible for the greatest part of the unem ployment downdrift, and, conversely, for the en couraging advances in the number of employed over recent years. This is, of course, all to the good for workers as a whole. It means a secure income not only for family heads, but also far wives, relatives, and children who want to earn their own spending money or be able to contribute to the household. The only people bothered by the situation are the employers. They are finding it harder than ever to fin their job wants, aU the way from the cleri cal up to the executive level. In some areas it is reported that even unskilled laborers are hard to come by, often because they stall far higher pay- FACTORY GBOWIM M*A1« MOM WOBKM Optimism is the order of the day. Manufac- tuers in virtually all lines are looking toward further expansion, allocating huge sums far ex tension of pi**** space — renovations, additions, and brand-new buildings. With consumer de mand heading steadily higher, few live-wire con cerns feel that they have sufficient unused ca pacity to handle future needs. To ensure top use of capacity—and, of course, top productivity— they must have good workers all along the line. Right now, and doubtless for some time to come, this is a Number-One problem for management. It is not easy to find exactly the employees that are needed when the labor reservoir is dead-low. At the moment, there is a definite shortage of well-qualified engineers, salesmen, computer programmers, physicists, and chemists. Good typists and stenographer* are also at a premium, especially in areas where offices of various typos are highly concentrated. Executives ranging fwpwi department heads to operv**"g are in brisk demand. Industrial selling depart ments are frequently at a lorn to fill lead posi tions—at least partially because of the relatively few young students who train far the field of Stories Behind Words Wiffinm 8. Penfield To Shanghai After gold was discovered in California in the 1840’s, San Francisco became a thriving port. With many sailors jumping ship to seek their fortunes in the gold fields, it was hard to assemble ships’ crews—■ especially for long trips. It was extremely difficult to gather a crew for a voyage to Shanghai, China, because ships going to Shanghai went on to ports in Europe before returning to San Francsko. Some captains bound for Shanghai arranged with persons on the waterfront to drug sailors and deliver them aboard ship, and thus forced the sailors to make the trip. This practice became known as “shang- haing.” Highlights From Clinton High ■ The Shady Grove 4-H meeting was held October 12 at-the dub house. Officers for the year were elected as follows: president. Buddy Wright, sou of Mr. and Mrs. C. A Wright; vice-president and secretary, Cathy Berry, daughter of Mrs. Margaret Ber ry; program chairman, Spivey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hub Spivey, and song leader and recreational leader, Linda and Brenda Franklin, twin grand daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Franklin. Mrs. George Cobh, Jr. and , children, George HI and Cather ine, have returned home to At lanta, after spending last week with Mrs. Cobb’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Pitts. Mrs. George Franklin and Deb bie Gregory of Gaffney spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. Carter Wright. Mrs. Lois Gre gory spent the week-end and Mrs. Gregory and Debbie re turned borne with her. The fall meeting of the Laurens County Home Demonstration Council held its fall meeting at Shady Grove club house October 26, with Shady Grove members as hostesses. The meeting was called to order by Mrs. T. B. Sumerel, president. The creed was led by Mrs. M. S. Wood, safety chairman for the county Special music and devotions were presented by the Rev. W. W. Willingham, pastor of Fair- view Baptist Church. Mrs. J. E. Evans, president of the Shady Grove club, welcomed the group, and the minutes and roll call were read by the secretary. Mrs. L. N. Cook. Warrior Creek won first place for attendance . Mrs. Lou C. Horton of Lou’s Shoppe, Clinton, gave a talk on appropriate apparel for certain occasions, and accessroies for various costumes, showing a number of outfits from her shop. The program was followed by reports on goals for 1966-66 by county chairmen. Mrs. Ruth Todd has been in Easley this week at the home of her son, Earle Todd. STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION Date of filing: Oct 29, 1966 Title of Publication: The GUn- ton Chronicle. Frequency of issue: Weekly. Location of known office of publication: 109 Gary Street, Laurens County, Clinton, S. C. CHRONICLE PUB. CO., CORNELIA B. HARRIS PINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 90 day of Nov., 1906, we will render a final accoupt of our acts do ings as Administrators of the estate of Alexander Bell Jacks in the office of the Judge of Pro bate of Laurens County, at 10 o’clock a.m., and on the'same day win apply for a final dis charge from our trust as Adnrin- i*tr«tqrs. ~ * Any person Indebted to sold estate is notified and required to make payment on or before that date, and all poroons having claims against said estate wiU present them on or before said date, duly proven or be forever barred . ’ ALMEDA JACKS ROGERS %* JAMES R. JACKS, Administrators Oct. 26, 1966 028-4C-N16 IF YOU DON’T READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DON’T GET THE NEWS By PATSY SIMMONS BOLTING JOB SHORTAGE There has been a in overtime—use of work In spite of the a half. College ate employees for costs of time Location of headquarters of general business offices of the publishers: 109 Gary Street, Clinton, S. C. Last Saturday in the school Wallace, Becky Huguley, Patsy ^ W) cafeteria, CHS juniors took the ^ n ™ on ** *F*i ran .. C ® x and Owner: Chronicle Publishing Preliminary Scholastic Apti- t Co - Inc « cmtm, S. C.; Mrs. tude Test. The PSAT is a short- officers, attended various J* ^ ® ^ er version of the Scholastic Ap- workshops, and * listened to v ' J ,, t . . titude Test (SAT), which U J^Twier^Hiibert Hendrix, „ I"?"*** «d»d of applicants for adml, ££, r ^Th, g^burg Her! Secs, and Mhcr setna-ity hoW«, don to college. Both the PSAT ^ owning or holding and the SAT metunre’th. da- ... mor *_° t t °^ 1 ynu- ability to rend, to use on Wednesday, The Clinton- and to re **® 1 \ * on ?f f”* 1 ian staff also went to Green. , J? wood »® attend n similar con- took the PSAT in order to be vention for high school annual familiar with the type of mate- rial which is presented on the p or u, e week CHS fresh- College Board Entrance Exam ^ ^ ^ tMng ^ • • • STEP and SCAT tests. 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