The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 09, 1965, Image 2
THE CUNTON CHKONICLE
CUatM, 8. C, ThuruUy, December t, IMf
Important Talk Ahead
For S. C. Legislators
Members of the South Carolina Gen
eral Assembly, called to meet in a specia
session on Decmeber 13 by Governor Mc
Nair, face one of the most important tasks
they have ever been called upon to perform.
A three-judge federal court has issued
should remind all the others that a vote
for repeal of Section 14(b) is a vote against
the wishes of a majority of their consti
tuents. Next yea$ is Congressional election
year, and as that day of reckoning draws
closer some of those who rubber-stamped
the union bosses’ demand for 14(b)’s re-
peal last session may become more anxious
to please voters than to do the bidding- of
the President or his union boss
A coalition~bf Republicans and
an order to reapportion the state for rep- crass in Congress held the line for us last
reaentation in the Senate. That body is year, against the power-play of the union
now made up of one Senator from each boeee. md their puppet p^ltldane. The
county, regardless of size. It must now be
composed of members elected on a popu
lation basis.
And the job must be done by April
first, or the judges will do it themselves.
A number of plans -have been proposed,
including fractional votes by Senators from
small counties with less than 50,000 popu
lation (some have 8,000 or 10,000) and up
to three or four Senators from the larger
counties, formation of new senatorial dis
tricts with some senators representing sev
eral counties, etc.
At any rate, control of the Senate will
shift from the small counties to the more
populous ones. Hie days may be num
bered for several of the well-known, form
erly well-entrenched Senators from small
counties.
Whatever the outcome, we hope the
legislators will face their task with states
manship, with no concern for what happens
to individuals. The state’s interests must
be paramount If there is any hedging for
personal interests it will & apparent, and
the sooner those individuals are shoved
second session of the 89th Congress starts
in just a few weeks—January 10 to be
exact—so it’s our turn now to prevent “a
switch rather than a fight** We can do
this by again turning loose a flood of mail
calling on our Senators to stand firm
against the Johnson-Meany-Reuther-Hoffa
domestic war on freedom.
Babson’t Point of
On Mast Transportation
Bj BOGEB W. BABBON
Babson Park, Mass., December •.—In recent
months, U. S. transportation policy has swung
sharply toward mass transit This will pit trains
and buses more directly in competition with road
and air travel. Let’s take a look at what is hap
pening and see how it likely to affect ns.
WHAT CONGRESS HAS DONE
Pushed by the Administration, whose Great
Society planners are very much sold on mass
transit—and appalled by the high cost of land
takings for the huge federally sponsored high
way program-Congress has appropriated |K
.. . , million for a Boston-New York high-speed rail
mto the background the better off the state uneanlhMs authorised the building of . subway
will be. in the nation’s capital.
While we are about this task, it seems But this Is by no means all that Congress has
to us that now would be a good time, also, done in this field. Your Senators and Represen-
for moves to do away with some of the tatives have also authorised establishment of the
small counties. Some of them are so small new P° st 01 Undersecretary for Transportation
that it is a burden upon the people to sup- 111 016 Commerce Department And they have
port a slate of county officers, much less ^
the myriad of other expenses connected ^ devdlopmeiit^^sdMr'tti
with operatiora of a county. In these days ubmd „ n , IBw.Tf lt.TleT'lew. e v«y greet
of good highways end esse of communke- ^ coau ^
From Clinton High
By PATSY SIMMONS
Informative to the slartsnts.
• • •
The Betty
er of
Ncededt An End To Coercive interference
Stories
Behind
Words
Ip
William 8. Peaflald
Last Saturday CHS
traveled to Greenwood, Newher*
ry, and Greenville to take the
tually most of these seniors hod
taken the test Inst year, but they
tried agaia this year to better
their grades. The examination
consists ef the aptitude tests giv
en in the morning and the
achievement tests given in the
afternoon. The College Board
Miss Sort! Holland
Columbia — Miss Sara Jane
Holland, 71, of S8M Broad Riv
er Road, died at her home
Priday morning.
Born in Clinton, daughter of
the late J. D. and Sally Hunter
Holland, she was n graduate of
Limestone Oo&ege, taught
school in Greenville and Spar
tanburg counties until retire
ment, and was a member of
Virginia Wingard Methodist
Church.
Surviving Is a sister, Mrs.
J. P. Calvert of Unkm.
Funeral services were con
ducted Saturday at 3:00 p. m.
at Virginia Wingard Methodist
Church by Rev. Paul Smith
and Rev. Henry N. Brandt.
Burial was in St. Michael’s
Ltheran Church cemetery.
will be given again in Jaaaary,
March, and May.
• • •
Last Friday during the chapel
program Reverend J. W. fil
lers of Calvary Baptist Church
spoke to toe student body on
“Science and toe Bible.** His
speech was most interesting and
was gtvpa
Tuesday at toe Oaly sen*
lor girls are eligible to
to the contest
teg girl from
bo given a
uattoo.
• • *
Quite a few Clinton High stu
dents motored to Charlotte on
Sunday to support Joel WMlate.
who played in toe Shrine Botfl
game. Clinton High School is
certainly proud of Joel’s record
as one of the moot outstanding
players in South Carolina.
tions, such small political units are no long
er necessary (if they ever were).
Some realignment is in order for con
gressional districts and maybe some re
apportionment for seats In the State House
of Kepressentativess, though the latter has
been done every ten years with the federal
census. Even so, some of the small counties
into the development of a larger and mote ef-
flek** mast transit complex in toe years to
come.
CRY AND REGIONAL RAIL AND BUS LINES
Biggest beneficiaries of tots new emphasii on
mass transit will be dty and regional rail and
bus Hnes. Already some of these lines have re
ceived federal grants for specific projects
urban renewal mid other laws.
Comedy
The ancient Greeks held a winter festival in honor
of Dionysus, the god of wine.
Gaily clad groups of revelers marched through
the villages singing jovial songs. The leader, usually
a witty fellow, cracked jokes with members of his
band.
The type song the revelers sang was called “ko-
moidia,” from “komos,'* a festive procession, and
“oide,” a song.
A type of humorous drama developed from the
jokes and songs of the procession, and the Greeks
named it for its source—“komoidia.” After passing
through Latin and French, “komoidia” emerged as
the English word “comedy.**
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Sochi Security
will be paid,” Miss Pressly said.
The decision to accept reduced
.. . „ tl payments can only be made by
.^ bout "P 1 ®*®. Y~°**J“***“ the widow. Miss Pressly said all
have more than their share of rcnrrarnfji P*”®* 1 hF Congress this year will make it easier £ ble to get ““**~®!* widows who are 60 or 61 should
nave more Man tneir share or repreeenta- (M . ^ ^ to for ^ ^ «s «oooer than before hectare get „ ^ ^ ^
tion with the single representative allowed ceive government aid. This will make possible a cbange e curity office to get more infor-
each of the least populated ones. expansion* of transit facilities which could not F. Pressly, social nation about reduced widows’
There ia much to be done to set up the be accrenpltahed othenrtre. recurtty .Hrtrlct m^a.c to ou*,. chMlI<!1
state’s political units on an efficient, econ
omical basis.
No Time To Relax
The advocates of compulsion—that is,
of compulsory unionism—have licked their
wounds from last session’s encounter, and
are now preparing to try again to repeal
Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act when
Congress reconvenes. In a recent letter to
union boss Walter Reuther, President John
son said: “We have made significant pro-
greaa in 1965 toward the long-sought goal
of repealing Section 14(b) . . . We will
come back in the next session to remove
this divisive provision from the law.**
Those Senators who successfully defend
ed 14(b) and the workingman's freedom of
choice by filibuster last session have all
vowed to stand their ground. But it will
take more than just “extended debate** to
win again. Those power-mad unkm bosses
and politicians, who consider a working-
dom to be “divisive” of their-
will pull every possible string
to make their power over afl of us “un-
We, the people, must therefore
that any move for 14(b)’s re
peal next session will be summarily de
feated, net just temporarily put off again,
is the time to do something about
waiting until repeal legislation is
brought up in the next session,
is the time to teO those 34 Senators
Congressmen who actively opposed
hem much we appreciate
Now is also the time we
Your
JMOAWRi
A* city and regional transportation plans pro- Greenwoo<1 » 8aid today. der the new law.
gress, the Idea of transit authorities—similar to A widow whose husband was “Widows who wish to receive
those now operating in New York City and some insured under social security benefits before age 60 should
other metropolitan areas—will spread. These can choose to start her monthly ap p ly toe them.” pressly
authorities which are tremendous or semi-au- payments when she is 60. In the ..jf you can >t come to toe
tonoroous—that is, largely free of local political P** 1 . "id«w* *** to b® ■* J*" 1 office now, call or write for a
interference—will take over more and more of 62 to get the payments, Miss ^ ^ Leaflet No. 6.”
the commuter business once operated by the P*®*^ continued. ^ of£ice ^
J” 80 *>**. ““F <* t*®*" have al- located at 610 South Main Street,
ready bought—and paid very good prices for— duced if she decides to start Greenwod
railroad rights of way and trackage. This trend benefits before she is 62. Under
will continue. It will help railroads, to a degree, toe law, her benefit is reduced
■lightly for each month she is
DO NOT SELL RAIROAD8 SHORT under 62 when she starts get-
Except in the cases of the Pennsylvania and ting the payments.
New Haven Lines, which will benefit in some “But, on the average, a widow
measure as progress is made toward shortening who accepts benefits before age
running time between Boston-New York-Wash- 62 will collect about the same
tegton, the rails will not not immediately gain. In value in total benefits over the
toe beginning, small amounts of federal money years, but in smaller install-
win find their way into railroad coffers. And ments to take account of her
they will still be hampered by the unfair and ar- longer period during which she
chaic controls imposed by the Interstate Com-
merce Commission.
But over the longer pull, the transportation
legislation passed this year by Congress may
prove to be a big booet for toe rail carriers.
These laws win speed toe day whan railroads
win be entirely relieved of toe problems and the
losses — stemmtag from eperafteg short-haal
commuter runs. And if toe Boston-New York-
Washington high speed line heoomes a
perhaps railroads can rectors a
termediate haol naaseneer business while at toe
same tone increasing their ftreight tonnage. This
could be the begtenteg of a real “break” for toe
rail carriers. *
WHAT ABOUT AUTOS AND PLANES?
“It MIGHT take me aa HOUR
or SO, CarroO . . . hat TO
CATCH on to things!”
No, Junior, we let only skill
ed, trained men work on our
customer’s cars!
Young Brothers
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Perhaps some system of carrying
drivers and pasasngsrs piggy-bad
distances wili he devised to cart highway
gestkm. Most certaMy,
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The one sore thing is: AH this wfil cost n lot of
be tax money.
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