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Clinton, S. C., Thursday, December 15, 1966
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
By SPECTATOR . . .
COMMENTS
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MEN AND THINGS
" . ' of life at home.
A few years ago the Bri- ion to {he south possesses an “\vhv should
were the great
lers. Today the
found almost everywhere.
r
mudgeon who probably iona{ elections. Ayhat is a new in the country now than a year
a Wall Street ago. The growth of the relief
(Experience shows that if the selves. . the national hand-out is a ians. begin to lUislen. to the is. rising sharply. The na-
flow of dollars ever slows tyere were the slightest wasteful effort and an undue taxpayer the -way they tion’s monthly welfare t>ill re
down. our ‘friends’ are per- sigh that all ^{s waste was imposition on the taxpayer. should „ centl hu a record 33 ^
fectly willing to dance their doing the sligtUest {rue good, “The national is in the grip o ^ * 1 » „ '
Jig for rubles or yen.) rftfie of it might (might) be a do-go^d psychology!™ SuCh ?****<* taxpayer or- l m , up Irom a monthly aver-
“Why should we let distant justified, rfut when every day a man doesn’t want to spend 8 anizat > ons are not new to the age of about $460 million a
‘emerging nations’ (a few brings news of more riots, money on the poor, he’s made American scene, especially in year ago. T^hei^e are some
months away from savagery) tjiievery, sit-ins and threats, ou t t 0 be a selfish old sur- the weeks before major nat- 500,000 more relief recipients
influence our politics and way isn,t W® 11 time to go back mudgeon who probably i ona i election- =-
to honest self-respect as our drowns puppies’’. development,
add tax ° ur The speaker is George Jpr- Journal survey shows, is that rolls dwarfs the country’s,po-
dan, executive vice president the sentiments ypiced by such pulation growth; the number
of Taxaetion, Inc., Los An- groups seem to be gaining wi- of persons on welfare has ri-
. . — , - geles. As the name and Mr. ({er acceptance and are be- sen nearly 60% in the past
... inspiring volcanoes. And less distant millions who won’t s P ac e to present some sound Jordan’s remarks indicate, ginning to catch the ear of dozen years, while the popu->
™ a r , 1 6 son ’ et " in 2 iOO miles froip the capi- try very h ard to. solve their- ideas to the public. the organization was set up to more politicians. The reaction lation has climbed only about
about Lnne. Do you k n 0 w tal of Santiago the luxurious own problems and to whom I see that some politicians protest the increasing cost of of some candidates is to 20%.
'. ier< i * 1 301 ^° W -VOU ' u* resort Por mlo, site of America’s foreign aid has advocate reducing relief ex- welfare and similar Govern- speak out against any further Many welfare critics ex-
travel to go there? One way the 1966 World Championships, eas ji y an d greedily become penditures. If anything dis- ment programs. Although expansion of various relief press concern not only about
is to take a plane and go to has come into prominence and theif way of life. And ever tinguishes the America of to- Taxaetion is only three years programs and, in some in- the growth of relief but about
Santiago, Chile; another is to mternational acclaim. an d even more American (fay from the land of our fa- old, it already has “over 1,000 stances, to promise cutbacks, what they claim is the inept
r 3t ^ Val P ara ‘ S0 - From early July into Octo- t a xes to buy strutting dicta- thers it is the wild rush for members in 80 communities’’ And other campaigners, who manner in which welfare is
When I went to Peru, there ber^Portillo never suffers any tors yac hts and palaces, and something free, regardless of spread across Los Angeles in some election years might being administered . . .
were the Grace boats from lack of fine, powdery snow American lives and more the extravagance involved. County, Mr. Jordan reports, have urged broader welfare Still other critics protest
New York, going to Valparai- and the international skier en- billons to protect people who I don’t think I am unduly He predicts further rapid aid, are notably silent on the about what they contend are
so, but dropping me at Cal- joys th e absolute best in fa- won ’t fight our common ene- exaggerating in saying that growth for his group — and subject . . . flagrant abuses * in welfare
• lao, Peru. The boat from New cilities and creature comfort. my nor pa y t 0 protect them- probably fifty per cent of all others like it — until politic-
Yorlj: may or may not make “Cpile’s inhabitants trace -r ! An—: 1—
stop at Havana, Cuba. If their ancestors mainly to Eur-
it does not go by Havana it ope, their ethnic origins root-
will probably go around the ted in Spain, Italy, Germany,
eastern end of Cuba and sail England, France and the Sla
in the Pbnama Canal, pass- vie countries. This explains
ing near the Dominican Re- the prevalence of Continental
public and going to Christa- fui?ifle higji - Jjghted by such
ies as sword-
abalone, gi-
and the Chileno’s
In memory of Christopher pride — the langosta, a suc-
Columbus, the eastern end is culent lobster coming from
Cristobal and it joins Colon the waters surrounding the
— the two being named for Juan Fernandez Islands. Chil-
Christopher Columbus. Balboa ean wines, the best of which
is named for the great dis- are consumed locally and of
coverer and joins the City of which few are exported to the
Panama. - " . . united' States of elsewhere,
The trip through the Canal rank with t{ie finest of French
usually requires four or five vintages‘ from which they are
hours and then you sail into Descended,
the Pacific Oceap. $unri|rg “A§ {Jffjts one of {fie word's
down the western epaj^t of grpaf ftmper ppuntrfes, niin-
South America you pass' fhjp of'handicraff'items §uch
' Fight
Tuberculosis
and Other
Respiratory
< Diseases ,
The cost of welfare indeed projects
|JUUU1~ cJiiu KUiug lU l/Iinsia- - ilg
bol, the eastern end of the seafood speciaith
Canal Zone. The Western end fi?h, king qrab,
is Balboa. ant clams and 1
me spfi
Chile: dish metal is sftiUfully fpsed
“Chile is truly an outsfantf- jp combination wifti silvpf to
ing vacationaland of shining, f 113 ^ attractive, ' inexpensive
jeweled beaches, charming shopping bargains.'
F.uropean-styled' resorts, the “Chileans have a habit of
world’s greatest deep - sea referring to tpemsefyes as the
fishing waters and probacy Vpnkees of Jjoiith America,
the finest siding slopes to be Courteous, frfendiy apd man-
found anywfiere. A country ffestiy eager to welcome the
with an elongated profile Visitor, tfiesp soutfiprn neigh-
whose borders stretch an in- bdrs are fovers of the outdoor
credible 2,700 miles ,it is a Iff® and their qualities of good
narrow hedgep-in lapcf humor wifi especiaffy endear
isolated by the towpping Anflps them to fhe thousands of vis-
Mountains; bordered p n the Ubrs wjio are increasingly
west by the blue waters of di scov ^4 n g $e charms of this
the Pacific, it is bounded on enchanfing country.’’ (The
the north by the barren rain- Traveler),
less sands of the Atacama
Desert and on thi * ‘
the slumbering vas
Antarctic region.'’ Chile’s elf- ‘We have squandered thou
izens are ipordinafpfy fonp of sands of American lives, bil-
the Yankee gringos and the lions of American dollars
latter will not fintf a more fpolishly, vainly, needlessly
friendly atmosphere ifi all of frying to please and placate
South America, 'riie warmth ‘world opinion’,
of Chilean hospitality prpvnils “What earthly difference
in the lobbies of her* wp l f- does if make, whether or not
maintained hotej^, in tfie cpzy pur enemies fiate ps? W e
atmosphere of her sjmait pps- could be angels — and they’d
taurants, aboard pu'hlic eph- ftitt cfo their best fp destroy
veyances, on tfie hpacji, ffs.
amidst the pavetnpnf pf ffpr “Row could if pver be worth
towns and cities, afid pn- tfip life of a singfe decent
failingly manifest on ffie §pee- young American to woo a
dy ski slopes of fief mountain gang of bandits half-way
resorts. round the world, whose only
“This is a lancf pf tremen- interest is filching every dol-
dous beauty, ffer f^ake fleg- lar they can get out of us.
a Qijt {oft Sfome Qltis Ctefmas
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