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9 A m M-OUR OPMKM The Attitude of Thanksgivinq Thanksgiving, 1967. What’s your attitude? As we pause Thursday to give thanks for our blessings, there will be some thought of our discon tent. We are involved in an unpopu lar war, there is national unrest over both social and economic problems. Add those to your own personal prob lems and irritations and it adds up to the fact that all things just don’t go Skilled Labor Shortage EABSON PARK, MASS. For quite a while manpower shortages have been a way of life for employers in many parts of the country. Some of the smartest labor relations men looked early in the game for ways around the problem. But too many simply let things slide, thinking the picture would change if thev waited. Demand for men and women of high skills, however, continues to increase, and managements both large and small are having to face up to the dilemma. FINDING GOOD WORKERS Industrial executives have plenty of dif ficult questions to answer, perhaps more than ever before. But when top business men get together today, the talk almost al ways settles down to the best methods of finding employes to man the production lines Most localities have plenty of jobless people, but these are usually entirely with out training—and too often without ambition That is why business schools and colleges are being besieged by job “prospectors” of fering contracts and big pay to boys and girls even before they have completed their education. to suit you all the time. But has man ever been completely content with this world? Is he sup posed to be? If complete satisfaction were the only goal of life, there would be little point in life. Thanksgiving is a day for optimism, ' for looking on the bright side. It is a day for thinking of the blessings of health, freedom, friends and family and their well being. , It is also a day to be thankful for discontentments because these should . goad us toward solution of problems ! and toward service. And it is through service that we pay homage to our God. Time Gallops On How times have changed. Whitmire Town Council recently passed an ordinance prohibiting any person to ride an animal in the busi ness district of Whitmire, except for parades or when authorized by town council. Remember back when a lot of folks were grumbling about the horseless carriages? There was some talk then of outlawing the vehicles because they scared the horses. Now we know why the horses were scared. 'McNair's Raiders' With the state Baptist convention recently in session and the holiday season approaching, there has been considerable comment on the state’s new brown-bagging law. There are only limited numbers of such potentially top-drawer job aspirants. The most successful personnel officials are those who uncover manpower sources where there don’t seem to be any, who have the ingenui ty and drive to learn from others how they have managed to staff their plants and of fices. This is an excellent time to note how some of the more forward-looking firms are maintaining adequate crews in areas where others are searching in vain. TRAINING PROGRAMS Upgrading already established workers from within has proved an effective way of strengthening the quality of a company’s po sition. Then comes, of course, the necessity for filling in again at the bottom. Most es tablishments have what is known as an “open door” policy, with the unskilled en couraged to come to work and enroll imme diately in a company training program. The percentage of successful breakthroughs may be small, but they are worthwhile where skilled job aspirants are virtually nonexist ent. One large concern has 10 plants in criti cal labor shortage cities. It has recently de signed a new policy that is said to work well: All of its employee-testing procedures have been revaluated, making it easier for an inexperienced applicant to be hired and directed to the type of on-job training best suited to his abilities. Regular recruitment systems — using newspapers (still consider ed most rewarding), TV, radio, billboards, and brochures — are being steadily augmen ted by what might be termed “desperation” techniques. INVITATIONS In practically all of the most heavily in dustrialized centers, employers are trying to get those not currently seeking employ ment to come into the manpower force. Many firms are making recruiting agents out of their workers by offering them a $50 bond for each new employee they bring in. Other executives are giving trading stamps in substantial numbers, expensive appli ances, paid vacation trips, and other unusual incentives to those unearthing job applicants who actually join the personnel rolls. Attempts are being made to hire moth- - ers back, at least on a part-time basis. One Eastern company has placed in operation a “Mother Shift,” which is said to be flourish ing. It runs from 8:30 A. M. to 2:30 P. M., permitting the mothers to work while the children are at school and get home in time to greet them and have dinner ready on time. More efficient organizational planning is being emphasized in some cases to meet manpower deficiencies. One leading manu facturer stresses a perfect attendance record, granting those who achieve this mark a $50 bond each year; still others spur attendance perfection via gifts and trading stamps. As it looks now, it could be a long time before skilled labor is again easy to come by. Exe cutives who realize this and grapple success fully with the problem will hold the best competitive position. We aren’t here to argue the rea sons' behind Gov. Robert McNair’s strict enforcement of the law. How ever, we are here to say that enforce ment of the law has made football games more enjoyable this season. At a recent Clemson game, it fell our lot to sit a row in front of some tipsy and very loud imbibers. As the game progressed and cups were refilled there was considerable joking about “Watch out for Mc Nair’s Raiders.” At halftime, one of “McNair’s Raid ers,” a SLED agent, came down, tap ped one of the boistrous ones on the shoulder, and showed a badge. With a sheepish grin, the tippler and his friends got up and left with the agent. The second half sure was a lot more enjoyable for the folks who came to watch a football game and not to listen to some drunks’ attempt at a comedy routine. Other Editors Say: Accent Locally More and more often one hears statements of despair regarding the complexity of modern life. Is it that existence has become so impossibly complex? Or is it rather that indi viduals have became hopelessly con fused by policies and procedures that no longer are guided by common sense ? An answer to these questions may be found in a statement by Thomas Jefferson, in which he explained how this Republic was designed to func tion : “Were not this country already divided into States, that distribution must be made that each might do for itself what concerns itself directly, and what it can so much better do than a distant authority. “Every State is again divided into counties, each to take care of what lies within its local bounds; each coun ty again into townships and wards, to manage minuter details, and every ward into farms to be governed by its individual proprietor . . . “It is by this partition of cares, descending in gradation from general to particular, that the mass of human affairs may be best managed for the good and prosoerity of all.”—Seneca Journal and Tribune. CLINTON, SC., WEDNESDAY, 22, 1967 Qty? (Elintmt (ttlprmrtrlr DONNY WILDER, Editor and Publisher Established 1900 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable in Advance) Ode Year, $4.00; Six Months, $2.50 Out-of-County ' One Year, $5.00 Second Class Postage Paid at Clinton, S. C. POSTMASTER: Send Form 3579 to Clinton Chronicle, Clinton, S. C. 29325 Member: South Carolina Press Association, National Editorial Association National Advertising Representative: AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia .... f* » After The Feast... State May Take Look At City Tax Problems Bv THE CHRONICLE’S Capitol News Bureau COLUMBIA, — Mounting concern over municipal tax problems, coupled with the continued migration of peo ple out of the city limits and into adjoining suburban areas will result in a new hard look at city problems next year by the South Car olina General Assembly. . The problems are not new — in fact they are old — but in the ’ past municipalities have been unable to sway the rural persuasion of the leg islators. Some piece-meal help has been given but city officials have considered this in a too-little-too-late cate gory. For the past several weeks, the president of the Munici- oal Association of South Carolina, Mayor Robert Stod dard of Spartanburg, with other association officials, has been stumping the state in a series of regional meetings to outline to city officials the proposed legis lative program for the com ing session of the General Assembly. Two hard issues have al ready developed: that a por tion of the one-cent gasoline 6tax, which now goes to the counties to the tune of about $10 million a year, be alloca ted directly to municipalities on a population basis; and the state laws allowing com munities to incorporate be tightened to prevent creation of “paper” cities in an effort to avoid annexation. STODDARD makes a case for his plea in noting: (1) ad ditional municipal services have increased local property taxes to the limit and new revenue sources must be found; (2) half the state’s population now live in urban areas and the trend will con tinue; (3) rapid urbanization has increased traffic and oth er factors almost doubling the workload of municipal police departments; (4) the availability of water through the municipal system has made possible the growth of the suburbs and has been responsible for industrial growth in county areas with a resulting increase in coun ty and state income taxes — nothing going to the cities. The exodus from the city has many explanations. But planners, along with city fathers, note that while they move away from the crowded cities into the more open urban areas, they don’t move too far away from the con veniences of the city. Start Off The Day in The Church of Your Choice IN THE TRADITIONAL SPIRIT OF THANKSGIVING, LET US PAUSE AND GIVE THANKS FOR THE MANY FINE BLESSINGS .. . EVERY DAY JOYS OF OUR LIVES. WE EXTEND OUR THANKS TO ALL OUR CUSTOMERS FOR THEIR LOYAL AND - % CONTINUED PATRONAGE. •*& S. Bailey Bankers Established 1886 Member PDIC * Clinton, S. C. V/i % INTEREST PAID ON ONE-YEAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES 10—THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., Not . 22,1967 Thanksgiving Unique Holiday Our national Thanksgiving Day is the one religious holi day and holy day set apart in the year by presidential proclamation. Historically it is a time of gratitude, reflec tion, repentance, and rededi cation. The proclamation of our first president, General George Washington, reminds us of this. In abbreviated form it la given below: “Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His pro tection and favor: “Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday the 28th day of November next, to be devo ted by the people of these States to the service of the great and glorious Being who is the beneficient Arthur of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that We may then all unite in render ing unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country; for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and r the means we have of acquiring and diffusing use ful knowledge; and, in gener al, for all of the great and various favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us. “And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great ^.ord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to pardon our national and other trans gressions; to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our sev eral duties properly and punctually; to render our Nation a blessing to all the people by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws; to orotect and guide all sov- eigns and nations, and to bless them with good govern ment, peace, and concord, to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue; and the increase of science among them and us ; EVERYDAY COUNSELOR By DB* HEBBEBT SPAUGB and generally, to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as He alone knows to be best. “Given under my hand, at the city of New York, the 3rd day of October, A. D. 1789. George Washington” General Washington’s Proclamation calls for thanksgiving, repentance, re dedication and “practice of true religion and virtue.” It is sad but true that each generation has a way of neg lecting and disregarding the lessons of the past. Desper ately we need to heed them. «* “What ... all out of turkey!” No nation in history has ever had more to be thank ful for, this Thanksgiving Season, than these United States. W. S. Hatton Phone 833-8829 Insurance Agency A fas? enough fastback. * , * * Put a Volkswagen fastfcack in a race with the rest of the fastbacks around today and it would lose hands down. Even at top speed it wouldn’t stand a chance against a 350 h.p. job. (Our fastback cruises at about 84.) Today a lot of people spend a lot of money on o car because it’s big and fast. But the strange thing is, when they buy a car with so much speed and power, they seldom stop to think where they’ll be able to use it. Do you need a 350 h.p. engine to take you downtown? Or for a ride in the country? Or for that once-a-year vacation trip? (Even •on the highway you can’t use a hundred-mile-an- hour car. Remember, the fastest you can go on most highways is only 70.1 This is exactly why we made the VW Fastback the way we did. Its 65 horsepower engine gets you out on the thruway quickly. And with that many horses in a Volkswagen, there’s plenty of power for highway passing. Our fastback has its engine in the rear and it’s air-cooled. (That means no water or anti-freeze.) And since it doesn’t hove a lot of idle horses to feed, you’ll still be able to get up to,27 miles on a gallon of gas. You con buy a sensible fastback like this for the sensible price of $2,175.* . And never miss the power you didn't pay for. URoy Cannon Motors Sooth Church Street Extension GREENVILLEE, S. C. 29605 • Suggested retail. Price east coast P. O. E., local taxeo and other dealer delivery charges, if any, additional. Whitawalls optional at extra cost.