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MR. TOMMY The unexpected death of Tonumy ^ Owens last week took one of Clinton’s long-time servants. c-. Mr. Owen’s death was untimely ' despite the fact that he was 74 years old. Owens retired only two weeks previously from the Clinton Fire De partment which he served for 42 years. A quiet, unassuming man, he is believed to have been the first full time Fire Department employee for the City of Clinton. He came to the department when the city purchased its first American LaFrance fire truck, a chain-driven truck which was replaced in 1956. At the time of his retirement, Mr. Owens was chief en gineer of the department. Mr. Owens saw and participated in the growth of the Fire Department through several areas until it stands today on the brink of becoming a full time department housed in a new city hall. When the new city hall is com pleted, we would like to see some me morial in honor of Mr. Tommy’ placed in the fire department. THE HOT DOGS' DAYS A national sports magazine last week published the first installment in a two-part series on Ken (Hawk) Harrelson, first baseman with the (Cleveland Indians. Harrelson, a native of Woodruff, is what is known as a “colorful charac ter” and he plays the role to the hilt. He designs his own way-out clothes, has his hair set, lives in the same ex pensive apartment buidling as does the owner of the Cleveland Indians, and takes a helicopter to the ballpark when the mood strikes him. Harrelson currently is on a hitting streak and well he might be. The last time we checked, he had hit 14 home runs but his batting average was .205. LACKING For some of the more immature members of the class, graduation time often means not only caps and gowns but also paint spray cans. A few members of the class often try to per petuate the memory of their group by spraying “Class of ’69” or whatever the year on roadsigns, buildings or fences. These spray can juveniles are not representative of their class but every time you see their paint signature, you know that class had a few who might have made the necessary grades but who still are immature. It is unlawful to deface road signs or privately owned buildings. We wish The Hawk well in his ca reer but to us all of the hoop-de-la about his is another example of to day’s misplaced attention on the bi zarre with disregard for accomplish ments. Professional baseball players have a name for players who will do just about anything to get their name in print and who “grandstand” both on the field and off. They’re called “hot dogs” but we don’t know the origina tion of the term. Anyway, this apparently is the era of the “hot dogs” and we can envision the changing in sports which will transpire when today’s impressionable young sports fans grow up to carry on the traditions of ‘Hawk’ Harrelson and ‘Broadway Joe’ Namath. IN CLASS A couple of youths were caught in the act recently and were ordered to undo their damage. They were forced to clean up the road signs they had sprayed. We believe this was appro priate punishment. However, there are some surfaces which cannot be cleaned. lu such situations, it would not be unfair to force the sprayers to replace the entire wall or fence or whatever area is defaced. On the football stadium of one town in the upper state, someone wrote "Class of ’60” and it is still there, nine years later—an ugly re minder which does injustice to the majority of the “Class of ’60.” AN ANGRY PARENTS REPLY Mr. George Cripps is auditor for the State of Delaware, and more im portantly he and Mrs. Cripps are Gold Star parents. Recently the Dover Delaware State News featured an edi torial written by Mr. Cripps that was a fine example of the feeling of a par ent toward military deserters hiding in foreign countries. Mr. Cripps’ sense of outrage was the result of a letter he received from a band of deserters lodged in Sweden. He quoted the first paragraph of their appeal for help: “We, the American Deserters in Sweden, having been compelled by conscience to forsake temporarily our homeland in protest against the sense less war conducted by our country against a small Asian nation, appeal to you, the American people, to take action to force our government to cease and desist in the bloody war in in Vietnam and aggression against the Vietnamese people.” Here is an excerpt from Mr.Cripps, answer to the deserters ^ “The lip ser vice given to those who seek the de struction of our way of life has gone far enough. The responsibility of ridding ourselves of the leeches who reap the rewards of a free society but who shirk the responsibilities of pre serving the system they feed upon is self-evident. “The liberty and freedom offered by our united States does not guaran tee individual freedom without sacri fice—nor does it guarantee that liber ty will sustain itself without the par ticipation of its people. “In this context, and for these rea sons, I ask the General Assembly to rise to the challenge and strike a blow for patriotism; pass a resolution de nying residency and/or the use of any State facilities, in any manner, to the deserters who have forsaken their country.” ■.•.v.-.y.: Third Quarter Outlook | •5; 1 Inflation Slices Into Business Gains c?: BY BABSON’S REPORTS INC. WELLESLEY HILLS, MASS.,- Buoyed by persistent inflationary pressures, national business has been advancing this year at a pace that has delighted the more op timistic analysts and confounded economists who had anticipated a slowdown as a result of higher taxes and more costly and less readily available credit. Yet, as we swing into this third quar ter, real gains in the economy do not loom very large once the fat of price increases is excised. Business activity just didn’t move ahead as forcefully in the second quarter as it did in the first. In the current three-month period ending September 30, we expect still further slowing in the rate of the uptrend. While Gross National Product could well climb to a new high in the period. . . perhaps chalking up an annual- rate gain of about 8%. . .infla tion could well slice the real gain to around 3%. And we think you’ll see an even flatter per formance on the part of indus trial production as the credit squeeze intensifies. CAPITAL OUTLAYS AND INVENTORIES Spending for both capital goods and for inventory has been quite well maintained thus far this year. The bulk of the factors sug gest that capital expenditures in the third quarter will top com parable 1968 levels by a substan tial margin but the rate of rise will taper off during the summer. Continued high interest rates and the narrowing availability of cre dit promise to lead to some down ward revisions of business spending plans for equipment and expansion. However, sizable backlogs of uncompleted projects will keep this sector from sagging in the current quarter. Inventories do not appear to be heavy per se, but present high costs of financing and ware housing make them more vulner able to any downturn in consumer spending than might otherwise be the case. CONSUMER PURCHASING POWER Although recent sharp in creases in over-all living costs are hurting large numbers of peo ple, total assets of consumers are at record levels and their spending power has never been greater. The Research Staff of Babson’s Reports feels that fur ther gains in consumer purchas ing power will be achieved dur ing the third quarter, though the period will likely see the be ginning of a slowdown in the pace of wage Increases and some drop in weekly take-home pay as a re sult of cutbacks in overtime work. costs by price boosts and earn ings will slip. LESS BOUNCE BUT NO SHARP TURNABOUT In essence, third quarter busi ness activity will be similar to what we have experienced in the first half of 1969 — though at a slower pace. Consumer demand will continue at high levels, but will likely become more selec tive. Prices will still point up ward. Profits will top year-ago levels, but will tend to level off as margins narrow. It will be a good period by most standards, though overcast by deepening shadows of fiscal and monetary restraints. STRICTLY FRESH U. N. Observers Along The Suez... SOUTH CAROLINA CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION (EDITOR’S NOTE: Do you know who represents you in the U.S. Congress? In what congressional district do you reside? We present this information from the South Carolina State Chamber of ommerce so that you might be better informed about how to contact your senators or representative.) Congressional Delegation U. S. SENATORS ERNEST f. HOLLINOS (Urm ending 1Y75) Democrat Earn: Jan. 1, 1922 at CKorletton, S. C, Education: The Citadel, BA., 1942 and Uni- venity of South Car olina, LIB, 1947 formerly: Member, State Haute of Representa tive! and State Sen ate, lieutenant Gov ernor and Governor of South Carolina. t Addreit U S Senate Office Building, Wath- ingfon, D. C 20510 j. STROM THURMOND (term ending 1973) Republican Born: Dec. 5, 1902 at Edgefield, S. C. Education: Graduate of Clemton Univeriity, 1923, and admitted to S. C Bor in 1930 formerly: Member, State Senate, Circuit Judge, and Governor of South Carolina. Addrett U. S. Senate Office Building, Wath- ington, D C. 20510 ★★★★★★★★★★★★★ U. S. REPRESENTATIVES lit Dietrkt 2nd Dietr.ct L. MENDEL RIVERS 3rd Dietrkt ALBERT WATSON 4th Dietrkt BRYAN DORN 5th Dktrkt JAMES R. MANN 4th District THOMAS OETTYS john i. McMillan MAIL CORRESPONDENCE TO HOUSE OfflCE BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D C. 20315 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA OtSTNCT lOUNOAMft- *S?»C7 MLMMM COUNTY lUtft <s> “The term small business is very close to the definition of the ‘free enterprise system,’ ” said Sen. Alan Bible (D.-Nev.). “The essence of both is that the labor and capital of a man are united with his pride in making a success of business which he has built and which often carries his name. Small business represents values which are at the heart of the American way of life, and are essential to its preservation— individualism, hard work, en terprise and freedom. More than five million small firms in this country furnish our popu lation with approximately 60 per cent of its jobs, 40 per cent of its gross national product, and constitute the most dy namic element of innovation, change and progress.” Marco Polo noted that the ancient Chinese wove cloth with colored cotton. Consumers -- perhaps as a re sult of rising living costs and taxes -- are still decidedly in flation-minded. They still think in terms of more and more, and up and up, and this psychology will be hard to break so long as wages and prices are climbLig. But when the impact of fiscal and monetary restraints results even in a mod erate boost in unemployment, we’d expect consumers to become more selective in their buying. Briefly, we look for further gains in consumer spending for the quarter. . .but more caution as autumn nears. PRICE AND PROFITS The uptrend in prices is being fed by high and still rising wage, financing, and other costs. It is fed also by continued heavy gov ernment spending at all levels. Prices will be pointing up for some time to come --at least throughout the third quarter. But despite higher quotes for both raw materials and finished goods we feel that a definite squeeze on corporate earnings will begin to develop during the third quarter. It will become more difficult to offset higher The thing that goes best with pizza is a cast-iron digestion. * * + The plant foreman says attention to production would increase dramatical ly if he could get the gals out of tight slacks and into loose overalls. * * * One of the nicest things to give a spouse on his or her birthday is a year’s supply of consideration. * * * If you don’t think the boss can do your job as well as you can do it, con sider: he’s moved on to other things, hasn't he'’ * C * Old money may be dirty, but if you have enough of it you can buy an awful lot of soap with which to tidy it up. 2-B—THE CHRONICLE, Clinton. S. C„ July 17, 1969 SENATOR STROM THURMOND REPORTS TO THE PEOPLE IS SCHOOL GUIDELINES The statement on desegration guidelines issued jointly by the Departments of Justice and Health, Education and Welfare is an improvement over past policy, but it does not go as far toward a true freedom of choice plan as is desirable. While recent court decisions have restricted the Adminis tration in this area, hopefully, a way may be found under the Constitution to permit greater latitude on freedom of choice. This new Administration policy underscores the need for sound, just and reasonable judicial ap pointments which will recognize the importance and equity of insuring true freedom of choice for all people in education. COURT APPOINTMENTS Despite the cries of those who say that the United States Con stitution requires affirmative ac tion to accomplish desegrega tion, the U. S. Supreme Court has never explained where this power is authorized in the Con stitution. This is why the next appointments to the Supreme Court are critical for the main tenance of justice and equity under the Constitutional system. A question with such pro found implications for the ordinary and traditional free dom of the average citizen cannot be considered settled until it is settled by the Su preme Court. Meanwhile, the Adminiatration’s statement rec ognizes that flexibility and reason—not blind adherence to rigid social doctrine—must be a part of desegregation pro cedures. The statement com mits this Administration to quality education as the primary purpose of public schools and to the concept that efforta will be made to avoid the cutting off of funds. The Administration’s policy on cut-offs is stated as follows: “Accordingly, it is not our pur pose here to lay down a single arbitrary date by which the de segregation process should be completed in all districts, or to lay down a single, arbitrary sys tem by which it should be achieved. A policy requiring all school districts, regardless of the difficulties they face, to com plete desegregation by the same terminal date is too rigid to be either workable or equitable.” LIMITED DELAY The Administration recog nizes that it is impossible for some districts to fulfill unrea sonable demands. The statement also says: “In some districts there may be sound reasons for some limited delay. In consider ing whether and how much ad ditional time is justified, we will take into account only bona fide educational and administrative problems. Examples of such problems would he serious short ages of necessary physical fa cilities, financial resources, or faculty.” In negotiating with HEW of ficials on the working level, each school district no doubt will also have to decide for it self whether it is receiving cor responding “bona fide” treat ment from compliance officers. It is evident that many districts in the past have not been re ceiving fair and equitable treat ment. It is clear, however, that the officials at the policy-making level recognize that desegrega tion requirements are creating a national, not a regional prob lem, and that all sections of the country must be treated alike. The statement on this point reads as follows: “Almost 50 percent of all our public elemen tary and secondary students at tend schools which are concen trated in the industrial metro politan areas of the three Mid- dle-Atlantic States, the five northern midwestern states, and the three Pacific coast states ... In terms of national impact, the educational situation in the north, the midwest and the west require immediate and massive attention.” IMPERFECT While the Administration’s statement is imperfect, it re flects President Nixon’s deep concern with the problems in herent in this difficult area. One sign of progress is that, on the Federal level, the law enforcement aspects will be handled by the Department of Justice in judicial proceedings affording due process of law, while the educational aspects will be administered by HEW. Most citizens will reserve further judgment until they see how this new policy is ad ministered. (nt pr»pmnd or prinUd •( government tmpenee)