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A RESPECTED FRIEND BY DONNY WILDER Chronicle Editor There was an unusual relationship between C. E. (Chick) Galloway and young people growing up in Clinton. Speaking for my generation, we held ‘Mr. Chick’ in awe because he had been an outstanding major league baseball player. He was rated one of the best in an era of stars such as Babe Ruth, Tris Speaker, Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins, George Sisler and Joe Dugan. Anyone with such a back ground automaticaly carried our re spect. Vet he was more than someone to respect. He was a warm friend to young peopJe. He kept up with us. lie always knew of our accomplishments and our disappointments and he had an appro priate word for us. He was interested in young people and we appreciated it. He loved sports on any level. He was a former major league star but he followed the local athletic team* av idly, from the junior high level on up to Presbyterian College. He always attended the games and often he was at the practices. Major leaguers today often seem more interested in their contract ne gotiating position and their endorse ments than they are in the game itself. Mr. Chick’ loved the game. Totlay’s lack of dedication often lath ered him. He had many other accomplish ments and this was recognized in 1%7 when he was named "Citizen of the year" in Clinton. To many of us, he was a major leaguer in every respect ami he was our friend. NEEDED: TRASH MOVERS' There’s a descriptive expression for a hard working man. He’s called “ a real trash mover.” Laurens Coun ty can use a ‘real trash mover" these days. Laurens County already has avoid ed its trash disposal problem too long. During the Democratic Primary last year, Eugene Stoddard, an unsuc cessful candidate for the S.C. House of Representatives, injected the rural trash disposal issue into the cam paign. He noted that there is a fine for dumping trash in rural areas but no places are provided for dumping. He suggested that sanitary landfills be established at strategic locations in the rural areas of the county. After the primary and election, the delegation took a step toward alle viating the problem by appropriating $35,000 for purchase of equipment to use in establishing a sanitary landfill area. In retrospect it wasn't quite •{enough. (As New York Jets Coach <Weeb Eubanks says, "Hindsight is ^always 20-20). ** The County Commissioners s|>ent i$28,000 on a front-end loader. $ County Supervisor Furman Thom- feason says the commissioners now have |$7,000 remaining but noted. “We could much, maybe more. ?on a trailer to haul the loader to a j: landfill area, if we had one, and we | still wouldn’t have a dime for opera tion. Right now, we have no place to Idig a hole for a landfill ” Last May, the delegation appointed |l steering committee to secure sites jrfor county operated landfills. At a !• meeting sponsored by the steering tommittee last week, it was admitted that the county still does not have a landfill site. A plea was made for ijcitizens to assist in securing sites. This should have been accomplish ed months ago. Recently, Clinton City Council an nounced it can no longer allow indus tries outside the city limits to use its garbage dump. Much of the indus trial waste will not disintegrate once it is buried in the landfill, making the land unusable for future landfill operations. That further compounds the coun ty’s problem. We believe the county should provide sanitary landfills at three or four strategic locutions in the county. The county can’t provide pick up garbage service but it can provide supervised places to dump. In other counties, it has been proven that |>eo- ple will haul their own trash if land fills are provided. The County Commissioners have suggested that the county set up a separate County Sanitation Depart ment. We don’t believe that's neces sary. At this point, we think the county should provide: (1) a way to trans port the front end loader; (2) salary for at least one competent man to operate the front end loader; (3) three or four sanitary landfills, stra tegically located throughout the coun ty. One man should be able to handle three or four rural landfills. These won’t be as large as the municipal dumps and they won’t have as much activity. ^ ou may be able to assist the county in its search for landfills. If operated properly, these landfills won’t necessarily damage the property or make it an eyesore. However. Thomason says, "Just any gully won’t do. We have to meet State Health Department standards.” But if you have property available which might be used, call County Agent M. L. Outz in Laurens UNITED WE STAND A full page advertisement entitled, [‘United We Stand" was published in he Greenville News last week. Re- roductions of the page are being cir- ilated locally. The advertisement urges Ameri cans "to join us in letting the world know that we stand squarely beside our elected President in his efforts to secure a just and lasting peace" in Vietnam. It also says, "If we leave the North Vietnamese with the impres sion that we are divided, it will: lengthen the war; increase American losses; result in a weak peace that could lead to later, larger wars; en courage future harassment by other nations." At the bottom of the page are two statements which can be signed, clip ped, and mailed to United We Stand, Inc., P. 0. Box 100,001), Atlanta. Ga. '30302. The statements say: "Mr. President: You may have my support in your efforts to bring a just and lasting peace." The advertisement was placed in 100 of the nation’s largest newspa pers by H. Roes Perot, a Texas multi millionaire who is president of Elec tronics Data System, Inc. He is chair man of the board of United We Stand. Inc., which is sponsoring the adver tisements. We do not know Mr. Perot’s po litical persuasions but we think this foffers America’s “silent majority” an •rtuniity to let our President know jwe are behind his efforts to bring a and lasting peace in Vietnam. We have tried many different ave-. nues in trying to find a satisfactory solution to the Vietnam puzzle. Now let’s try unity. Of course, in a democracy there will always be differing views on jusl about any subject. That’s one of the beauties of our system. But this is a chance to show our President and the North Vietnamese that the headline-grabbing demon strators are a small, although loud minority. It’s that silent majority who eventually will have to be satisfied that we have done the right thing by the Vietnamese and our own young men who have made the supreme sac rifice. TIME LIMITS Sen. Charles E. Goodell (R-NY) is meeting some well-deserved opposi tion to his proposal to place a definite time limit on our troop withdrawals from South Vietnam. We can under stand the opposition. Now Sen. Goodell’s proposal would not only tell the enemy that they have won the game, it would even tell them how long the game has to run. Any football fan is familiar with the strat egy of a quarterback who is intent on running out the clock: bide your time, take no unnecessary chances and do only what you must to retain posses sion of the ball. We don’t like to compare this war to a sporting contest, but it would ap pear the senator is doing just that. He might ahnoet be saying: “Be good enemies and in no time at all well be heading back heme to our locker room and the field will be all yours.” Business Activity Checked BY BABSON’S REPORTS, INC. Wellesley Hills, Mass. High borrowing costs, tight credit, impaired vigor of con sumer spending, and anti- inflation fiscal policies of the federal government have all l>een well publicized in the past year as factors which can cause a period of business hesitancy. In deed, at long last, the seemingly unstoppable upward climb in business his lieen checked, at least temporarily. After reach ing a peak at mid-summer, in dustrial activity lias crested over. Tims, attention is now swinging more toward concern that these measures which were instituted to cool down a super- heated economy may precipitate a downward slide in business greater than expected However, monetary and fiscal policies can be switched in fairly rapid or der. CYCLES OF INVENTORY CHANGES A factor which is less readily controlled is the element of cy cles in business inventory Inkl ings. Economic studies in the past have been able to estab lish a clear indication that Ihjsi- n?ss inventory policies have played a major part in deter mining the course of tlie shorter moves in business fluctuations. Buying in excess uf current needs represents inventory accumula tion. This type of action can not only lead business out of a re cession but also accentuate the ensuing economic upswing, and even prolong a business boom. But wlien manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers de- emphasize inventory accumula tion or engage in an outright liquidation of swelled inventory holdings, the net result is to re duce business vitality. CAUSES OF CHANGES IN INVENTORY POLICIES Miny factors a'fect business inventory policies, including the business climate itself. However, expectations for n?ar-term Ixisi- ness are by far the most im portant determinant of business inventory policy, In a sense, this represents the elusive force of business confidence. Anticipation of higher levels of business can prompt businessmen to lay aside more inventories than current demand warrants. By the sae token, rising prices or expec tations oT <1i®ruptions can prompt forward buying to assure adequate supplies of inventory to meet future needs. Oil the other hand, apprehen sion concerning a possible drop off, or even a leveling off, in business fosters more cautious inventory policies. Then, when tlie business dip does occur, the usual tendency is to feed on exis ting inventory stockpiles rattier than new output, which in turn can aggravate the business let 1 down. LOSING CONTROL It is not easy for business men accurately to determine fu ture inventory requirements. Seemingly unstoppable business advances have a nasty habit of terminating*sooner than expec ted, or oft-Lmes can run longer and stronger than anticipated. But this type of deficiency can be remedied quite readily, al though perhaps on a costly basis. A far greater danger is the unintended building up of inven tories. This can result from overly optimistic projections of future demand, or the resolution of a labor conflict either short of a walk-out or with only a brief tie-up. In either case, business men are left with greater-than- desired inventory holdings which must be reduced. Moreover, sometimes inventories can con tinue to build up even after cut backs in orders are instituted, as deliveries are received on orders previously placed. This situation is especially numerous w hen demand also slumps. CURRENT INVENTORIES POSE A 0ANGE1T During the long business up trend which now appears to have been checked, inventory holdings seemed inadequate in most in stances. Moreover, with the in flationary spiral in commodity prices, the businessman who kept his shelves heavily stocked fared very well. But not that demand has tapered off and the uptrend in industrial activity has crested over, inventory holdings could suddenly become burdensome. Thus far, tlie ratio of inven tory to sales has not been out of line with normal benchmarks. However, if sales should falter, adequate stockpiles could become excessive, particularly as manu facturers delivered goods which were previously ordered. "Hey—Wait for Me!" 2-B—THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C.. Nov. 13, 1969 Nixon’s Handling Of Rhodesia BY THURMAN SENSING Executive Vice President Southern States Industrial Southern States Industrial Council One of the reasons that Ric hard M, Nixon won the Presidency is that the American people wanted a more realistic foreign policy. During the Kennedy and Johnson years, U.S. policies overseas were based on emotion, not on careful calculation of A- merican national interests and protection of orderly, capitalist societies. In some respects, the Nixon ad ministration has made progress toward meeting the demands of the people for a realistic foreign policy. Some of the ambassadors selected are throughgoing rea lists who are well equipped to im plement the President’spolicies. The Nixon administration gene rally has downplayed emotional considerations. Nevertheless, there are some areas where no significant progress has been made and where liberal pressures on the administration apparently still have a powerful impact. A case in point is the Nixon administration’s handling of the Rhodesian situation. Rhodesia is not the biggest country in the world, but the manner in which relations with Rhodesia is handled is indicative of basic strengths and weaknesses in the administration’s conduct of foreign affairs. Many supporters of Mr. Nixon hoped and expected that on en tering the White House he would abandon outright the vindictive policy the Johnson administration adopted jvith respecttoRhcxlesia. Specifically, they assumed that he would revoke the Executive Orders under which President Johnson prohibited U.S. trade with Rhodesia, a country that has offered to send a contingent of troops to fight tho commu nists in Vietnam. Many of Mr. Nixon's suppor ters have been cruelly disap pointed on this score. Tlie LBJ Executive Orders have not been revoked. It’s true that the ad-^ rainistratiojn: tn^s Retained In S^-' llsbury, capital % Rhodes fir - ; me' U.S. consul, over the objection of militant liberals who have made an emotional cause of hu miliating and destroying Rhodesia. Yet there is no assurance what ever that the U.S. Consul will be permanently retained in Rho desia, let alone that the United States will recognize Rhodesia as an independent, sovereign na tion. Or. the contrary, there wa* dismaying evidence in recent weeks that the Nixon adminis tration is bowing to the fanati cal liberals who want to cripple Rhodesia because it is a symbol of stable, civilized government on the African continent. Assistant Secretary of State David D. Newsom, testifying be fore a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee, said the United States “is giving full support” to U.N. sanctions against Rho desia. He added that “we have continued to recognize British sovereignty in Rhodesia and re gard the Smith regime as ille gal.” This is an extremely unfor tunate and disturbing statement. It is completely counter-produc tive to constructive foreign po licy moves made by the admin istration. There’s no basis in realism for joining in the crusade of the Afro-Asian U.N. bloc a- gainst Rhodesia. Giant Japanese ore carriers regularly transport Rhodesian chrome, in defiance of U.N. edicts and the British na val blockade in the Mozambique Channel of Africa’s east coast. Rhodesia has been self-govern ing and self-supporting since 1923. It has been independent since 1965, and there is no sign that the U.N. trade ban will crack Rhodesian spirits -- no more than the British assault on the 13 American colonies crushed the colonists’ determination to be in dependent of the British Crown. Assistant Secretary Newsom’s remarks to the congressional subcommittee were absurd to anyone who knows conditions in Africa. For example, he said that the administration’s policy was designed to head off “in creased racial tensions and pos sibly widespread violence.” For years, liberals have been predicting an explosion in South ern Africa, but it hasn’t taken place. The explosions have come in the unstable, disorderly re gimes elsewhere in Africa. Within recent days the president of Somalia, a leftist state on the Horn of Africa, was assassina ted. Libya, in North Africa, re cently joined the socialist Arab bloc and is forcing the U.S. to remove its air base facilities. Nigeria, in West Africa, is the scene of incredibly blood tribal war, with the Biafrans threat ened with extinction. r* «< RhoTesTr, “on “I^eTlther hand, is a land of tranquility and pro gress. Both white and black Rho desians enjoy the blessings of peace and intelligent, free enter prise government. The United States stands to gain from a world community of stable nations. Rhodesia is one of them. The Nixon administra tion, aware of the threats to civilized government and stabi lity overseas and at home, should recognize Rhodesia. It should permit renewal of a normal trade with the Rhodesians. For one thing, such a renewal would free the U.S. of dependence on Russian chrome ore. Tlie hand ling of the Rhodesian situation is, therefore, an important test of the Nixon administration’s commitment to realism. The Kindest Cut Of All’ Tax reform mean* different tiling* to different people and it’* easy to he confused. But a promi nent businessman recently put the issue simply in straipdit-forxard lanpua^e. Kohert C. Tyson, Chairman, Finance Committee, United States Steel Corp., said: “I am all for tax reform. But reform from what and to what? Often times what one man calls a ‘loophole’ another man calls a ‘life preserver’. In retrospect, a so-called tax loophole usually originates as a tax concession de signed to alleviate the hardship of some earlier tax provision. “The rub w ith previous tax reform waves all too frequently has been that the tacked-on relief pro visions are themselves complex amendments to an already rigid, overcomplicated and overburdening Internal Kevrmic Code. And here, tm>, we more often than not get political solutions to economic problems. Tax reform represents to many a citizen the opportunity to practice taxmanship—that is, that a good tax is a tax that the other fellow pays and a bad tax is a tax that I pay.’ ” “The most imi>ortant long-range tax reform for economic development and for the general well being for both the public and private sector is tax reduction. Tax reduction presupposes expenditure control. At any rate, a tax cut is the kindest cut of all,” Mr. Tyson added. Kising private inveatment is the key to economic development. More money at work means more people at work. Profit-seeking investment is not government-to-government. It’s people to i»eople. In addition to lower tax rates, the retention of the investment tax credit would help industry expan sion and help to combat inflation.