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-T— 1 I CHALLENGE wl m • £ *: It was gratifying to see Laurens «: County “Star Student” Ben Allen of Laurens reach back to his elementary school days in selection of his ‘Star g Teacher’. !; Upon being named Laurens High 5 School's ‘Star Student’, Allen was ask- $ ed to name the teacher who had been •t' * < most challenging to him. After con- •:* siderable thought, Allen selected Mrs. £ RUth Martin, who had taught him in 3 the fifth grade. ^ " His selection c e r t a in 1 y is not % meant as a reflection on h i s high sdhool teachers. It also does not mean : - ; tfiat other teachers haven’t challenged ~and encouraged him to live up to his academic capabilities. Allen explained after the awards banquet last week, “She was the first RING Judging from comments heard re cently, the public hearing March 10 on a segment of the proposed S.C. Route 72 by-pass around Clinton will be well- attended. Some citizens say they are opposed to the route of the by-pass. Some have questions to ask and that is good. Some oppose the route for valid rea- LOOKING The Greater Clinton YMCA needs your support now. It particularly needs support in the form of adult member ships. With its present facilities, the YMCA program of necessity gives ...program priority to young people. The programs it can offer adults are limited by facilities available. Howev er, we urge adult members to ration alize a bit in considering their YMCA membership renewals this year. There are plans for a new YMCA building which will be a source of great pride for this community. When the new building is constructed and put into operation, the YMCA pro grams then will feature something for every member of the family. There ; will be more programs for the young people. There will be more year-round programs. But of primary , Jpiportance will be the many programs for adults. There will be facilities for APPRECIATED teacher to really challenge me. She was my first ‘hard’ teacher.” We were pleased to see Allen’s se lection because it bestowed well-de served recognition on elementary school teachers. They work at the foundation of our education system. It was also gratifying to hear the statement, “She was my first ‘hard’ teacher.” It means that although the young people moan and groan and struggle when confronted with a chal- enging teacher, they recognize the long-term values they receive from hard work. Miss Frances Sheely of Cli aton High School has a reputation as a ‘hard’ teacher. This year, for the third time, she was the CHS repre sentative’s ‘Star Teacher.’ ROAD' sons. Some opposition is based on misinformation. Detailed maps of the proposal are on display in the lobby of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce. We hope that all those interested in the proposal will stop by and study the map prior to the hearing. TO FUTURE health clubs for men and women, steam baths, exercise areas which will offer some privacy, swimming, hand ball areas—all of the many facilities which offer adults opportunities to keep in good physical condition. In addition, there will be classes offered in just about any area in which enough initerest is shown—bridge, art, judo, karate, etc. Adults who have children can eas ily justify renewing or obtaining a YMCA membership. If a youngster enjoys swimming, for example, the membership fee is a bargain. Adults who have no young children may not be able to justify a YMCA membership now, weighing the ad vantages for them against the cost in volved. However, we hope many peo ple who are in this category will renew or obtain a membership and mark it down as an investment for the fu ture — for the community and for , themselves 'SAFETY HAZARD—Vehicles which /^ark as shown above present traffic safety hazards in Clinton. A State Highway Patrolman, who was shown the picture above, said the truck driver could have been charged with two traffic violations—parking on a highway and blocking the view. In the example shown above, it would have been difficult for a motorist coming out of Thornwell Street to see approaching traffic from his left on west main Street. "TW Americans are an odd lot, 'arry... they been 'avin' a bit of a row over th' new White 'ouse police uniforms..." 'last night I had a horrible nightmare. Ralph Nader was chairman of the board..." 2-B—THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., Feb. 19, 1970 Americans Take Look At Themselves I n Census Every 10 years Americans take a good look at themselves to re inforce the platform of facts on which to base plans for the fu ture course of the Nation. The occasion is the census of population and housing conducted once each decade as required by the Constitution. The 19th in a series stretching back without interruption to 1790 will be taken on April 1. Responsible for the census is the Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce. The count will be conducted from 395 temporary Bureau district of fices throughout the United States, each of which will cover an area containing approximate ly 500,000 persons. District of fices began opening on Jan. 19, with the entire group scheduled to be in operation by Feb. 9. For the average American, the census will be a simple exercise. The Government asks that he de vote a few minutes to answer questions about himself and his housing. The questions will be on printed forms that will be sent by mail to each household. For 80 percent of the house holds there will be about 23 questions that require perhaps 15 minutes to answer. For the other 20 percent of the households, there will be an average of 69 questions that will require about 45 minutes. Crucial decisions affecting every person in the Nation de pend upon the accuracy and com pleteness of the census. To begin Mann Rated 65% By ACA WASHINGTON, D. C. - United States Representative, James R. Mann (D-SC) of South Carolina’s 4th District, was given a high rating of 65% for his voting re cord during the First Session of the 91st Congress (1969) by A- mericans for Constitutional Act ion. According to ACA, Con gressman Mann has voted con sistently for sound money, pri vate competitive market, local self-government, private owner ship, individual liberty, and strengthening national sover eignty. Americans for Constitutional Action Is the non-partisan poli tical organization which last year honored 184 Republican and De mocrat members of the United States Congress for their notable voting records in support of leg islative measures which serve to sustain, strengthen, and defend the spirit and principles of the Constitution of the United States as defined by the Founding Fa thers of our Republic. The rating of Congressman Mann is contained in ACA’s vot ing analysis, the ACA-INDEX. The analysis utilized a total of 17 votes in the House and 16 votes in the Senate. The legis lation contained in the analysis ranges from Reducing and Limit ing Federal Spending, Foreign Aid, Trade with the Communist Bloc, Federal Poverty Program to Farced Hiring. with, political power hinges on the census count: Official popu lation figures are used to de termine the fair apportionment of seats in the Congress as well as in State and local legislative bod ies. Further, Federal funds are distributed locally on the basis of census population figures. The answers an individual gives about himself and his hous ing are held in strictest confi dence. Census employees are forbidden by law for disclosing any fact about a person and would be subject to heavy fine or im prisonment for a violation of the law. In processing, facts about individuals are added in various ways resulting in statistical to tals that depict the state of the Nation. Change has even affected the mode of taking the 1970 census. This year, the 65 million U.S. households can be their own cen sus takers. Each household will receive a census questionnaire by mail on or about March 28 and will be asked to fill it out as of April 1 according to enclosed instructions. The number of questions asked will be on the average the fewest of any census in the past century. About 185,000 temporary work ers will be hired by the Bureau to take the census. Included will be 160,000 census takers (called enumerators); 13,000 workers in the 395 temporary offices, and 12,000 crew leaders and other su pervisors, including a manager for each district office. Census workers will be em ployed 4-6 weeks, some longer. The process of hiring and train ing is underway now and will continue until April. PARSON JONES SAYS A Leg Gains Its 'Freedom' Dear Mr. Publisher: I like to tell stories in my sermon. (Jesus called ’em par ables.) This Sunday I’m gonna tell a real good one - thought you might like to hear it. Once upon a time there was this thousand legged worm. One day one of his legs got the itch and decided he wanted to be free. The leg laid his protest before the worm. “What kind of freedom do you want?” asked the worm. ‘Freedom to go my own way,” replied the leg. The freedom-seeking leg then set v out to do his own thing. First he decided not to walk when the rest walked. But the body kept moving, and the leg was dragged along until the skin was rubbed off. Next the leg decided to walk in a different direction from the other legs. 999 went straight, be went right - and broke his leg. Now, there was nothing left to do, but leave the group and go it alone. He pulled himself loose and started hopping. Everywhere he hopped there was laughter. "Who-ever saw a leg without a body?”, thet giggled as he pass ed by. The leg soon became ex hausted because it was tiresome to be unattached at both ends. Finally, in despair he fell to the ground, tired, useless - and free. Mr. Publisher, this is a parable of our times. Everybody talks a- bout individual freedom like it was something you have all to yourself. There just ain’t no such animal. Patrick Henry said, “Give me liberty or give me death”. I know what he was talking about But the kind of freedom some people want they might as well say, “Give me liberty - and give me death.” I must close for now and ex ercise my legs. Parson Jones. A man cuts his wisdom teeth when he bites off more than he can chew.—Elizabeth W. Spalding, The (Bardstown, Ky.) Standard. This talk about "a new source of revenue” simply means tapping the same old taxpayer in a brand new place. — Ed Hummer, The Eaton (Colo.) Herald. <Never buy anything with a handle on it, it means work.— Jim Thompson, The Madison (Ohio) Press. Ch« Bibit Stand firm, and see the sal vation of the Lord. (Exod. 14:13). When we tend to worry and be impatient, let’s not forget to place our confidence in God, and seek His divine inter vention to work things out. Sometimes we try very hard to change things in our lives. We may even try to change the people around us and feel frus trated and unhappy when our efforts fail. We find freedom from impatience, worry and anxiety by letting God work in us and through us. SENATOR STROM THURMOND i REPORTS TO THEJ PEOPLE STOLEN DOCUMENTS The Senate Internal Security Subcommittee has just published a set of historic documents that tell how American policy in Asia was subverted. The docu ments in question—the famous Amerasia papers—were stolen from top-secret government files. They included diplomatic and intelligence reports and corre spondence. They were recovered in 1945 by the FBI from illegal possession in the office of a Com munist collaborator. SECRET REPORTS Yet the story they tell shows that subversion of policy can sometimes more effectively aid the enemy cause than actual es pionage. After twenty-five years, the top-secret classification has been removed. One can read the actual text of the secret reports from China, for example, of C. S. career diplomat John Stewart Service, as he glorified Mao Tse-Tung and the whole Communist ap paratus seeking to overthrow Free China. Service and his as sociates—such as Owen Latti- more, John Carter Vincent. John Paton Davies, Jr., John K. Em- merson—continually told their superiors that the Communists were men of integrity and vision, democratic and peace- loving. Chiang Kai-Shek and the leaders of Free China were painted as corrupt, inefficient, reactionary, and lacking the support of the people. Apologists for Service and his group have claimed that they were merely making accurate assessments of the scene; they even argue that the collapse of Free China proved the collabo rators were right. SUBVERSION OF POLICY This defense of subversion collapses now that the texts of the documents are published. The official U. S. policy was to support Chiang Kai-Shek; yet here we read the very reports by which Service and his as- sociates did everything possible to undermine confidence in the anti-Communists. Service ac tually dictated policy from his post in China, and demanded that support be withdrawn from Chiang. He worked to get him self established as a U. S. rep resentative to the Mao head quarters, thereby giving recog nition to the Communists. At one critical point, he actually disregarded the orders of the U. S. Ambassador and boldly held a special conference with Mao at a crucial moment. The cumulative effect of this skillful advocacy of the Chinese Communist cause within the ranks of the U. S. State Depart ment was to weaken the resolve of the President and his top advisors. An embargo was placed upon aid to Chiang, and Chiang was forced to accept a truce with the Communists. We abandoned Free China at the decisive mcment. Meanwhile, the pro-Commu- j nist magazine Amerasia was spreading the same propaganda i on the home front. The editor and publisher of the magazine, ; Philip Jacob Jaffe, was a wealthy businessman who gave large sums to the Communist Party, lectured and wrote for the Party, and participated in various Communist action pro- , grams. AMERASIA CASE When the FBI raided the . magazine’s office, agents found hundreds of top-secret doeu ments relating to U. S. China I policy, ranging from the reports j of Service to personal corre spondence between President Roosevelt and Mao Tse-tung. For reasons never fully ex plained, Jaffe was not tried for espionage; he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal U. S. d ’cu- ments, and paid a fine of $2500. Service, who had a close rela tionship with Jaffe, was ar rested. but not indicted. He re turned to the Foreign Service, and retired in due course. Twenty-five years after the fact, these documents appear at ; a propitious time. The Nixon Administration is reassessing U. S. policy towards Communist China. Talks are being held with the Red Chinese ambassa dor in Warsaw. Such talks can ; be very deceptive. We now have the benefit of hard experience We know what Chiang Kai-Shek has done for his people on Taiwan; we know also what Mao has done on the mainland | We should not forget that a ! small hand of dedicated career ! ists started us off on a path that has led to the enslavement of 700 million people, and to the fiirhting of two major wars, in Korea and Vietnam. (not preparrd or printed at Qavrrumrnt rmprns*i The '71 Budget BY THURMAN SENSING Executive Vice President Southern States Industrial Council The $200.8 billion federal bud get submitted by President Nixon will receive the closest scrutiny in the weeks ahead -- and pro perly so. White House spending proposals provide valuable clues as to the determination and ba sic goals of an administration. The political heirs of the New Frontier and Great Society ex press dissatisfaction with the Ni xon budget for fiscal ’71. They call for even larger outlays for welfare and deeper cuts in nat ional defense. The ultra-liberal “Washington Post* has charac terized the huge spending pro posal as “austere." It would be fascinating to know what the ‘Post’ would consider an expen sive budget. Conservatives, in examining the budget, certainly won’t find much austerity in the document. In fact, they are likely to be very displeased by the major programs embodied in the budget. Furthermore, they almost cer tainly will be concerned about the proposed change in defense spending. While many conservatives ex pected the Nixon adminlstraticc to curb spending for giveaways, the ’71 budget shows that wel fare programs will be greatly boosted. The Office of Economic Opportunity, one of the biggest wasters of taxpayers’ money, is scheduled to receive a $140 mil lion spending increase to nearly $2 billion. The OEO budget pro vides $63.2 million for the high ly political Neighbor Legal Ser vices division. Under this pro gram, OEO lawyers have been harassing state and local gov ernments, filing suits against municipal boosing authorities and other grassroots agencies. In view of strong, bipartisan coc- servattes’ objections to the .le gal services program, it is both significant and disturbing that the administration has proposed this increase. The controversial Department of Health, Education and Welfare will receive an incredible $7 billion spending boost to $52.7 billion in fiscal 197L Some $500 minion of this will go to lamch the Family Assistance plan, the family subsidy plan that the administration envisions as the future welfare system. No one can say, however, how much this plan will cost. The likelihood is that it will grow and grow as the agriculture subsidy program mushroomed in the last generation. Understand ably, the Family Assistance pro gram already has received heavy criticism from citizens concern ed about the increasing cost of government services and the ten dency towards socialism in A- merica. The enormous increase in spending for HEW surely won’t sit weU with the increasing num ber of Americans who see that agency as an instrument for re structuring of American society along radical lines. HEW is con stantly interfering with the rights of states, local communities and parents in trying to impose its own patterns of thought and be havior on the American people. The latest example of HEW in terference is a directive to un iversities in North Carolina and Virginia, in effect ordering them to alter their admissions poli cies. While HEW gains $7 billion for its controversial programs, spending for the defense of the United States is to be cut $5.2 billion. The Wall Street Journal reports that the ’71 defense bud get “Is the smallest military spending plan since fiscal 1967 in actual dollars, the smallest since fiscal 1951 as a percentage of the gross national product and the smallest since 1950 as a per centage of the total federal bud get.” If foreign dangers to the Unit ed States were on the downgrade, this reduction in the defense es tablishment would be desirable. But many citizens may express bewilderment at the cutback at a time when the Soviet Union is surging ahead in military pre parations, creating new missile weapons and building a fleet to wrest naval supremacy from the United States. It seems only logical that if spending must be cot, it should be in the area of giveaways, not national defense. Yet the ”71 bud get clearly shows that defense suffers while welfare programs are padded.