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$ A CREATIVE MAN Ciintoni&ns who have contxibuted to the fine arts through literature or art have been rare and that makes the loss of Julian S. Bolick particularly painful. Mr. Bolick was a man of many ■. • talents and interests. He could lay legitimate claim — though he never would—to being an artist, author, ar chitect, historian, landscape artist. We like the way he was described by his good friend, James P. Sloan, in a 1966 edition of “The Joanna Way”: "Artist, author, architect and builder, landscape artist, master chef, civic leader — all these accomplish ments are hidden under the modest, friendly, easy-going, optimistic out look of . . . Julian S. Bolick.” Mr. Bolick was director of the Laurens County Community Actions, Inc., at the time of his death. To this challenging position, he brought a subtle touch of understanding and di plomacy which got things done in a way beneficial to his programs and to the county. It is unusual to find a man of such creative talents who can also contrib ute on a day-to-day basis to the phy sical well-being of his fellow man. The death of such a man always is untimely but it is particularly so in Mr. Bolick’s case. He died as his be loved state was rapidly moving to ward the celebration of its tricenten nial. As a member of the South Caro lina Tricentennial Commission, he al ready had made many contributions to the preparation for this event. He had so many talents to lend to such an effort and it was an event close to his heart. Mr. Bolick loved South Carolina. Its heritage and folklore was the sub ject of his books. The 1965 Joanna Way article said: “Linked to his na tive low country not only by fond memories and published books but also by membership in the Winyah In digo Society of Georgetown, one of the oldest chartered societies in America, Mr. Bolick is nevertheless wholeheart edly devoted to his adopted upcountry and is active in civic affairs here.” At the time of his death, he was preparing a book about historic homes in Laurens County. From the coast to the Piedmont, Julian Bolick has left his footprints in the sands of South Carolina. JOHN q:s choices Most of our readers are aware that we take a generally dim view of the “Big Brother” concept of the do-good ers, who operate under the assump tion that Mr. Average American doesn't know enough to come in out of the rain; and, this being so, it is “nec- cessary” to establish all sorts of spec ial bureaus, committees, and depart- nvents (usually in Washington at tax payer expense) to determine what is best for America. But when it comes to simple, plain, down-to-earth common sense, our bet will always be with John Q. Citizen from Main Street, America. Consider, for example, the "top” mo tion pictures of last year (1969). Judg ing from the "Academy” nominations H ' ' add the avant-garde critics, one would assume that the majority of the movie-goers last year had flocked to see the cheap and dirty film fare. The record shows otherwise. The film that grossed more money at the box office than any other 1969 movie was Walt Disney’s “The Love Bug”, featuring Dean Jones, Michele Lee, and Buddy Hackett. American movie fans plunked down $17 million to see the film. A close second, with a box office gross of $16.5 million, was "Funny Girl”, starring Barbra Streisand, Bar bra Streisand, and Barbra Streis and. The fact that Barbra seemed to be out to steal every scene in the pic ture didn’t seem to be a drawback; it was an entertaining and enjoyable film, and people went to see it “Bullitt”, the Warner Brothers film starring Steve McQueen grossed nearly the same amount as Funny Girl, followed by Paul Newman’s “Butch Cassidy”. Other top grossing films for 1969 included “Romeo and Juliet”, featuring Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey; “True Grit”, starring John Wayne, Glen Campbell and Kim Dar by; and "Oliver”, with Olin Reed, Shani Wallis, Ron Moody and Mark Lester. Although there was much talk last year about the “smutty” films, when it came to the vote at the box office, the choice was clear; what the people wanted, and what they were willing to pay to see, were good, clean, thor oughly entertaining motion pictures. GOOD President Richard Nixon’s "state of the world” message — described as • “the most comprehensive statement ever made on American foreign pol icy”—contained some happy news for long-suffering taxpayers; that the burden of bailing out the rest of the world would be shifted more and more from the shoulders of American taxpayers to the foreign govern ments. Only recently, Representative Otto E. Passman (D. Louisiana) entered in the Congressional Record a staggering resume of what has happened to a great many of our hard-earned dollars. For the period encompassing the fiscal years 1946 through 1969, the to tal net foreign assistance to 121 na tions and seven territories of the world has amounted to $122 billion. ! Total new interest paid on the money ; we had borrowed to give away exceed- 16044 billion, for an overall total of 618244 billion. Here are some oth er items which should interest tax- P«J»: From the end of 1960 to the end of NEWS 1968, United States gold holdings dwindled by more than $12i/ 2 billion. In the same period, gold holdings of the other countries of the world in creased by more than $17 billion. At the same time, short-term dollar claims of foreigners against the United States increased by more than $27 billion. Meanwhile, our balance of payments was in the red in every year but two, showing a total net deficit for the pe riod of $36,896 billion. The dozen nations that have re ceived the greatest portions of our largesse, stated in billions were: Ko rea, $7.8; Great Britain, $7.7; India, $7.5; France, $7.0; Vietnam, $5.9; It aly, $6.4; Turkey, $6.4; Republic of China, $6.0; Greece, $3.7; West Ger many and Berlin, $3.7; Japan, $3.6; Pakistan, $3.5. The American foreign policy shift will not be reflected this April 15th, approaching too fast for comfort, but hopefully we will see some respite in 1971. Provided, that is, that the "welfare staters” fail to find some place else to spend our money. NOTED AND PASSED INDEPENDENT COMMUN ISM? ... Daring the recent Fulbright Cotmittee ^mrirgi on Vietnam, Sen- MeGovern, (D), South has opinion that a mt” government in RnIIi Vtotaam "organised by Com- "stronger expansionism pendent” dictatorship in South Ko rea, Formosa, Laos, Cambodia, Thai land, Burma, M a 1 a y s a. the Philip pines . . .???? LOOK WHO’S TALKING . . . The “Nerw Left” has seized the “war on pollution” issue, as a base for attack against business, the government, the “middle class establishment” and just about everybody in sight May we re spectfully suggest that the "new left” Start their "war on p o 11 u t i o n” by dmatag up their own filthy speech, disease producing dirty habits, slovenly dress, uncouth behavior, squalid, ma- fadotous living quarters. Confusing Conveyance ''Zsotictcur' King Keatum Syndicate NLRB Balance Needed BY THURMAN SENSING Executive Vice President Southern States Industrial Council President Nixon’s nomination of Edward B. Miller of Illinois as new chairman of the National Labor Relations Board is a step towards restoring the fairness that has been absent from that controversial federal agency since its founding. Mr. Miller is a Chicago attorney who in years past has represented manage ment in labor disputes. The vacancy Mr. Miller will fill, if confirmed by the Senate, occurred when Sam Zaboria’s five-year term expired in Janu ary. Mr. Zagoria is a liberal Republican, a former assistant to Sen. Clifford Case of New Jersey, and one-time reporter for “The Washington Post” and member of the American News paper Guild, an AFL-CIO union. Mr. Zagoria, like other mem bers of the board appointed by Democratic administrations, was strongly sympathetic to unions in disputes before the board. U.S. Rep. Albert Watson (R-SC), in a protest voiced last December, charged that Mr. Zagoria was “an extreme activist on the board who has contributed mightily to the breakdown in labor-manage ment relations because of his participation in decisions which thwart the letter and spirit of la bor law enacted by Congress.” Rep. Watson also asserted that “the NLRB was not created to make labor policy, only to help resolve labor-management dis putes and enforce labor law. But Mr. Zagoria has served in an era in which we have witnessed untold labor law abuses by the board.” James J. Kilpatrick, the highly respected syndicated columnist, is among the writers who has cited the lack of balance on the NLRB. He recently observed that there is not a single member of the board who “has observed industrial relations from the management side of a table. "Ob viously, this is an experience gap that is intolerable if fairness is to be a characteristic of the board's work. American business has never suggested that the NLRB should be devoid of representatives with understanding of the position of unions in industrial disputes. But the unions bitterly resist any nominee to the board who is understanding of management. No sooner was Mr. Miller’s nomi nation announced than George Meany, president of the AFL- CIO, declared that his organi zation will oppose Mr. Miller being seated on the board. Hopefully, the nomination of Mr. Miller will be approved and that other fair-minded men will be nominated and seated when vacancies occur on the board. The NLRB's obvious bias toward unions deprive American em ployers of a fair shake when disputes arise. In other words, employers can't obtain justice from the NLRB. Ideally, of course, the over haul of the NLRB’s membership should be the prelude to a thor ough revision of procedures for handling major labor-manage ment disputes. Rep. Watson, cited above, also is the author of a bill that would replace the NLRB with a 15-judge U.S. Labor Court. The judges would be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. NLRB trial examiners, who wield excessive power, would be replaced by 90 commissioners appointed by the Labor Court. One reason why the NLRB’s functions should be turned over to a court, in Mr. Watson’s judg ment, is that the board has fail ed to protect individual union members from coercion by nat ional union leaders. The Johnson administration bitterly opposed the Labor Court bill, but the Nixon administra tion presents a new opportunity for thorough overhaul of labor disputes procedures -- especi ally if Mr. Nixon has a stronger base in Congress after next fall’s elections. Over the years, many members of Congress have pointed to the prejudiced character of the NLRB. U. S. Rep. L. Mendel Rivers (D-SC) is on record as saying of the NLRB: “This board is a disgrace to our people. It should be abolished. We need a labor court to protect both labor and management.” The history of the NLRB since its establishment in 1935 is a chronicle of blatant bias against management in the naming ofap- propriate collective bargaining units and in the determination of “unfair" employer practices. The NLRB, at the same time has done nothing to protect union members against domination by union boss es, many of them corrupt and vio lence-prone. With the opening of a new de cade it is time to open a new era in handling of labor-man agement disputes. The first step should be abolition of the NLRB. * * * More than Z'^-miUion persons have visited the Battleship USS North Carolina during the eight years the famed World War II ship has been berthed at Wil mington, N. C., as a memorial to the state’s World War II dead. Sure, 18-year-olds should vote!! Who wants to wait till he's 21 and over the hill?" 2-B—THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., March 6, 1970 SENATOR STROM THURMOND REPORTS TO THE PEOPLE THE TEXTILE SITUATION President Nixon is directly aware of the ruinous effect for eign imports are having on the American textile industry. This is a situation which has devel oped over a long period of time. Man-made fiber imports have doubled roughly every two years. Compared with 1961-62, these man-made imports were up 855.7 percent by 1969. In short, these foreign imports, especially those from the Far East, are flooding the American market. PROFITS DOWN These imports are made with low wages and child labor, and frequently with the most mod ern equipment. Such competition has forced the American com panies to spend millions mod ernizing their plants in seeking more efficiency. As a result, U. S. production has increased—but earnings and profits continue on a drastic down trend. On an average, U. S. textile mill profits are down 25 percent. The small textile plants have been hit the hardest; many of these small plants have closed. Even the medium-size plants are threatened. In 1968-69. some 27 textile plants in the l .S. closed their doors. One-third of these were in South Carolina and North Carolina. With such closings and cut backs, thousands of textile jobs have been lost, and almost 2.5 million jobs are being directly threatened by the rising tide of foreign imports. In South Caro lina alone, 5,000 jobs were lost during 1968-69. POTENTIAL LOST Moreover, there is another kind of loss, being felt nation wide. This is the loss caused by the failure of normal expansion. If new U. S. plants were opened to take care of the expanding textile market, the nation would have had, possibly, 230,000 new jobs for American workers. The loan of jobs, earnings, and opportunities will in the long range have a negative impact upon our society. Our Nation has arrived at a stage of develop ment where thousands of indi viduals are trying to upgrade themselves. We are trying to make every American who wants a job a productive citizen. Yet we cannot do this when foreign labor, at a cut rate, takes the place of American labor. The deterioration of the tex- ile industry could have a tre- :',endou? impact upon South Carolina. Our State is seeking *o diversify its industry. Never theless, 75 percent of the South Carolina industrial payroll di rectly depends upon textiles, or is textile-related. INDUSTRY’S OPTIONS The textile industry is now examining its options in the light of continued deterioration. Some may consider purchasing their materials overseas. Others may be forced to relocate their plants abroad. Others may have to terminate their business im mediately to avoid bankruptcy. This must not happen. President Nixon and Secretary of Commerce Maurice Stans have been working hard so that this will not happen. This Ad ministration. in contrast to U.S. policy in other years, has adopt ed a tough bargaining position in talks with the Japanese. The Administration has demanded that the Japanese accept volun tary quotas on textile exports to the U. S. These negotiations have been conducted at the highest level between the two countries. Unfortunately, the Japanese have refused to budge. They feel that they have a right to the profitable American market, and that they will accept no limita tion on their profits. CONFERENCE WITH NIXON President Nixon is gravely concerned over the intransigent Japanese attitude. In a recent conference with Mr. Nixon, I laid all the facts on the line with regard to the deteriorating textile situation. 1 urged him to come to terms quickly with the Japanese. If this fails, then I urged him to put the full Administration sup port behind legislation to impowe import quotas upon foreign tex tiles. Quotas must t)e imposed, either through voluntary or legislative action. On a question of such ex treme importance, there is no other way f wof Itrt part dor ^nutrd at t/orrrti mr n f rxp«nsrj Parson Jones Says Tennis Shoes And AfCandle Dear Mr. Publisher: You shoulda been at our dea con’s meeting last night. Our men were awfully upset over the behavior of our young folks. He- zekiah brought it to our atten tion that the kids were practi cing all this oriental religion stuff. They were sitting around meditating, burning incense and candles. The general feeling a- mong the deacons was that they could not put up with all this loud music and long hair, but they couldn’t tolerate this wierd religion stuff. It was Anally voted that a crack-down would be put on this way-out behavior. It’s so funny, Mr. Publisher, that it ain’t funny, how the church has lost the steering wheel of society. We don’t lead anymore- we just follow. I’ll show you what I mean.. Back a few years ago the young folks were demanding action from the church. They allowed as how we was praying and worshipping too much and acting too little. Course there was some truth in what they said. Well sir, after a whole lot of prodding, we put on our tennis shoes and got in the race. The younguns did a good job of converting us.Now-a-days if a preacher and a church ain’t got a •cause" they feel useless. Now that our tennis shoes are hot from running we turn around and see the kids burning candles and praying. They found out that all action and no praying makes Jack a dull boy. I sigjpose after a while we’ll take off our tennis shoes and light our candles, and we’ll trade action for praying, Mr. Publisher, as well as I can remember, Jesus did both, and he wasn’t stampeded into either. Who knows, maybe the church will someday decide to be a leader instead of a follower. Then maybe she will own both tennis shoes and a candle. Parson Jones. A LETTER OF RESOLUTION We, the deacons of the First Baptist Church of Clinton, S.C. wish to express our sense of loss in the death of two of our faithful deacons during the past year: Mr. George R. Corley and Mr. Clarence (Chick) Galloway. Both of these men were sincere Christians, loyal members of the church, and served in several different capacities in the church family. We remember them for their unselfish service, the fellowship they enriched, for their constancy in attendance upon toe worship services, and their work in toe several orga nizations of the church. We recognise, however, the so vereignty and goodness of toe will of God and are submissive to his will. We desire that a copy of this letter be sent to The Baptist Courier, The Clinton Chronicle and that a copy be kept in toe files of the secretary of deacons. Respectfully, Chairman: W. Fred Chapman, Jr. Secretary: Mac Duncan Pastor: J.H. Darr ♦ ♦ ♦ A glad heart makes a cheer ful countenance. (Prov. 15:13). Every day is a new day. New things arise in our lives. If we just open up our hearts to the good each day holds, we will find all sorts of wonder and beauty in the world. When we are cheerful, we spread a feeling of newness and confi dence wherever we go. ft.”,