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« » * KNOW THE CANDIDATES The La ureal) County Democratic 'Party last week announced its ached- fcule of five stump speakings prior to the June 9 primary- We hope you will take advantage .of at least one opportunity to see and • hear the candidates for the offices which are vitally important to the progress and well-being of our county. The two key races in the primary are for the two seats in the S.C. House of Representatives and for the five posts on County Council. There are three candidates for the two House seats and 12 candidates for the five County Council positions. The “stump speakings” will be your opportunity to see, hear and talk to those candidates and it could help you to make a more knowledgeable selection. We think it’s a sin against Democracy to be so apathetic that you don’t bother to vote. It’s almost as bad to vote without taking the time to study the issues or the candidates. As a reminder of the “stump speaking schedule, we reprint it here: Friday, May 29—Hickory Tavern school. Monday, June 1—Joanna School. Thursday, June 2 — Gray Court High School. Friday, June 5 — Clinton Mill Ball Park. Monday, June 8—Ford High School in Wattsville. All of the programs will start at 8 p.m. IDEALS OF AN AMERICAN Russell and Margaret Metz, pub lishers of the Bath County (Ken tucky) News-Outlook came across an address delivered by 18-year-old Eric Fredrickson at a Junior Achievement banquet, and thought it worthy of a banner-headline feature. The excerpts, which follow, speak highly of the youth affiliated with Junior Achieve ment. “Now 1 am only 18 years old and there are still a great many things about the world that I don’t under stand but there are a few simple truths I am sure of; and these truths I will keep with me the rest of my life. It is these ideals which I think make it im portant to be an American . . . “THIS I BELIEVE; It was the idea of free enterprise conducted free ly and without undue hindrance which made it possible for this country to get ahead through individual imag ination, intelligence and industry. “THIS I BELIEVE: That America grew into the great country it is to day through positive constructive ac tion by all people in the society . . . “THIS I BELIEVE: America is a nation for all people who want to be involved and work hard to make de mocracy work . . . who want to make their own lives better and this nation greater by the sweat of their brows • • • “THIS I BELIEVE: American business has played a vital role in helping this country forge ahead and that American business will continue to carry on its great tradition and take Vi ever greater role keeping the American society strong . . . “THIS I BELIEVE: America will remain a great nation as long as her people do not forget that the ideals of dignity, honor, pride of accomplish ment and respect for one’s fellow man are for all times and all ages . . . THIS I BELIEVE: It is not shame ful to love one’s country, to be proud of one’s heritage, to stand up for those very values which have made and still make this country strong.” NEEDED; CHARACTER REFORM These days we are assailed on ev ery side by calls for “reform”—Postal Reform, Drug Reform, Social Reform, Tax Reform, and dozen of others. But > one of our compatriots, newspaper •"writer i and eohimnist Brian Bex, sug gested in a recent address reported in the Bloomington, Indiana STAR COU RIER that what we need more than all else is a bit of “character reform.” “We mass produce everything in this country,” Mr. Bex told his audi ence; "everything but character.” “It used to be,” he continued, “that when you wanted somet’.ing, you worked to earn it. Now you stage a riot and get it given to you at some one else’s expense. “If your father or grandfather lost his job, he took whatever work he could get. Now hordes of relief ‘cli ents’ refuse a job unless it is to their liking, and they demand the job to be brought to them. “This nation was built by immi grants who struggled here for oppor tunity, and would have scorned the false idea of ‘something for nothing.’ Now it seems to be an almost univer sal ambition. “It used to take a lifetime of gruel ling work and scrimping for a family or a country to earn a little surplus, a taste of security. Now mobs of so- called ‘students’ and whole ‘emerging nations’ demand they be given it, out of your earnings with no effort on their part.” “Have you ever wondered wbat happened to the America of yester day?” Brian Bex offered some positive suggestions. Although many people seem to 'believe that they can do little or nothing, Mr. Bex insisted that “what each person is capable of do ing, and has the ability to do, is sub stantial.” Further, he said, the phil osophy of the left (in all its shadings, from Communism to the welfare state) can be successfully fought by a posi tive philosophy of freedom. “Ideas must be fought with other ideas, not emotions. It is not enough to know .wbat one believes in; it is equally im portant to know why one holds certain convictions.” We agree with Mr. Bex. Know what you believe. Know why. Ac cept responsibility. Stand on your own two feet and be counted. That’s the way a free and open society works. It’s called Americanism. Bitter Plans for a Bette*.Society? 2-B—THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C„ May 21, 1970 UNITED STATES SENATOR ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’ Kent State Riot BY THURMAN SENSING Executive Vice President Southern States Industrial Council Leftists and liberals in the United States and around the world already are trying, to portray the slain students at Kent State University in Ohio as heroic workers for peace, whereas in fact they were part of an ugly and brutal mob en gaged in transforming a uni versity into a scene of anarchy and bloodshed. The deaths were tragic, yes, but understandable- violence begets tragedy. Had the National Guardsmen failed to defend themselves, they might have been stoned to death. One can be sure that the leftists and the liberals wouldn’t have shed any tears for dead Guardsmen — no more than they weep for the many policemen who have died in the line of duty, defending communities a- gainst anti-war demonstrators and other political hoodlums. Glorification of the four dead protesters -- members of the campus mob --is not without design. Radical elements seek an opportunity to marshal opin ion against Guardsmen, police men, and regular soldiers. The objective of the radicals is to force disarmament of troops and police forces, even as in the propaganda treatment of the My Lai incident in Vietnam they seek to discredit and undermine the morale and combat effec tiveness of American troops in Southeast Asia. If the leftists and liberals succeed in disarming the Guardsmen, if they manage to shift the blame to those who were protecting law and order, then the forces of revolution will have scored a tremendous victory. For the safety of the country, it is imperative that the American people stand be hind the Guardsmen, in Ohio and in the other 49 states. They are the people’s shield against the revolutionists in our midst Bloody insurrection by revo lutionary elements seems much nearer than anyone expected a year or so ago. The involve ment of several thousand stu dents at Yale University in protests against the trial of Black Panthers accused of mur der and khteaping, shows how fer the country has gone towards mindless chaos sought by those who hate Ok Utaited Sta tes and seek its destruction from within. At Yale, almost an entire adversity went beserk, with faculty members and even Ok President of Ok institution feeding prestige to the Panther cause — a display of academic irrationality unprecedented in that threatens the survival of our free country. As Vice President Spiro T. Agnew said in a recent address in Florida, the problem of the disturbed universities is not for the Philosophy Department or the English Department, but the Justice Department. It may take scores of additional U.S. attorneys and hundreds of ex tra FBI agents, but no effort should be spared in apprehend ing and prosecuting those who have engaged in criminal left ist activities on college and university campuses in recent weeks. The possibility of mass sedition trials should be se riously considered, for that is the condition the country now faces. The first target of govern mental action should be the rio ters who attacked the National guardsmen at Kent State Uni versity. They and others like them should be the subject of legal action. In college after college, the need is to locate and root out the radicals, whether in the student body or on the faculty. It may be that the states and the federal go vernment will have to enact new laws to accomplish that purpose. If need be, the states should call special sessions of their legislatures to get the laws necessary to keep the peace and protect decent prople against the political hippies who believe they can burn public buildings, loot stores, and bom bard police and Guardsmen with rocks and other missiles. * * * Your son and daughter—in three weeks time they'll be home from school and you will have to listen. You’ll be pleasantly surprised. They’re clean, they’re dedicated, they're not bums and they’re worried about the future of this country. So am I. I have backed both President Nix on’s and President Johnson’s war policy. I have done this even though I disagreed with Johnson's policy of “too little and too late’’ and Nixon’s “surrender on the installment plan.’’ When Nixon took of fice much the same situation existed as when Eisenhower took office in January 1953. I thought that President Nixon, like Eisenhower, would step up the battle and bring this war to a close However, the President last May stated we no longer seek military vic- tory. In June he announced his withdrawal policy. And in September he said he would accept, from elections, a Com munist form of government. The withdrawal policy was cited successful by the Presi dent and he accelerated it the week before Cambodia. Con gress in the meantime had passed a resolution requiring the President to consult the Congress in any future for eign involvement. One resolu tion specifically prohibited ground force activity in Laos and Thailand, leaving out Cambodia only because the President said it was a sanc tuary. The President ac knowledged the role of Con gress. But the fact is that our government consulted for weeks with the South Vietna mese government over the Cambodian operation but did not consult with a single member of our own Congress. For years I have insisted that the right of petition con templated petitioning within the halls of government rather than in the streets of America that our republic consisting of checks and bal ances was deliberate, was rep resentative. the people could be heard, that change could be had—that our policies pur sued the majority will. The responsibiilty for war or peace rests with the Congress. And when the Commander in Chief leads the people and the Congress to believe that involvement is on the de- mmmmma crease, that disengagement and withdrawal is the policy, his sudden switch into Cam bodia without consulting Con gress amounts to a surprise attack on the basic tenets of representative government. The people ask, “Did you ad vise this course?” The answer is no. They next ask, Then how can you say that the ac tions of our government arc representative?” The mili tants have been trying to tear down respect for government for years. Now unless we act, the responsible citizen is left defenseless. And it is just as necessary now to defend gov ernment and responsible citi zenry here at home es it is to defend our soldiers from Cambodian sanctuaries. In acting, foremost in my mind are seven years of war; with 42,000 killed, 200,000 casual ties and $100 billion expend ed. I cannot justify “opera tion meatgrinder” for another seven years. I cannot justify continuing to preserve and protect the enemy sanctuary, North Vietnam, while invad ing sanctuaries in a third and neutral country. I cannot ad vocate continuing in Cambo dia while the President is presently leading us out. He says he doesn’t want to be in after July 1. Therefore I will support legislation that would require the President to con sult Congress before resum ing military action in Cam bodia after July 1. I realize the President’s aim in Cam bodia was good From all re ports at this moment it has been successful. But the test is not success or failure in Cambodia. The test is success here at home. There is no use firing the gun no matter how well aimed if the recoil is going to kill the gun crew. Nixon just about wiped out the crew. We must act imme diately to restore the people's confidence. This is w'hat con cerns the majority of stu dents They have been fight ing the militants and campus radicals. They have been op posing the burnings and cam pus takeovers. Their argu ment has been for the system and working within the sys tem. Pretident Nixon serious ly damaged this argument with Cambodia and now we stand to alienate a whole gen eration of future leadership in this country. SENATOR STROM THURMOND REPORTS TO THE PEOPLE W< SUCCESS IN CAMBODIA Let's Work Together Obrioosly tke time fer bold at Lav tad order is The nob attack an Ok at t ri ot paratestea- hood- Events in Cambodia have borne out the correctness of President Nixon’s brave and courageous action in ordering the destruction of North Viet nam sanctuaries in the border areas. For the first time in four or five years, Cambodian soldiers have been able to enter freely the territory known as “The Parrot’s Beak,” and other areas occupied until recently by North Vietnamese forces. This is a startling confirmation that the action by U. S. and South Viet namese troops has succeeded in restoring Cambodian sovereign ty over areas that had been under alien occupation. NO EXTENSION OF WAR This development gives the lie to those who claim that Cam bodia’s so-called “neutrality” was violated by the President’s decision, or who claim that the destruction of the sanctuaries was an “extension of the war.” The real truth is that the CanbodiaM lost their sover eignly in 1965 and 1966 when the playboy Prince Sihanouk tacitly began to surrender these areas to the North Vietnamese Communists. A neutral nation has an obligation to maintain Ha neotralKy, and not to allow Ha territory to be nsed by com batants of either side. When any nation allows Ha neutrality to be violated by one party, the other party, under international law. has the right to take what ever steps are accessary against the offending party. Clearly, the action taken by President Nixon should have been taken about five years ago by the previous Administration, when the military field of action was extended to Cambodia by the North Vietnamese. Civilian critics, who have no experience of military tactics and strategy, tend to think of a war in terms of the place of battle alone. ACT OP WAR It is wall known by those who have had experience in battle that military supply, ten any nOitaxy tabtishment of Th» tteM has com tor fe- tSdlteteoit cSSteMhii ktetf ■QMtoalfhKteteaaril of The es- centers is ton, mof the UA, brought the war into Cambodia long ago, and it is folly to speak of the present action as a so-called “extension of the war.” The destruction of these sanc tuaries is an essential part of President Nixon’s withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam. Again, every military command er knows that withdrawal ac tions are frequently the most dangerous operations in war. Every withdrawal must be covered on the flanks to prevent the destruction of life by hit- and-run enemy attacks. Because of the geography of Vietnam, the enemy sanctuaries in Cam bodia are ideally located for hit- and-run and clandestine supply actions. The success of President Nix on’s Vietnamization program has forced enemy troops back into the sanctuaries. But the withdrawal of American forces would clearly tempt the enemy to strike again. We must give Vietnamization a chance. DISTORTION It is unfortunate that those who have been working for a military victory by the North Vietnamese have inflamed some segments of public opinion in the United States against the President’s action. It is easy to distort the purpose of military operations when most people are remote from the real condi tions of battle, and have little experience in the military art. War could not be successfully waged when the previous Com- mander-in-Chief placed political guidelines above victory. We learned from the Korean war that Red China intervened only after the U. S. had mssnred then of a sanctuary north of the Yalu River. Similarly, the North Viet namese have been able to pro long the war because of their protected sanctuaries in Cam bodia. President Nixon is to be congratulated for having the courage to reverse this tragic mistake in U. S. policy. It is now time for the Ameri can people to dose ranks behind our President. He needs our support in these operations which are necessary to bring our fighting men home safely. Those who persist in unreasoned criti- dsm are doing a disservice to Dear Mr. Editor, Since I was graduated from Clinton High in 1966, the social and political conditions of the United States have changed drastically. According to the news reports at various times, the only end to all of this tur moil is self-destruction. At least this seems to be the opin ion of most of the elder part of the generation gap. Now don’t take me wrong please, this is actually a letter of appeal to everyone to just sit down and look around at what is happening and try to determine the motives behind all of these actions, and then do something about it Of course, it is terrible that young men and women die on college campuses as the result of demonstrations. But do the citizens actually realize how many young men die every day in Southeast A sia? Sure V ietnam is a long way from home, bat as a lot of people in Clinton know, the casualties of Vietnam strike right in the center of a lot of homes. It is past time that the people of the world realize that every one must work together to end all of this strife. And just be cause you people live in one of the fine small cities of the nation, you think you can get up every morning and go to work only to return home and sit your passive body in front of the television every evening. Many of you think, “The world will take care of itself, and any way, what will any one care if I, one small person In this large nation, did nothing?’ *1 am no one,’ you say, "What good win it do if I write a letter, and what harm will happen If I don’t?’ here and have come into con tact with many young men, I have reached many decisions that I hope will prove import ant in the future, ti will be but a few years till I will be part of the older generation, and it will be too late to act then. In closing, I am curious to see the result of the voting on in creasing the appropriations for the schools of District 56. The only way to change anything is through education. There should not be a single vote of ’no’ in the balloting, and there should be 100% participation. Now Just how many of you did not go to the polls or worse yet, how many of you did not take the time to register? If you did not vote, you have absolutely no right to express your approval or dis approval of the result of the vot ing. What do you think would hap pen if one day no one voted? Sure it might not hurt today, but for the future of mankind, think of tomorrow! I want to thank you for your time. SP/4 Steven C. Wright 249-82-6489 E/122d Maint. Bn. APO New York, N. Y. 09165 Before I came to Germany, I too was a passive person. the br.ve m.n7lWi”Sd iUi ^ l °. "** ,*y**’ 1 ^ who have fought to preserve our comforts of home and a won- dertel family to ocavy my time. So frankly, I didn’t think my act ions would help change anything either. But since I have been •r printed at ptrmmnt Let all things be done... in order.—(I Cor. 14:40). When we believe that there is an orderly plan for us, and we let that plan unfold in us through prayer, we come into a consciousness of a new world of thought and action. The same divine wisdom that keeps the planets in their orbits is in us. Let us aftrm that God’s plan of orde? tn our life is un folding, and manifesting itself in perfect ways.