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•y ZrJ, > I 11 - a- A'- w-. tw ftv. < -WC W, ■*.. V ^ % ; "It's Mine!---lt's Mine! It 2-C—THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C, July 16. 1970 THE LAND USE PLAN So what’s a land use plan? That question popped up frequent ly after it was announced last week that a public hearing will be held July 27 on the proposed future land use plans and premliminary thoroughfare plan for Clinton. A land use plan is a general guide for the future growth of Clinton. It is based on a careful study of the town’s growth pattern—both in popu lation and geographically. Both, plus many other factors, are projected to the year 1990 and the land use plan in tends to show how the city should de velop between now and then. It establishes areas which should be developed as residential areas; which should be devoted to commer cial purpose; which should be used for industrial purposes; which should be used for recreational purposes; which for institutional purposes. The land use plan does not attempt to change any of the existing uses of land. The land use maps which are on display at the City Clerk’s office ami the Ginton Chamber of Commerce do not differ greatly from a current map of Clinton. It just expands on some of the areas, oarticularly the residen tial areas. As the preliminary draft of the land use plan stated. “The land use plan is one of the most important ele ments of the comprehensive plan be cause it becomes the instrument for each activity that takes place in an area that is allocated in terms of space and relative location.” It will serve as a broad guideline once the city gets into zoning- Zoning will refine the land use plan in that it will stipulate what type of residences should be in residential areas—that is, which should be one-family residential areas, which should be two-family areas (allowing duplexes) and which should be multi-family areas (apart ment buildings, etc). Even once the city gets down to zoning, it will not apply to existing buildings. The Clinton Planning Commission has spent a great deal of time and ef fort on the land use plan. The plan was drawn by represntaives of Wilbur Smith and Asociates, working with the planning Commission. Wilbur Smith and Associates is a planning firm which is conducting a long-range planning survey of Clinton, under con tract with the State Development Board through the City of Ginton. Whether the study and plan are put into action depends on the support and action of City Council. Unless council is willing to hire a building in- sp>ector and enforce building codes, it will come to naught and the city will grow helter-skelter with no one hav- nig any property value protection. TOWNS ARENT IMMORTAL In his “Other Memoirs” column, Mr. Joe Simpson lists the names of several communities which, in the early ISOOs, had some potential but which no longer exist as “towns.” He points out that Belfast, Dunk- lins, D u n 1 o p s, Huntington, Milton, Sheldon, Smith Town, Roseboro, Ty- lersville and Youngs each had a post offipe, a store, a mill or some other flnBftn fr' be considered then as poten tial towns. Eov various, reasons, these places didn’t make the grade No toym is immortal. Unless the citizens give it life and work for it, the town dies. Some are dealt harder fates than others but about any town can be saved if it has citizens who will contribute time, effort and thought to the community welfare. If not, it probably isn’t worth saving. We tend to take towns for granted. The ones we knew as children are still around after we become adults. How ever if we live long enough, we see changes in communities. We see some lose their momentum and begin to lose population. We see communities which can’t keep their young people. The young people grow up and have to move away to more progressive com munities which have more to offer. Communities which can’t keep their young aren’t healthy, neither are com munities which don’t face up to and solve its problems and neither are communities which don’t plan for the future THE REAL POLLUTERS -rx X.y m <7 LESS TALK-MORE ACTION! AH America Mans to be on aa ecology kick., .and there are aa many •oarer* of pollution as there are people. We hare had an Earth Day. Good. Tons of flyers distributed to aronse the public add to the refuse TV grinds out spectaculars. Photo stories flood the press. Politicians call meetings... and also pass laws about it. If words were capable of cleansing the air and —*-r, we would hare attained ecological purity spending millions with billions more place? And who nuau ■iMHif sm liltrr then we will SENATOR STROM THURMOND REPORTS TO THE PEOPLE RIGHT TO WORK Welfare Militants Keeler Urges Greater Political Seek More Benefits Awareness in 70 BY THURMAN SENSING Executive Vice President Southern States Industrial Council Shouting “we want money, 500 welfare mothers in Wash ington, D. C., stormed their way into the welfare headquar ters in the nation's capital in June, smashing a heavy glass door and breaking windows. There arrogant, lawless recip ients ofpublic charity also toss ed rocks and scuffled with po lice. It was an outrageous scene, but one that may help the tax- paying public understand that today reliefers, when they hold out their hands, may have a rock to throw. The hand-out crowd has gotten to the point where it uses the methods of a stick- up artist. This mob scene in the Dis trict of Columbia wasn t a spon taneous affair. That should be clearly understood. The “Wash ington Post reported that demonstrators arrived in “charter” buses hired by the National Welfare RightsOrgan- izati- n. The welfare protesters moved to an assembly point be fore hurling rocks and a chair to shatter windows in the wel fare office. The mob of welfare mothers said that they wanted money to buy furniture. Earlier, mem bers of the Washington chapter of the NWRO had been visiting welfare offices, insisting on checks with which to buy furni ture. Once upon a time, a relief recipient was thankful of pub lic assistance for food. Nowa days, welfare militants think they have a right to demand anything they want. In fact, the U.S. Supreme Court has en couraged them in the belief that welfare is a right, not a generous deed on the part of the community, state or federal government. Welfare recipients have be come privileged characters in many communities. Again, the federal courts can be held re sponsible, to a large degree. Earlier this year, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington ruled in favor of the very organiza tion whose members were in volved in the mob scene at the District of Columbia Welfare office. Judge J. Skelly Wright, one of the extreme liberal members of the Court of Appeals, signed a ruling that declared welfare re cipients have a right to take part in hearings held by the Depart ment of Health, Education and Welfare to determine whether states are meeting federal pay ment standards. In the past, HEW policy hafe been one of dealing exclusive ly with the states in its com pliance bearings. This policy was successfully challenged by the National Welfare Rights Or ganization, which sought to pre sent evidence and witnesses and to cross-examine the witnesses put on by the states. Judge Wright, in his ruling said that welfare recipients “may asm the public interest in the mainteumoe of an effi cient state-federal cooperative welfare system. * Frankly, we dort believe sensible citizens will agree that the rock-throw ing welfare mothers, shouting “we want moneyf serve the public interest in any way what soever. The very existence of a Nat ional Welfare Rights Organiza tion is cause for indignation on the part of taxpayers. ‘Wel fare rights' are an absurd and outrageous notion. To say that an individual has a ‘ right * to welfare is to say also that other individuals have a duty to pro vide welfare funds for non- workers. Ifworking citizens are placed under an obligation to feed and house indolent persons, then the former are in a con dition of involuntary servitude. The cry in Washington for free furniture must rub raw the feelings of citizens who save their money or make time pay ments for furniture for their homes. Why should oqe family be given furniture on a charity basis when other families have to scrimp in order to outfit their homes? The answer, of course, is that responsible citizens should not hav^ to aid those who want to freeload at taxpayer ex pense. The nation, however, un doubtedly will continue to witness welfare melees, such as took place in Washington this summer, until the working ma jority of citizens demands and obtains an end to the giveaway system and giveaway philo sophy. The arrogant cry of *we want money,"' voiced by non workers, must be silenced by taxpayer protests. Freedom Threatened Pres. Edgar F. Shannon, Jr., of the University of Vir ginia in addressing the gradu ating class said, “We have glimpsed here the perils to academic freedom and oppor tunity that have threatened and maimed universities else where ... where there has been coercion, violence and gross in terference with the rights and opinions of others. The uni versities cannot yield to those on the extreme left who want to oppose orthodoxy of thought through coercion or violence or to the extremists of the right who would achieve ortho doxy through repression and government by force.” He also said that either alternative would be fatal to the funda mental purpose of a university. “This year’s elections at all levels will be extremely impor tant to you,” W. W. Keeler, chairman, National Associa tion of Manufacturers, told members of the Rotary Club of Kansas City, Mo. “This is because government at all levels will be challenged more than ever to grapple with the problems of our changing times.” Chairman and Chief Execu tive Officer of Phillips Petro leum Company, Mr. Keeler stressed the speed of change, saying that a host of advo cates are pressing demands upon us which simply cannot be coped with in the time- spans they call for. Vital Issues Environment, consumer pro tection, law and order, war and peace, inflation and the state of our economy, minority problems, and urban crises, are “vital issues, deserving thoughtful solution,” Mr. Keeler said. “While business may be bet ter equipped than any other segment of our society to help solve these problems,” Mr. Keeler added, “it cannot do so without a receptive climate in government.” These are the problems that “captivate young people,” he explained. “They are going to play an increasing role in act ing upon them,” he said, “for these young people are tomor row’s electorate.” Presidential Vote Mr. Keeler said that in 1972 over 12 million people will vote for president for the first time. By 1980, 40 per cent of the electorate will be under 35. These figures will drop even lower if 18-year-olds are per mitted to vote. Comparing today’s political climate to that of the late 1800’s when farmers, young people, laborers and others who wanted more voice in govern ment banded together in the Populist movement, he asserted that today’s “New Politics" is a politics of involvement by more people, more deeply con cerned about issues and more committed to their solutions. “Business has two options in this day of the New Poli tics,” he said. “We can stand on the sidelines... or we can become an integral part of the most exciting and fruitful period in our history so far aa the relationship between the people and their government is concerned.” Both the Senate and the House have passed Postal Reform Bills, but the Senate failed to protect the postal worker’s right to work without joinimr a union. The House bill would have outlawed comoulsory unionism. This matter must now be re solved in a conference between the two Houses of Congress. At stake is not only the rights of 760,000 postal workers, but, po tentially, the rights of 12 million government employees at the Federal, State, and local levels. The real issue is whether a citi zen of this country must accept the restrictions of a private as sociation before he can dedicate himself to a career of public service. COMPULSORY UNIONISM The idea of compulsory union ism s repugnant to the freedom of the American spirit. Nineteen States, including South Caro lina, have ou'lawed compulsory unionism under section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act. Any man who wants to a join a union should be free to do so. But it is an invasion of privacy to force a man to accent the princinles of a private group when he may in conscience or in religion be opposed to those principles. A man’s livelihood should not de pend upon his acceptance of somebody else’s theory of social organization. In practical terms, this means that a man’s dues may go to sup. port political candidates, or even union officials, with whom he is in strong disagreement. More over, the fact that his iob de pends upon at least oassive ac ceptance of union policies means that he is intimidated when it comes to protest. Freedom of choice therefore apolies even more forcefully when the employer is a govern ment agency, at whatever level. Our government employees have a long record of public service. They are protected by Civil Service regulations. Their in terests are represented directly by Congress. There is no need to have a private organization intervene between Congress and the government employee. LOSS OF CONTROL In fact, such a proposal dan gerously jeopardizes the stabil- (prepared <rr print'd at government expense t ity of government and public services. It tends to transfer the responsibility for job placement outside of the government. Bo'h the legislative and executive branches could lose control of the governmental system. The postal workers now have the tight to join, refrain from joining, or res gn from a union. This right is spelled out evnli'*- itly in Executive Order 109H8, first issued in the Kennedy Ad ministration, and renewed by the Johnson and Nixon Adminis- trat'ons. The Order says: “Employees of the Federal government shall have, and shall be pro'ected in the exercise of the right, freely and without fear of f'enal’v or reprisal, to form, join, and assist any em ployee organization or to refrain from such activity.” WORKERS’ RIGHTS This order clearly states the right rf postal workers, and all Federal employees, to j'in and f rm union organizations. At the same time, it recognizes the rights of those same employees to refrain from taking part if thev so desire. The basic thrust of the bill is to remove the Post Office, as much as possible, from politics; to provide the Postmaster Gen eral a g eater degree of control over the operat ons which he has to manage; and to provide a means of financing the much- needed modernization of postal facili*ie«. But the n»w status of ‘he Post Office will still Iwsve the postal workers as Federal •mp'ovewa with all the benefits of civil service protection of ♦h»ir job rights. It is 'napp-o- nriate that such employees aUo K e forced to join a union against ‘heir will to retain their pres ent j"hs. If the Senate-House Commit tee agrees to comnulsorv union ism, it will be the foot in the -toor to for^e compulsory un on- ism on all government em ployees. The compulsory union provision must bo milled fr>m this bill. The right to work is a basic right, and it should not be infringed by the Federal government. -A Parson Jones Says Self-Choice Plan Fizzles Live as free teen... live aa servants of .Ood.-^dPeL 2:16). We have freedom of thought, spirit and self-exprtasion, God has blessed us with (|ivine in telligence to sort ottk-evelnaie, accept eT intact thought*. Re has given uS freedom of spirit for spiritual growth and. ful fillment. He has given us tba opportunity to express, our selves. Let’s apply them all con structively for a better world. One of the fir* thing* to !do with a ztopped-up. rink dra)n is to check the stopper or t strainer. tor. W the drain, ttw tod out unseats bail, which oer. You can i ■ ■» r. \ >; i Dear Mr. Publisher: We started a new program at our church last week. It’s called Day Camp and it’s supposed to run all summer. A couple weeks ago we got all the workers to gether to plan the thing. When I asked what kind of program we oughta have, the workers said we oughta let the children de cide. ‘After all*, said one, •kids are a lot smarter now- a-days than they used to be, and they would pick what was best for ’em." The way they told it, things would work out like the free-enterprise system. Well sir, being over 35 and on the dense side, I figured these workers knew more about kids than f did 1 - so we decided on the self-choice plan. Mr. Publisher, this past week will be a long one to remember. On Monday six kids decided to go eat watermellon, 10 wanted to eat ice cream, seven wanted candy, and three wanted to chew bubble gum. And, they wanted to do it all at one time. On Tuesday, 12 decided to go see a borrow movie, four wanted to play putt-putt golf, eight chose to swim, I decided to catch grasshoppers, and I sat in the bus and blew the horn til the battery ran down. Wed nesday was a pretty good day. They all agreed to fight one another. ■ Thursday they all wanted to cook out I cooked and they ate. Then they all used their freedom of choice plan a- grin •and/decided I gfrptfd clean up the mess. Friday it rateed cats and dogs - thank God - so we dhtet meet that day. i-> • : Mr. Publisher, with the rest of the surfuber to go, Fve 'a- bout decided io uae my freedom of choice plan add leave tor my vacation. . * 1 All this talk about Ud* bring so much smarter, must have been put ont* the kids their- aeliss. « this * the way the J * * ,9 Mi * ~ "* body Would etdp the thing and let me off betore I lose mycot- too-pfckiiif mted. < I gotta close now. My next letter may be from the North Pole. I understand it's not too thickly populated. Parson Jones. * * * GROWING PAINS—To illus trate the staggering federal debt, Cong. H. R. Gross (R - lowa) said that when the for eign aid program was launched in 1947 its promoters said that it would be only a 5-year pro gram and the total cost would not exceed $5 billion. He added that with the current legisla tion approved the cost of for eign aid since it was launched in 1947 will come to more than $200,000,000,000—(two hun dred billion dollars.) Wish I’d Said That A born executive is the man whose father owns the busi ness.—Fred W. Grown, The Bergen (N. J.) Citizen. i If everyone thought alike this wouldbe a stagnant world. —James M. Talley, The Sun- Journal, Brooksvilfe, Fla. ’I Y between s l a store is plainly 1 the pries tags.”