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t 4 I Oh! Get Out! You're Making a Mess! 2-B—THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., August 20, 1970 HOOVER DEBT LIB MOVEMENT DAYV^ AU6. On August 10, 1970, Herbert Clark Hoover, 31st President of the United States, would have been 96 years old. No more fitting occasion could have been chosen to announce the appoint ment of John T. McCarty, Assistant to the President of Rockford College in Rockford, Illionis, as Executive Di rector of the Herbert Hoover Presiden tial Library Association. It is appropriate, too, that Mr. Mc Carty will continue his functions at Itockford College, since both organiza tions are educational and their objec tives parallel one another by stressing self - reliance, personal responsibility and individual freedom. One of the major objectives of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association is to help people to under stand the nature and value of our American ideals of freedom of choice, private property and limited govern ment which enabled Herbert Hoover (and many others) to reach truly great heights of achievement. We have but to look about us to recognize the great need for such understand ing today. The one common charac teristic of our so-called “dissident youth” is an abysmal lack of knowledge about this nation, its revolutionary ideals and its promise for the future. .*■ Herbert Hoover, born August 10, 1874 in West Branch, Iowa, of long Quaker ancestry . . . his f a t h e r, a blacksmith, died when Hoover was six ... his mother, a schoolteacher, died when he was eight . . . raised by an uncle, a country doctor in Oregon . . . largely self educated, but gaining suf ficient scholastic adbility to be admit ted as a member of the very first Freshman Class of Stanford Univer sity of California. With absolutely nothing “going for him,” Hoover went on to become an eminently successful mining engineer, a member of two Presidential Cabi nets and President of the United States. During the course of his life, Hoover literally saved the lives of mil lions of people in this country and abroad, through his philanthropic en deavors. Yet Hoover said: “My country owes me no debt. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor. In no other land could a boy from a country village, without in heritance or influential friends, look forward with unbounding hope- My whole life has taught me what Ameri ca means. I am indebted to my coun try beyond any human power to re pay.” a ; Vo < 'Ir (A SENATOR STROM THURMOND REPORTS TO THE PEOPLE THE SCHOOL PROBLEM fO 6 O C> o // 0 o. o O o \[ -\ Oft 6. A / / CRIME BILL Drugs & Narcotics Spread In South Carolina After months of debate, Congress is now crowing about its big achieve ment in passing the so-called District of Columbia crime bill which was sign ed into law by Preident Nixon on July 29. Members of the House and the Senate have been patting themselves on the back for the great job they have done in going after the crooks in the nation’s capital. So what? There are 5b states in the U.S.A. The rising rate of crime is a national >lem. The enormous increase in ighly profitable trafficking of drugs, for example, has penetrated every area of our country — to say nothing of increased robberies, burg laries, car thefts and a host of other crimes. Over a year ago President Nixon submitted over a dozen anti-crime measures to the Congress relative to national law enforcement. To this date, not one of those measures has reached his desk for signing- Why not? Our spys in Washington tell us that there appears to be a strange lack of activity on the part of the House Judiciary Committee which is suppos ed to deal with such matters as crime legislation. Perhaps it is a coincidence that the only crime measure to pass thus far—the District crime bill—is one which, for technical reasons, by passed the Judiciary Committee. Are we to believe that if it had come under their jurisdiction, it too would be- gathering dust? The Chairman of the House Judici ary Committee is Representative Em manuel Celler of New York. The rank ing minority leader of the committee is W i 11 i a m M. McCulloch of Ohio. Would it be too much to ask these gen tlemen what action, if any, they in tend to take before the end of this ses sion of Congress? ‘Soft Approach' Doesn't Solve Drug, Problems For Cities,Communhies Hippie BY ANTHONY HARRIGAN Executive Vice President Southern States Industrial Council In a number of American cities the problem of hippies and drug-users is worsening. So much attention has been lav ished on the hippie life style by some of the major national magazines and networks and so many influential “Intellectuals* have defended the use of mari juana that a considerable number of young people have been misled into becoming dr op- outs from society. They are con gregating in cities which adopt a permissive attitude towards those who break with society's basic rules of behavior. Thus it is time that respon sible citizens in every American city address themselves to the issue of hippie and drug-using groups infiltrating communi ties. It is a very serious issue actually a part of the great law and order issue of our time. §an Francisco was the first large American city to be con fronted with a separate under ground culture. Today, this great city, considered one of the most beautiful in the land, is the home of a large hippie and drug-using population. Visitors to the West Coast metropolis frequently complain that the character of the city is threat ened by the underground grave. But San Francisco is not the only city to become a target of groups. Atlanta, the met- of the South, is rapidly a favorite of the social and misfits. For concerned citizens of alarm of a hippie Street vicinity. It has become a magnet for elements generally described as ‘street people.* Merchants and shoppers have found themselves harassed by the hippies. The situation became so ser ious in the late spring that May or Sam Massell appeared on television to discuss the problem with the citizenry and to set forth his approach to the problem. He sent a large con tingent of police into the hippie area and warned that “those who violate our land, including possession of illegal drugs and loitering in a manner impeding passage of others, will be ar rested.* But Mayor Massell coupled this much-needed warning with an appeal for toleration of hip pies—a permissive attitude that could cost Atlanta community peace and well-being in the months and years ahead. The may, who was elected by a liberal coalition, urged tolera tion of ‘street people.* He recommended that citizens set up * lines of communication* with hippies. This is the ap proach generally favored by liberals throughout the nation. Indeed this soft approach to social misfits already had been utilized in Atlanta, where a “community center” for hippies already is functioning. Negotia tions are in progress to es tablish a hostel for hippies. If this is the approach adopted by a city, it will do no good to warn, as Mayor Massell did, that youths should not come to the city without means of support and accommodation. Toleration of “street people* on the part of a city government is a green light to hippies to invade that comnnmity. The problem of hippies can not be divorced from the problem ofdruguse. The “street people* are people wedded to the use of marijuana, a drug that is the prelude to hard drugs and which, in any case, induces a breakdown of an individual’s personal and social discipline. The public should be aware, of course, that there is a drive on to legalize marijuana in the U. S. If legalization ever were allowed, it would be a diseaster for the United States; it would constitute approval of a drugged culture. No doublt the enemies of the United States would like nothing better than for mari juana to be legalized, for they know it would lead to a massive weakening of the moral fiber of the nation. A 19-year old son in a pro minent up-country family has just been released from prison after serving a term for seU- ing marijuana. Another son in another very prominent State family is, according to the Nar cotics Division of the State Bo ard of Health, in the last starro, c : of addiction to LSD. This second set of facts on the drug and narcotics problem in South Carolina concerns the “youth drugs,* LSD and mari juana. For all three articles write to: Health Information, State Board of Health, Col umbia, S.C, 29201 1. Exactly what did the 19 year old youth do to be arr ested? He sold marijuana cigarettes to one of the Board of Health’s undercover agents. After sel ling the agent five dollars worth (a tobacco sack full), he led him to his source of supply, a 51- year old Negro man who sold the agent $100 worth, then gave the young man a $15 comm ission. The Negro man’s source was a home grown patch of marijuana weeds in Switzer ne ar Spartanburg. 2. Approximately how many of the young people in the State have tried smoking marijuana? Dr. Thomas D. Wyatt, chief drug inspector at the State Board of Health, says there is no way to tabulate the number of “weed* smokers because most of them do it in secret But 129 arrests for the poss ession or sale of marijuana were made by the Narcotics Division last year. 3. What were the ages of those arrested? Most of them were the ages between 16 and 25, a few be tween 25 and 30. 4. Were many of them arrest ed at ‘POT ” parties? Fifteen to twenty ‘pot* part ies have been raided and 6 to 12 persons arrested at each one for having marijuana on their possession. Most of these were in private, upper class homes. 5. Were most of them con victed? What was the average sentence? Most were found guilty. Those convicted for a first offense of possession were released on one to three years probat ion. Those convicted for selling marijuana received a prison sentence of six months to a year. 6. Is more marijuana being sold in South Carolina now than five years ago? Obviously, yes, because three times as many arrests for possession or sale were made last year. In 1965 drug inspect ors made only two arrests ch arging sale and/or possession. Six were made in 1966-67, eleven in 1967-68; 42 in 19- 68-69 and 129 last year. Ac cording to Dr. Wyatt, these figures show a rising use of the “weed* but not a widesp read use by young adults. 7. Why has the use and sale of marijuana increased? There are several reasons. Marijuana is easily grown in secret in South Carolina. There are probably 100 small patches scattered across the State, of these illegal growers make hundreds of dollars before they are caught Also widespread national publicity has been given to drug abuse over television, in newspapers and in moving pictures arousing much curio sity in young people. 8. Our young people know marijuana is dangerous, why do they try it? Usually they are introduced to the weed by a friend, on a dare. They find that it is an easy escape from the growing pains of adulthood, the need to belong and other problems. The “trip* they get takes them from these emothional stresses Into a world of fantasy. But only for a few hours. 9. Will most of them smoke it a second time? Those who are well adjusted to life usually won’t Those who have family or emothional pro blems will probably try the same escape again. Most of those arrested by the Narcotics Division last year had smoked to the extent that they were habituated to the frug. 10. Were any of the mari juana arrests made on college campuses? Yes, students at the Unlver- ln the current controversy over education, we must dis- tinffuish carefully between what we want for our children, and what the Supreme Court will allow. The Court is forcing us to rethink many of our educa tional priorities. We must start out with the premise that the purpose of edu cation is to hand down the wis dom of the past generations, as well as giving children the tech nical ability to make use of it. Education belongs as a right to the parents, and any school, public or private, nets only as an extension of the parents’ rights. PARENTAL RIGHT The Supreme Court’s decisions with regard to forced integra tion began with the purpose of outlawing discrimination in of ficial actions taken by agencies of the State governments. But then the Court forgot that edu cation is a parental right dele gated to government schools for the sake of convenience, and not a true function of government. The States became involved in the financing and operation of public schools only to assure that the parents lived up to their responsibilities. As long as the public schools were able to provide the kind of education that most parents wished for their children, there was no need to fear that the parents’ rights were being abro gated. But when the Supreme Court began to take essential features of education out of local hands, these rights were endangered. For example, the abolition of prayer and Bible devotions in the public schools removed an essential feature of our Chris tian culture from education; in the very formative period of a child’s life, he is prevented from acquiring the habit of prayer in public affairs. NATIONAL CONSENSUS Similarly, every parent has the duty to control his child's as sociations in so far as possible, with due consideration given to moral, social, cultural, intellec tual, and economic status When the Supreme Court decrees that the government-operated school system cannot allow parents to normal rights, then sity of South Carolina, at Clem- son, and at Wofford were ar rested for having marijuana in their possession. A number of students attending other state Colleges were arrested but not on campus. 11. Do those who are habit uated have to have it, as in an addiction? Apparently there is no ph ysical dependence on smoking ii, and no withdrawal symptoms as in breaking away from hard narcotics (morphine). However, evidence shows that there is a psychological dependence that increases with every smoke. Tten the user wodH fli.deoougt, o„. of .he pot. He may p r j me functions of education. satisfaction with slip into the use of more po tent drugs like LSD. 12. HOW MUCH LSD traffic there in south Carolina?^ Approximately 15 people we re arrested for possession or sale of it last year. 13. Just what is LSD and where does it come from? It is a clear liquid obtained from a mold that grows on rye. Most that is found in S.C. is smuggled in from other States. But it can be made in a lab oratory by anyone with a sma ttering knowledge of chemistry. 14. How does an addict take it? ' Usually by placing one drop on a cube of sugar. One drop is sufficient for a ‘trip.’ The private schools are provid ing a legitimate alternative to implement parental rights. There is a national consensus, expressed in the practical actions of U.S. citizens in every part cf the country, that parents de sire for their children to go to school with schoolmates of a similar cultural group. In North, South, East, and West, parents naturally seek to bring up chil dren among their own kind. The idea that every cultural, racial, and intellectual level should be forced to mix together is un democratic, since it does not represent the freely expresed will cf the people. The courts have al-o created a lot of confusion about bussing. This confusion is simply re solved when we consider whether bussing helps or hinders the par ents’ freedom-of-choice. When a bus takes a child to a school where the parent is distrustful of the educational environment, then bussing is had. When a hu- takes a child to a school de dred by the parents, then bu sing is good. The test is whether or not the parents’ wishes are respected. GOVERNMENT CONTROL The notion that the govern ment should control the social policy in the schools is not worthy of the American tradi tion of freedom. The courts have failed to preserve the difference between private and governmen tal actions. In the process they are tram pling upon the personal rights of citizens, forgetting that edu cation should not be a govern ment monopoly. In their zeal, they are even suggesting that it may be necessary to abolish the historic rights of local govern ment, in order to thwart the rights of parents who move to neighborhoods where the schools are more suitable. A dav of reckoning is coming, whe.i the Supreme Court will have to answer for its actions. Even sooner, all those elected officials who have failed to do the utmost within the law to help their people will have to answer to them. The Court has tried to outlaw freedom-of- choice in education, but the elec torate retains its freedom-of choice in elections. ~ i ~n-~i rr» Jl fn.pt prr iMtrrd <*r printed at govrrnmmt rxprnaf) Sock It] FIVE PATIENTS eview By Lennart Pearson Head Librarian Presbyterian College PATIENTS; THE HOSPITAL EX By Micheael Crichton. 239 papres. Is LSD a great deal dangerous than mari- 15. more juana? Yew. According to the Board of Health, LSD affects the cen tral neivous system causing hallucinations. Continued use of it can destroy brain cells. It is also true that even one dose can bring on additional hallu cinations months or even years later. 16. What kind of cures are there for LSD? None other than psychiatric help, usually in hospitals. There are no known drugs or other therapy that will help an add ict 17. Is the cure rate high? No, it is very low. Few re cover from addiction. Nowadays, liberal elements are urging establishment of so- called ‘halfway houses* in cities, places where drug users may meet with community re presentatives and discuss the drug problem. These halfway houses are an extremely un desirable development Those who are planning them often an- nouce that they won’t take a stand on use of marijuana; they won’t say wheter it Is good or bad. Such a morally neutral at- tlde towards drug use, which is the same thing as drug abuse, Is unconscionable. It appears that the drug users want to use halfway houses for defending drug use, not for rehabilitation. The evidence strongly sug gests that permissiveness to ward hippies and rug users Is destructive of community order and well-being. If a city wants to be rid of disorderly “street people* and drug users, the way to proceed is with strict en forcement of state laws and city ordlances on vagrancy, loiter ing and disorderly conduct. Narcotics agents from the State Board of Health confiscated these marijuana plants in Orangeburg last year- The “weeds” were being pre pared for transplanting into a regu lar patch in the owners garden. In General Sessions Court the owner entered a plea of guilty and was sen tenced- The water pipe (foreground) is the type used in communial “pot” parties. FIVE PLAINED Knopf. 1970. One method of working your way through medical school is by doing what Michael Crichton did: write a best-seller. His science-fiction win ner, The Andromeda Strain, has been on the list for weeks. Crichton’s second book, timely and infomm- tive, has to do with the current state of hospital care in the United States. Writing out of his ex perience as a medical student and intern at Mas sachusetts General Hospital, he describes five pa tients with whom he became acquainted during early 1969 and whose experiences are indicative of some of the ways medicine is now changing. What happens to Patient Ralph Orlando gives us a chance to see an emergency room in full swing following an industrial accident. The repair of Peter Luchesi’s hand provides an op portunity for looking at the surgical tradition in medicine, while the diagnosis of John O’Connor’s mysterious symptoms helps us to understand some of the reasons for the soaring costs of hos pital care. Sylvia Thompson, whose ailment is diagnosed by an extraordinary television and computer examination, gives a peek at some of the things to come, and Edith Murphy’s situation makes clear the advantages and disadvantages of being a patient in a teaching hospital. One of the happy features of this book is the inclusion of enough historical material to take the edge off one’s ignorance of the history of hos pital care. The modern hospital is v iy much a development of this century, and it is only within the last twenty years that technology has made the hospital what it is today. Crichton is hard on the American Medical Association and what he considers to be a forty- year record of indifference to the interests of pa tients. On the other hand, he doubts that sys tems of socialized medicine such as those found in Europe could be adapted to the United States. “Very likely, America will have to work out its own system. The combination of group insur ance with a group-practice systems seems a feas ible, economical, and practical method, acceptable to both doctors and patients.” As far as hospital costs are concerned, the author regards it as unlikely that they will ever go down. "The best anyone can hope to do in tiie foreseeable future is to stabilize them some where in the neighborhood of 1100.00 a day.” In short, “the present cost structure of the hos pital seems to lead to a rather old fashioned con clusion: no one should go there unless he abso lutely has to.” Few will disagree. jsoasfw* *