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2-B—THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C„ August 27, *70
RIGHTS FOR MEN
Under strong pressure by the
“women’s liberation” sentiment, on
August 10 Congress passed House
Resolution No. 264 calling for an
aimendment to the Constitution stipu
lating that “equally of rights under
the law shall not be denied or abridged
by the United States or by any State
on acount of sex.” The resolution will
become part ot our Constitution if the
legislatures of two-thirds of the States
ratify the measure. It will be inter
esting to see what happens next—
because there appears to be much
more involved than meets the eye.
To begin with, the resolution does
not say that equal rights shall not be
denied women; but “on account of
sex.” Since there are, the last time
we counted, two sexes, that means
that equality of rights will be guaran
teed to men. And, as it now stands,
every State in our Union has pages of
laws which discriminate against the
man in favor of the woman. What
happens if all of these laws become
unconstitutional ?
For example, Alaska law specifies
that the “husband must provide home
and wife must reside there.” But
“equality under the law will wipe out
such favorite treatment, since the
wife will lie equally responsible to pro
vide a home. Our Social Security laws
specify that women can retire and
start drawing benefits at 62; men at
65. This discrimination will have to
be removed. All kinds of similar laws
regarding alimony, divorce, domicile,
community property, child custody,
support and a host of others most of
them favoring women, will have to be
changed. If the mesaure is ratified,
the women will be just as liable to pay
alimony as men.
Most states have laws to protect
women from hazardous employment in
mines, quarries, foundries, or in jobs
such as railroad section hands, bell
hops, baggage or freight handlers, etc.
Labor law gives women more rest pe
riods than men. And what about the
help wanted ads in newspapers? We
must suppose that the Supreme Court
will rule that one cannot discriminate
by specifying that the applicant be
male or female. Will school boards
be forced to “achieve balance” by
having an equal number of men and
women teachers; And we can think of
many other problems.
Of course, the idea of Congress
was to see that women would be given
equal pay for equal work and that sort
of thing. We wonder however, if in
passing the Constitutional provision,
Congress has not used the equivalent
of a sledgehammer to kill a fly ? If so,
it could very well be that the loss of
present provisions under existing laws
favoring women could far outweigh
any gains.
E-AS IN ESSENTIAL
Everyone in the printing or writ
ing business knows that the letter “e”
is the most overworked letter in the
English language. But “Nod” (Niles)
Dillingham, Editor of the Dawson
Springs (Kentucky) Progress says
that “there is more to the “e” than
meets the “i.”
In some ways, “e” is the most un
fortunate letter in the alphabet, be
cause it is always out of cash, forever
in debt, never out of danger, and in
all the time.
Still, it is never in war; always in
peace; and it is always in something
to eat-
It is the beginning of existence,
COLOR IT CAPITALISM
An interesting illustration of how
advertising men work overtime to
draw your attention to products they
want you to buy; Media Decisions, a
magazine for experts in advertising
and marketing, published a special re
port as to how colors influence con
sumers. And here is some of the
things they report.
Red, the experts said, is the “sym
bol of blood and fire; it’s the hottest
color with highest action quotient.”
Hence it is, “appropriate for soups
and meats.” But since red .also con
veys a “strong masculine appeal” it is
used for such things as shaving
cream, etc.
Brown, however, is another “mas
culine color,” associated with earth,
woods, mellowness, age warmth, com
fort—i.e., “the essential male”. The
ad moguls say: “Brown is used to sell
men anything—even cosmetics ”
Yellow, they report, has “high im
pact” to catch the eye, particularly
when used with black. Conclusion of
the advertising geniuses: “Yellow is
psychologically right for corn, lemon,
or sun tan products.”
When it comes to the color green,
most of us would probably reach the
same conclusion as the experts: “Sym
bol of health and freshness.”
Blue is described as the “coldest
color, with most appeal, effective for
frozen foods (ice impression).” But if
used with lighter tints it becomes
“sweet,” and hence is used for things
like beverages and flour.
Black? To the uninitiated, black
would not seem to have much sales ap
peal. Not so, say the experts; “black
cepveys sophistication,” hence used to
promote expensive products also good
as background and foil for other col-
Orange is said to be the most yum
my, “edible” color, especially in brown-
tinged shades. It “arofcas” autumn
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IN BETWEEN
By Lennart Pearson
Head Librarian
Presbyterian College
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SMUT PEDDLERS
the commencement of ease, and the
end of trouble.
Without it there could be no life
or heaven. It is the center of honesty
and is always in love. It is the begin
ning of encouragement and endeavor,
and the end of failure.”
That reminds us of the editor
whose editorial read, one day:
I am rxally in troublx, and I hopx
that our rxadxrs will xxcusx mx.
Thxrx is onx Ixttxr on my typxwritxr
that is broknxn, and the rxpairman
won’t havx it fixxd until nxxt wxxk.
In thx mxantimx, I hopx you won’t
mind if I substitutx an “x.” Pxoplx
don’t rxalizx how much thxy miss an
“x” until thxy nxxd onx.”
the “big secret” of success in the
American free enterprise economy.
Since you, the consumer, are the boss,
the producer must do everything he
can, in competition with others, to
please you, both with the contents of
the package and the attractiveness of
the label. And that is certainly better
than the non-competitive socialist sys
tem, where the government monopoly
porduces what it wants with no regard
for the wishes of the consumer—and
with no back talk, either’
BY ANTHONY HARRIGAN
Executive Vice President
Southern States Industrial
Council
While millions of Americans
are deeply concerned about the
flood of pornography and
demand legislation to drive
smut peddlers out of business,
a presidential commission has
recommended that all laws a-
gainst pronography be re
pealed.
The 18-member commission
(17 appointed by former Pres
ident Johnson and one by Presi
dent Nixon) proposed that the
United States adopt laws as
favorable as Denmark’s. To
day, Denmark is the capital of
the smut trade. Pornographic
books, films and materials are
sold openly in shops on main
street and exported overseas.
The commission specifically
recommended repeal of all fed
eral, state and local laws a-
gainst showing and selling of
pornographic films, books and
other material to adults. It
said: “The commission is of
the view that it is exceedingly
unwise to attempt to legislate
individual moral values and
standards.* No doubt the vast
majority of decent citizens are
shocked at the recommenda
tions of the panel established
by President Johnson and dis
mayed by its faulty logic.
Public authorities can’t be
unconcerned with public mora
lity. The moral fiber of the
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nation is a legitimate public
and governmental concern and
always has been viewed in that
light. If the commission’s re
commendations were approved,
the Congress would be giving
legislative sanction to immora
lity.
In defending its proposals,
a member of the President's
Commission on Pornography
said sex crimes in Denmark
declined 31 per cent after le
galization of pornography.
Wheter this statistic is accu
rate, one cannot say. What is
clear is that the people of
Denmark have been exposed
to a flood of sick and pervert
ed material. The psychological
impact of that material on
Danes now growing to maturity
is likely to be grave indeed.
No western society, based on
Christian values, has been ex
posed to pathological erotic
material in such enormous
quantities. It is questionable
that Christian morality in Den
mark can survive the legaliza
tion of morally depraved
material.
Very properly, the U. S. Con
gress is indignant about the
conclusion of the commission
appointed by President John
son. Only a few weeks ago,
Congress gave overwhelming
approval to a bill ( H. R.
11032) designed “to prohibit the
knowing deposit in the mail for
transport in interstate com
merce* of unsolicited salacious
advertising. The penalty for
this, as approved by Congress,
is a fine of not more than $50,
000.00 or imprisonment of not
more than five years—on the
first offense. Obviously, Con
gress is determined to crack
down on smut peddlers.
the U. S. Post Office Depart
ment has received459,129 com
plaints from citizens who have
been the target of the smut
peddlers mailadvertisingcam-
paigns.
In a message to Congress,
requesting action against por-
nographers, President Nixon
said that “American homes are
being bombarded with the lar
gest volume of sex-oriented
mail in history Mothers
and fathers by the tens of
thousands have written to the
White House and the Congress.
They resent the instrusion in
to their homes.* President
Nixon urged “a citizens’ cru
sade against the obscene.*
The Commission on Porno
graphy showed insensitivity to
moral considerations and to the
quality of American life. It also
showed appalling ignorance of
the fact that a flood of erotic
material is symptomatic of
deterioration in a nation. We
know from history that fall of
the Roman Empire was marked
by the spread of pornography.
It would be intolerable if U. S.
lawmakers turned permissive
in their approach to porno
graphy. In stead of facilitating
distribution of such material,
the need is for even tougher
laws against those who pro
duce and sell filth.
THE LAND IN BETWEEN; THE CAMBO
DIAN DILEMMA. By Maslyn Williams. 241
pages. Morrow. 1970.
The news from Cambodia these days is not
very encouraging. This quiet country, having
tried for years to maintain a fragile neutrality, is
once again being squeezed by the kind of strug
gles which have characterized Tndo-Ohina for
lenturies.
The Land in Between is a helpful introduc
tion to Cambodia today—or at least to Cambodia
before the recent overthrow ol Prince Sihanouk.
(That’s the hazard of writing about areas in
transition: a book can be out of date by the time
it is published!) The author, an Australian jour
nalist and author of several books on other Far
Eastern countries (Five Journeys from Jakarta,
The East is Red), went to Cambodia in 1968, main
ly to observe and penetrate the singular style of
Cambodia’s enigmatic head of state, who has now
become—for the present, anyway—a historical
figure.
As Williams sees it, the flaw in Sihanouk’s
leaership was not the irritating carpnciousness
by which he leaned alternately toward East and
west, depending on which bloc had most to to of
fer Cambodia: this is just normal political beha
vior. Rather, the flaw was Sihanouk’s inclination
ta live in the past. It is one thing to encourage
appreciation of the great Khmer civilization as
the national heritage (and tourist attraction) ;
it is quite another to suppose oneself a reincarna
tion of the builder of Angkor Wat.
Williams also reports on his conversations
with a variety of city and country people. In gen
eral, he found deep respect for authority and tra
dition, apparent acquiescence in national policies,
a facade of democracy, and an oriental politeness
concealing something which could be interpreted
as resene, passably as fear.
The I^ind in Between can be read as an in
terpretation of an extremely shrewd politician.
It will also fill in the gaps in one’s understanding
of the evening news. Whatever the future of this
land of elephants and lotus-blossoms, it is obvious
that many Cambodians will have to find a new
oracle and father-figure Meanwhile, each new-
smashing allied victory seems to be several miles
closer to the heart of Phnom Penh.
“I believe that Sihanouk is trying to combine
irreeoncilables; going through mock motions of
democracy while striving to perpetuate the god-
king myth; urging his people to accept material
Western methods of progressive delelopment, yet
insisting: that they cling to the philospohical tra
ditions of Nirvana—of passivity and inner con
templation leading ultimately to nothing.”
—From the book
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SENATOR STROM
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REPORTS TO THE
PEOPLE
VETOING WASTE
Wish I’d Said
That
President Nixon has vetoed
the appropriations bill for fund
ing Housing and Urban Develop
ment programs and for some Ed
ucation programs. Together, the
two bills, as amended by the
Congress, would have added
nearly a billion unrequested dol
lars to the President’s budgetary
recommendations.
The two bills would have ap
propriated money for many good
programs. There is no question
The people who get up in but that both bills contained es-
the world today are the ones sential items. Yet Congress can-
who drove carefully the night no . t o’! blackmailing the Ad-
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In advocating passage of this _ Bergen (N. J.) Citizen. que8t8 for politically motivated
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catches all the stuff that should CRITICAL PERIOD
methods of the smut peddlers, ... ■ . ... ..j. .
savintr- 'The nanf£rers of be thrown into it.—James We are in the middle of a
nnrrmrrrQnh from A - Williams, Jr., Southwest critical economic period. Every
pornography glean names from f iyvthe Countv 1 Virginia En- °f the economy is feeling
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newspapers, magazines, school
club, and even church ro
sters.*
Though the Commission on
Pornography wants to give smut
peddlers a green light, the
American people think other
wise. In the last two years,
terprise.
RENEW LICENSE
The Editor:
Please remind your readers
to watch their driver’s license
expiration dates. As I was look
ing through my biUlbld, and
noticed that mind saicTexpire
on your birthday 1970*. Well,
my birthday for 1970 had pas
sed.
The next day I went to the
Highway Department to renew
my license. The clerk said
“your license has expired and
the pinch of inflation. Every
citizen has had reason to be con-
cerned over the rising curve of
The value of the products Yv! lch increa8 ^
. , , ... . Y _ A _. . sharply in the past five years. It
made by the textile industry in j 8 on ] y j n recen t months as a
South Carolina has increased result of the Administration’s
more than 10-fold in the past anti-inflation program that the
30 years, according to the S. broad economic indicators have
C. Labor Dopartmant
’ Unquestionably, the most im-
1 L port ant factor in inflation is defi
cit spending by the government.
The cost of every government
deficit dollar has to be made np
out of the current money supply.
When inflation w on the brink
of getting oot of hand, the gov
ernment must do what the ordi
nary householder mnat do. It
must restrict spending to match
current income.
In this dangerous situation,
the leaders of the Democrat-con
trolled Congress have decided to
play a tragic game. This being
an election year, they chose to
spend hundreds of millions of
dollars additional on popular
programs, thereby attempting to
buy the goodwill of the voters.
This was money which the Presf-
dent felt we could not afford.'
you will have to take the com
plete driver exam.” I passed
the test but I did not make a
perfect score at all.
It can save time and trouble
if you get year license renew
ed before they expire.
The next step in their strategy
to blame the President
Yours truly,
Allen A. Young
Rt 2, Box 202
Clinton, S. C.
then was
for doing nothi
for doing nothing about infla
tion—inflation which they them
selves had consciously aggra
vated.
INFLATED CRISIS
When the Housing and Urban
Development appropriation bill
first came before the Senate, it
was even more grievously in
flated than in the final version
vetoed by the President. The
Senate voted for an increase in
that one bill alone of $1.2 bil
lion dollars over the Adminis
tration request. This was a
thoroughly irresponsible action
which sacrificed fiscal sanity for
purely political considerations.
On the roll-call vote for this out
rageous maneuver, I voted “no.”
In the final passage of the
House-Senate conference report,
this bill was still $541 million
over the Administration request,
and I once more voted against
it The President was on sound
ground in vetoing it. He refused
to play the political game at a
moment when there is hope to
return to a sensible money
policy.
The President said that if he
were to sign the two bills, he
would be “saying yes to higher
prices, yes to higher interest
rates, yes to higher taxes.” The
kind of spending represented in
these bills would be the worst
kind of waste, since inflation
wastes the money which every
one has to spend for the neces
sities of life, and which everyone
must save for the unexpected
needs of tomorrow.
RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP
The President said further:
“We cannot have something for
nothing. When we spend more
than our tax system can pro
duce, the average American
either has to pay for it in higher
prices or in higher taxes.”
All citizens straggling to
make their incomes meet rising
prices know the essential wis
dom of the President’s line
of reasoning. We cannot have
everything when the money is
short. The President’s budget re
quests were the result of a care
ful balancing of all the factors
and priorities involved fat our
present fiscal aitnatioa. Tet there
are those who, for political gain,
would trifle with the nation’s
economic future.
The President’* vetoes were
acts of statesmanship and re
sponsible leadership. Let us hope
that his actions are not lost
upon the liberal elements in Con
gress.
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