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?ljp (fiamtott QHjrmitrlr 1109 N. Broad Street Camden, S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY J NO. to. CANNON Editor SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: All Subscriptions Payable In Advance One Year ; *2.00 Six Months 1,00 Entered as Second ('lass Matter at the I ost Office at Camden, S. C. 7 All articles submitted for publication must be signed by the author. Friday, May 14, 1943 WHILE THE BOMBERS ROAR Twice within a generation it has been tragically demonstrated that the days of sailing ship isolation are gone forever,. W4*ra are no longer bound by mountains, climate nor seas. The last echoes of isolation have been drowned in the roar of the bombers. With recognition of the fact that isolation is an impossibility and that this country cannot shut itself oft from tutu re wars no matter where they may occur, it becomes a matter of sheer self interest to prevent war by taking a hand in world affairs and stimulating international trade. Only through trade can the prospeious unci fruitful world envisaged in the Atlantic Charter be realized. In the United States, the machinery for bringing about expanded trade is already in existence. In the words of UnderSecretary of State Sumner Welles: consists of the Trade Agreements Act ot 1J34, renewed in 1937 and 1940, under which the President is authorized, by procedure and within the limits stated in the Act, to enter into agreements about tariff rates, quotas, and the like with foreign governments, and to proclaim the changes in American rates necessary to carry out our part of the agreements." The Act must be renewed in June or; we will have in effect served notice on the world that we expect to take no part in efforts to establish lasting peace; that as far as we are concerned peace objectives are words?nothing more. After victory, if we follow the path of isolation, we can retire to raise another crop of youngsters in time for World war III. Along with our imagined isolation, we will have depression and bankruptcy. Our great productive capacity will avail us little without world-wide channels of distribution.^ And industries which don't produce, don't supply jobs or taxes. The wreckage of our tanks, planes and ships will be scattered in every corner of the world. Our men will be there too, those who didn't come back. We will be "safely" at home with a war debt of several hundred billion dollars, minding our own business until the next war comes along. Is this what Americans expect of the future? They will get it unless they make up their minds once and for all to swim with the rest of the world toward peace and sanity. At best it will be a long pull, but there is no better way to begin while the' bombers' roar is still in our ears, than by wholeheartedly urging renewal of the Trade Agreements Act. A LIVELY GHOST The pay-as-you-go tax plan just naturally doesn't die. Apparently the backfire from taxpayers over the country has been terrific since the bill was shelved by the House. A letter to the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee has just been published and expresses ideas that seem to be general over the country. In part, it says: "Sentiment throughout the country, as demonstrated beyond doubt, is behind such a plan and Congress must eventually so recognize ... I can speak somewhat feelingly on this subject because I am chairman of the War Savings Committee of my town. I have a splendid group of fellow workers and we are already organized to do our best . . . But it is mighty hard to do that best when the Treasury Department, at the same time when it launches the greatest bond campaign in human history, opposes the one method of taxation which will do the most to make such a campaign a success." Commenting, the Wall Street Journal says: "The country wants to pay its Federal taxes as it goes, and will do that sooner or later. Until the isvsue is settled, 40,000,000 citizens will be harassed by uncertainty about their tax obligations, since the rate of withholding as well as the date of its beginning, both remain to be fixed by law." Restrictions in sizes and forms of asphalt and tarred roofing products and asphalt shingles will save 2,150,000 man hours per year, 250 tons of steel, and 60,000 tons of asphalt. The 1942 production of new typewriter's is loss than half of the more than 850,000 additional machines needed by the military and other Government services and agencies. Maybe you can't win an argument with your wife, but you can at least break even by listenin' patiently and not talkin'. A DANGEROUS PATTERN One of the latest examples of bureaucratic manipulation against private enterprise is illustrated in the case of the Washington Water Power Company of Spokane, Washington, which had an agreement with the Bonneville Power Administration whereby the private company was to serve loads smaller than 750 kilowatts in its territory. Under a Presidential directive of October 22, the Federal Power Commission was authorized to renegotiate any power contracts when, among other things, such action would best meet the war emergency and serve the public interest. On this authority, the Commission ordered the Washington Water Power Company to deliver, over its lines, 700 kilowatts of Bonneville power to'a government hospital in Spokane, ana 500 kilowatts to an Army camp near Spokane. Commenting on this act as "an outstanding example of bureaucratic, sabotage," Representative James William Ditter of Pennsylvania said on the floor of the House of Representatives: "In the present instance it was the uncontested contention of the company that there was no emergency, that the connections for service were already installed, that powei was available by the simple manipulation of a power switch. 1 he demand ot the company for the hearing was reluctantly granted by the Commission. "The conduct of the chief trial examiner and the attitude of counsel for the Commission are reminiscent of the fa-med Nazi trials before the people s court. The judge was an employe of the Federal Power Commission itself, subservient to and controlled by the very officials whose conduct he was reviewing. The defending attorney was counsel for the Commission. Here was a case where the Federal Power Commission went on trial before itself. It was in the ihappy position of being ita own judge and jury." * ? The excuse for "renegotiating (breaking) this contract was that "taxfree" Bonneville power could be delivered more cheaply. Actually the government lost money if consideration was given to ( the taxes the private company would have paid. Using this pattern, tax-free government services can "eliminate" any private taxpaying business. i Is it any wonder that men like Representative Ditter and Senator O'Mahoney of Wyoming point out the bureaucratic menace? It is high time the public became aware of the influences being extered to extend the doctrine of state socialism in this nation. HORIZONS UNLIMITED In paving the way for the extension of this country's postwar civil aviation expansion, the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives has consistently shown foresight. It has wisely incorporated in pending legislation provisions Which extend Federal regulations of air commerce throughout the air space. No air lines of consequence operate within a single state. Most of them cross many states. So their operation comes clearly within the interstate classification rather than intrastate. In 1933, during the hearings on the Civil Aeronautics bill, Senator McCarren of Nevada said before the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce: "I believe very shortly in this industry we will come to a point where we must forget state lines. I would not say this ordinarily. I believe in autonomy. I believe in home rule. I believe in the sovereignty of the state. But in this matter we are dealing with a great national problem ... It is not so much a home rule proposition." The ability of our civilian air lines to maintain America's air supremacy after the war will depend largely on the wisdom of Congress in providing legislation to protect America's future security and commerce by utilizing properly America s great air industry. ALL IN SAME BOAT TODAY The buyers of merchandise today have no conception of what the storekeeper has to comply with in order to supply their needs. Take the case of a typical country .store. The people for miles around depend on that store for their daily necessities. The storekeeper works throughout the day, and then additional hours into the night keeping track of ration stamps, and endless rules and regulations. Almost every move he makes is Under threat of fine or jail sentence for a mistake. Thousands of stores are actually going out of business to the real hardship of many communities, simply because the operators cannot stand the strain involved. Chairman Batman of the House committee on small business, has ordered an investigation into all phases of the issuance of orders and regulations by the OPA. He says: "Conditions are forced upon retailers and wholesalers which do not comply with the provisions of the Emergency Price Control Act." It is to be sincerely hoped that every effort will be made to lighten or simplify the present complications surrounding re- jtailing?not for the retailers alone, but for ? the consumer, who is the worst sufferer as thousands of necessary stores are forced out of business due to sheer physical inability to meet the complications of operation. An intelligent man is one who can make himself at home in any company. Hugh Gettys Weds Daughter of Colonel! At St. Joseph, Mo. A comprehensive story of the Culver-Gollys wedding, at St. Joseph, Mo., wherein Miss Helen Virginia Culver, daughter of Lieut. Colonel and Mrs. Charles Morgan Culver became the bride of Hugh McMaster Gettys of this city, appeared In the Sunday Issue of the St. Joseph News-Press, published at St. Josepli, Missouri. The News-Press, account of the wedding was as follows: "Miss Helen Virginia Culver, daughter of Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Charles Morgan Culver, was married at high noon yesterday to Lieut. Hugh McMaster Gettys, son of Mr. and Mrs J H. Gettys of Camden, S. C. The Rev. Joseph Bugler performed the ceremony in St. Joseph's Cathedral The church was decorated with palms and ferns and there were tall standards holding calla lilies and white Htocks. The same flowers were In vases on the altar, and there were light?m1 candles in tall candelabra. Preceedlng the ceremony. Walton Smith, organist, played "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" (J. S. Bach) and "Meditation" (Honig). For processional he used "Wedding March" (Kreekel) and. as the bridal party was leaving the church, "Recessional March" (Honig.) The bride, who was given in marriage by her uncle, Judge R. K. Culver, wore a two-piece silk suit of phantom gray with a white gilet and white piping trim. Her hat was a white straw calot trimmed with daisies and a short veil, and she wore black accessories. Her corsage was of orchids and lilies of the valley. Miss Mary Davis McCord, the mahl of honor, wore a two-piece silk suit of turquoise blue and a white straw calot trimmed with flowers and a veil. Her corsage was an orchid. Lieut. Robert A. Sydnor of ('order. Mo., who is stationed at Rosecrans Rield, was best man. Following the'ceremony, a reception for relatives and intimate friends was held at the home of the bride's parents. 807 North Twenty-Fifth St. Mrs Gettys used her father's saber to cut the tierd wedding cake which was topped by a cluster of daisies. The rliniug table was lighted by tall white tapers in silver candelabra. The bride and groom left for a short trip, and after Tuesday will reside in Macon. Oa. For traveling Mrs. Gettys wore a brown and white shepherd check suit with bronze accessories. Lieut. Gettys, who has been on a short leave, is stationed at Camp Wheeler. Ga., with the infantry. Miss Elizabeth Gettys of Camden, S. C. sister of the groom, and Mrs. Donald M (blither and daughter. Miss Emily of Parkville. Mo., were out-oftown guests at the wedding. The bride's father is stationed with ( the army in Africa. HUGHEY TINDAL, JR. BEGINS STUDY COURSE Amarillo Arniv Air Field. Texas.?Hughey Tindal. Jr.. son of Mrs Huehey Tindal. 1509 Fair St.. Camden, has begun an intensive course of Btudy in aviation mechanics at this army air field, one d^he newest schools In the Army Air Forces Technical Training command. Ho will spend several months at this great mechanics' school, and upon graduation will be sent to one of Uncle Sam's air bases, there to do his part in keeping America's "Flying Fortresses" harassing the Axis. 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