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(Damfou flUjnmtrU 1109 N. Broad Street Camden, S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY JNO. M. CANNON Editor SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: All Subscriptions Payable In Advance One Year |2.00 Six Months 100 Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Camden, S. C. All articles submitted for publication must be signed by the author. Friday, May 21, 1943 KEEP AMERICA AMERICAN * o Ever since I first heard Father Boland use the trenchant phrase whicto is my t^qxt, I have felt that in those three words, properly understood, lies the hope of unity, the expression of that for which we are fighting and the way to achieve the Victory for which we all hope. , Keep America American?this is the defiant challenge of the finest idealism tihe world has known. It is a clarion call to action in the fight between the forces that would destroy and those which would build man up to his proper stature. Keep America American?-this is no creed of isolationism, no shutting of the gates of the spirit to the problems of the world, no selfish hoarding of our resources of brain and body for the use and comfort alone of those already within our nation. Keep America American?this does not mean a yardstick of nationality by which to measure our fellow citizens. The yardstick we must use is that of the spirit ?an unselfed devotion to the credo that all men are created equal. We are the first self-created People in the world?not segregated by race or creed or color but bound together by a common bond of belief that we are all entitled to the rights and responsibilities of freedom. Keep America American?let us never forget that this nation was founded on unity, and that to achieve unity men must act for the good of all, not as selfseeking groups of individuals. Keep America American?let us preserve our rights by careful usage of them. This country is the land of liberty, not license. Any change must come under the orderly processes of our own laws, not under the sudden whims of any dictator. Keep America American?let no disunity appear amoiag us. Let us keep the old ideals of opportunity for all, not favors for a privileged few. Let us grant to our neighbor the same rights we claim for ourselves. Let us remember that the cornerstone of the nation is religious liberty, and let us not discriminate against our neighbor because of the faith, the class or the party to which he belongs. Keep America American?let us stand together and face the world as a united nation, dedicated to the protection and preservation for all men of the self same freedoms of speech and religion, from want and fear, which we intend to keep for ourselves. END BAD PRACTICE NEW The Guffey Coal Act came into being in 1935 on the demand of John L. Lewis, to prevent a coal strike. The Supreme Court held the first act unconstitutional. A revised Guffey Act was passed in 1937, again under the spur off coal strike threats. Mr. Lewis insisted on a law such as the Guffey Act which forced the mine operators to raise coal prices so that the mines could pay higher wages to labor. This was an indirect way of levying a direct tax on the public for the benefit of a specified group. The Guffey Coal Act was to have expired in April, but the House and Senate extended it for thirty days on the ground that Congress should have time to consider its renewal. In spite of the fact that a majority of coal operators have been virtually subsidized to the point of acquiescence in this legislation, against their better judgment as to its soundness as an economic principle, there is an undercurrent in Congress that it may be better to eliminate it entirely before our republic reaches that stage arrived at by Diocletian in 300 A. D. when sons were compelled to follow the vocations of their fathers under penalty off death. Diocletian formulated a complex and vast system of price fixing, labor relations, and a scheme of government that constricted liberty to the point of making his subjects thoroughly miserable. It broke down. The New York Times uoniits out the folly of our endeavors to fight inflation, and at the same time prolong the life of in Act like this which not only encourages I but compels price and wage boosting which all consumers must pay for the benefit of a special class. It says in part: "If it were sound to set up a selling monopoly tflor the coal industry, so that it can raise prices against the public in order to pay miners high wages, then it would be equally sound to turn other industries into selling monopolizes so that they could boost the price of their products and pav higher wages to their workers. The Guffey Act is a flagrant contradiction of the economic! policy that government has been advocating in other fields. Coal prices ' should be subject merely to ceilings like the prices of all other necessities today. This very special gift to Mr. I^ewis ought * to be allowed to expire quietly." It is high time that powerful minority groups which have not hesitated to jeopardize the safety of the nation, be required to operate under the same legislation that applies to all the people. THE ACID TEST Our people, through the Congress, will soon serve notice of what the world may expect from this country in carrying out our announced objective of securing a just and durable peace. Tlhe question of renewdng the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act will come before Congress in June. As Sumner Welles, Under-Secretary of State, observes: "The action of the Congress with regard to this matter will furnish . . . an acid test of our intentions." We should have learned by now that as a nation we are not self-sufficient. One need only point to a single instance to show the ordinary citizen how heavily dependent we are on foreign trade, and that instance is rubber. The Japs came nearer 1 to wrecking our war effort by shutting off import of this one item than we like to admt. We are developing a synthetic substitute for rubber, but there are plenty of other necessities and luxuries which we i will always need that we cannot produce ourselves. "Modern history," Mr. Welles emphasizes, "has made it clear that no producing j and trading nation?not even the United States?can be prosperous in a starving world, any more than a great merchant | can be prosperous when his customers and j sources of supply are bankrupt." If we wish to regain peaceful prosperity in our own country, we will have to help the rest of the world regain it at the same time. Scores of nations are waiting upon us. In a sense they are like a crew of carpenters standing with tools in hand. They must rebuild home economies from the ground up. But before they can start building, the foundations must be laid for the new structures. Those foundations must be laid by us. If our blueprints call for the j old unsound foundations of ever-higher trade barriers, they will be left with no choice but to erect warped nationalistic j structures that will one day be again swept awny by hate and war. And make no mistake, we will b ein the next war, too. If we extend the Reciprocal Trade , Agreements Act, the world will know that we definitely intend to lay a sound foundation for future peace. And then, in the | words of Mr. Welles, "The European coun- j tries and the great Chinese nation can move in that direction also and construct j their new economies on that basis . . . The j decision is fundamental." SAVING THE UNIONS By vote off more than two to one, the House of Representatives has passed the Hobbs Rill which brings certain labor union activities within the purview of the Federal Anti-racketeering statute. Action ji by the House marks the first time Congress has approved legislation strengthening the statute so that it might be applied j to labor union alleged extortionist practices. The legislation now goes to the Senate. The final passage of this bill would curb irresponsible and destructive labor j leadership, and save the labor union move ment from demoralization and loss of public good will. i THE NAVY ASHORE Camden. 8. C.,fAprll 24 ?With very little urging we hurriedly packed and boarded an overcrowded and late train for Camden with Flora Ileaf?? Flora and ('apt. Johnny had arrived in Norfolk from this haven after a trip with a decided "Topper" touch. When no seuts were to be had. a friendly baggage man made the Heath* comfortable in the baggage car. When they were halfway to Norfolk Flora realized with n start that she had been Hitting on a coffin. In spite of all tills the occupants had u whirl drinking coffee ami singing en route. Camden Just what you would expect?only more so lively old colonial homes are surrounded by gorge oub gardens. The dogwood, wistaria. azalouB and all spring flowers are in bloom. ltehind the house are the white stables which house the hunters and fine carriage horses and thoroughbreds. Good race horses come to Camden, where the Carolina Cup races take place In March. This year is the first one in 40 years that polo was not played?many of the polo [players are now riding in Uncle Sam's tunks or flying planes. One of the best ones, Knslgn Cyril Harrison, is sticking with his four-legged [ friends, as he is with the mounted | Coast Guard. Flora's home is on Green St., which, like many of the streets, has been left unpaved so one can exercise spirited horses around the town. The houso is a hybrid?-a combination of southern charm mixed with a touch of the Honolulu-type home. It is an unstained wooden house with blue shutters, is U-shaped and has 18 rooms. One wing is occupied by Johnny's mother, Mrs. James Heath, who is a charming southern lady, her daughter, Ketta McDowell, and her granddaughter, Ida McDowell. They are keeping Tanny Heath's dog Turk, a Boykin spaniel. Tanny Is back in tho Navy again and is stationed in Miami. Itetta said with a smile that Dan Cupid was on his trail these days. Tanny's two horses are still munching their oats at the stables in Annapolis. Flora, who lives in the main part of tiie house *with her debutantes Sally and Shannon has decorated tho den with a thought of her home in Honolulu. Lovely Chinese prints hang on the wall, red and white draperies are at the windows and the large hikie is heaped with pillows. The living room is large and lias a high ceiling. White dogwood and azaleas fill large vases; It opens onto the huge dining room. Tho kitrhen has the usual pair of stoves, one a big wood stove and the other one an electric stove. The dusky servants can whip up the best food on the old wood stoves. In tiic back of the house a covered balcony overlooks tho brick terrace below. In the center a huge turquoise pool is surrounded by spring flowers. The house is covered with ivy and wistaria. On a lower level there Is a big stretch of lawn. Dogwood and Judas trees forui a backgrouud for the badmiutoi^ court. Sally, Ida aud Shannon havti planted a large Victory garden In one corner of the yard. Cool drinks were sipped oil the balcony and around the baduiluton count when Flora Invited the clan over. VI Harrison, looking stunulng In a chalkw 111 to dress aud yellow knit jacket, popped In for a minute before alio had to meet Cyril and go to Ifidiia Smith's for cocktails. Ceclle Nation. J-Ll. I 1 ! ? 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