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FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1949
Threat To the Nation
As if this country v waa already not trav
eling the road to socialism and economic
ruin fast enough, the administration has
given it a little faster shove in that direc
tion by filing suit against E. I. du Pont de
Nemours & Co., Inc., a case which United
States Attorney General Tom C. Clark said
“was directed to the breaking up of the
largest single concentration of industrial
power in the United States.” The suit evi
dently arises out of a determination by the
powers-that-be in Washington to attack
bigness in business as such.
Crawford H. Greenewalt, president of
the Du Pont company has sent out a state
ment to the stockholders of the company
in which he answers most effectively the
charges of the government and in a most
convincing manner points out the role
which big business organizations play in
the development of this country. We wish
his statement could be read by ever/ man,
woman and child who is interested in see
ing the American way of life continued tfnd
who does not wish to see this country fol
low in the road that has led to the down
fall of England. ^.
After saying that it is apparent that the
suit against the Du Pont company arises
out of a determination to attack bigness in
business as such, Mr. Greenewalt contin
ued:
“It is apparent that the Department of
Justice is proceeding along this path with
no real understanding of the nature of
American economy and with no realization
of the consequences to that economy of a
successful attack upon bigness in business.
“It must be clear to anyone that there
are many jobs which can be best accomp
lished by small business, but that there are
others that can be accomplished only by
large companies with many resources at
their disposal. It is the COOPERATION
between large and small enterprises that
has contributed strength and vigor to our
economy. 9
“For example, the duPont Company was
one of the leaders of the drive Among
American chemical manufacturers to make
this country independent of Germany in
dyestuffs. The effort required for the
company an investment of $43,000,000 ever
a period of 18 years before profits offset
accumulated losses. Only a large company
could have afforded to take spch a risk,
or could have brought together the techni
cal skills required for ultimate success.
“The same risks were taken in the de
velopment of many new du Pont products
such as nylon, neoprene, synthetic rubber,
(where would we have been without syn
thetic rubber during the war?—Editor
Chronicle), plastics, moistureproof cello
phane, synthetic camphor, agricultural
chemicals, ‘Cordure’ high tenacity rayon,
quick-drying lacquers that broke the
bottleneck in the automobile industry, syn
thetic ammonia and the many products
coming from high-pressure synthesis. In
each of these were investments running in
to many millions of dollars, and the lapse
of a considerable number of years before
there was any assurance that any of them
would be successful or would ever return
a profit. Today 60 per cent of the sales
of the company are in products that did
not exist or were not being manufactured
on a commercial scale in 1928.”
Just to think of the thousands of people
who are employed today as the result of
these new products, who either might not
be employed but for them or whose pay is
much greater than it would have been had
not these products been created by the Du
Pont company and thus created more em
ployment
But one of Ike moot telling points made
by Mr. Greoqowalt U bis statement that
“during the recent war the company, al
though already burdened with the huge
task of supplying unprecedented quanti
ties of manufactured product* for the arm
ed services, was asked by th% government
to design, construct and operate a plant to
produce plutonium for the atomic warfare
This request was accepted upon
of the government that Pa
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When war strikes this country we art
awfully happy that we have these big in
dustrial concerns like Du Pont to turn out
supplies so qukkly that we are enabled to
defeat our enemies. But let peace come
and some professional politicians want to
heckle them and try to destroy them.
Wo should not forget that without Du
Pont and other large companies there
could have been no successful synthetic
riibber industry, no synthetic textile fibers,
no 30,000,000 automobiles in use, no suc
cessful atomic energy program, no victory
in World War II.
There wasn’t any talk about the govern
ment suing the Du Pont company while the
war was in progress. Oh nd! , We needed
the products they were turning out to save
us then, just as we needed them durifig
World War I, and just as we may need
them again any day, certainly some day.
But if Attorney General Clark could have
his way there would be no giant concerns
to speed us on to victory in the event of an
other war.
We agree with Mr. Greenewalt that “the
ability by the United States to advance in
peace and to survive in war is threatened
by this contention that bigness is bad in
anything but the government.”
Thinklna Out Loud
A * re,‘e ^ JE-M&
With The Press
have
^lion
dollars to be a millionaire.
Unfavorable Publicity
* Camden has been the recipient of lots
of favorable publicity during the last year
and the eyes of almost the whole nation
have been focused on this community be
cause of the favorable developments in it.
Recently, however, we have been receiv
ing some unfavorable publicity because of
the threatened loss of our baseball club in
mid-season. People elsewhere are asking
“what is the matter with Camden?”
If we had not entered the league It ipight
not have attracted attention but to drop out
in the middle of the season indicates that
there is something wrong with a town.
We cannot believe that the people^, of
Camden will permit their ball team to drop
out of the league. There is too much civic
pride in Camden for that.
Measured in dollars and cents, weighed
as a recreational adjunct, builder of civic
spirit and ally in the fight against juvenile
delinquency and figured as an advertising
medium, the returns from money spent on
baseball are incalculable to a community.
Most progressive cities have long since rec
ognized the benefits the game gives them.
In no other endeavor can a communTty
receive so much free advertising. No oth
er furnishes such wholesome recreation,
giving a lift to both old and ^oung, men
and women, rich and poor. Nothing else
can provide such an attractive medium for
civic pride, or as satisfying a mutual point
around which all citizens can rally on com
mon ground.
We hope every one in Camden will take
part in this fight to save baseball here. One
way every one can help is by attending the
games. It s worth 76 cents to go down to
the hall park an evening just to coo! off
and see the people even if you don’t care
anything about baseball. After you have
gone <jown there one or two evenings for
that purpose you’ll become a fan.
Let’s save baseball for Camden If more
money is needed it should be forthcoming
from some source and if every one in Cam
den -will turn out to the games the neces
sity of any further losses may be obviated.
Camden s Good Fortune
“Charlotte’s loss is Camden’s gain,” says
the Charlotte Observer in commenting
on the impending move to Camden of Guy
Hutchins, who is to become director o'
music of the Camdep City Schools.' Mr.
Hutchins has for several years been very
closely identified with the cultural life of
Charlotte and has served as director of
the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra.
The Camden City Schools are fortunate
in being able to secure such a fine musician
to head the musical program of the city.
The City of Camden is fortunate in having
him come into its midst as he will mean
much to the cultural life of this city as
he has meant to Charlotte.
And under his tutelage we shall expect
/the Camden High School band to main
tain the fine reputation it has made under
Hal Middleton.
The pedestrian gets a little bit better
break under the new state highway code.
It recognizes him as a person with some
prerogatives as well as obligations. He is
accorded a legal status not previously
given him and now he has an entire article
dealing with his “rights and duties.”
If we are going to have socialism we
wfch the government wooM air-condition
When a small shot gets half
shot he thinks he is a big shot
The trouble with some politi
cians is. that instead of following
Dale Carnegie’s system for mak
ing friends and influencing peo
ple they make them by appealing
to their prejudices.
A dispatch from Lisbon, Portu
gal, says that a temperature of 146
in the sun was recorded at Con-
bria, Portugal, the other day. It
must have hailed around there
that day and cooled, things off a
bit
Newspapers says that Mrs.
Pearl Mesta, who has been ap
pointed American minister to
Luxembourg is famed for her
party giving in Washington. Yes
—giving to the Democratic party
is what got her the job.
North Carolinians are excited
over a report that Governor Scott
may resign to become Secretary
of Agriculture in President Tru
man’s Cabinet. In such an event
North Carolina’s gain would be
the nation’s loss.
Who can remember when “Open
the Door, Richard” and "Who
Threw the Whiskey in the Well?”
were popular song hits?
Watermelons and baseball are
about the only recreation poor
people have.
A writer says that there ought
to be a school for brides. Yes—
lots of girls get married without
having the least idea of how to go
about getting their first divorce.
We just can’t see why business
should hot be good. According to
the Census Bureau there are now
148,527,000 persons in this coun
try and just think how many
things each one needs.
Some fellow has written an ar
ticle advocating the coinage of six,
seven, eight and nine-cent pieces.
And that reminds us of the little
boy who walked into a drug store,
laid a nickle on the counter and
asked for an ice cream cone.
"Cones are eight cents,” the clerk
told him. ‘Then give a package
of gum,” the youth said. ‘A pack
of gum is six cents,” the clerk re
plied. The youth walked away,
leaving the nickle on the counter.
‘You forgot your nickel,” the
clerk yelled at him. "Keep it—it
wopU buy anything,” the lad
ellea back at him.
One\ever consoling thought is
that popular songs don’t stay pop
ular loJ^g
We just wonder if even a cu
cumber has been very cool during
some of the weather we have
been having of late.
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A Florida boy played a record
on his phonograph and then kill
ed himself. The particularly sad
feature about it is that he didn’t
have to play the record.
Those women who were
swindled by Engel probably do
not agreed with the statement
that it is better to have loved and
lost than never to have loved at
all.
Lots of people are beginning to
realize that a great many gravy
trains have ceased to run.
It’s true that even old Homer
nodded but it’s tough when a
baseball player hits a homer and
nods ai
Baruch And Truman
It would be a bold private citi
zen who would try to umpire the
dispute between President Tru
man and Bernard M. Baruch as to
whether we do or do not have a
plan for quick mobilization of na
tional resources and industry in
case of war. _ . _ .
Mr. Baruch told the President
to look up the record and see if
he did not disapprove a plan that
i was submitted to him by the Na
tional Security Resource Board
about a year ago. The President
denied that any such plan was
ever submitted to him, because it
had not been approved by the full
board.
All of that involves secret cor
respondence that is usually kept
away from public eyes. But we
did try, as Mr. Baruch suggested
that the President do, to look up
the record. The news index for
June, 1948, disclosed nothing. But
last December 6 Arthur M. Hill
resigned as chairman of the board.
It was reported at that time that
President Truman and other board
members had disapproved Mr.
Hill’s plan for giving the board
extensive power to control defense
measures of other government
agencies.
That may have been the inci
dent to which Mr. \Baruch re
ferred. Moreover, when Mr. Tru-
mhn appointed his political friend,
Mon C. Wallgren, as chairman of
the board, he gave the impression
that he did not take the board
very seriously, because it was
generally agreed that Wallgren
did not have the qualifications
necessary for such a job, and the
nomination was rejected on those
grounds by the Senate. Mr. Tru
man has not troubled himself to
appoint another man, better quali
fied.
Noboby can know the straight
of this controversy until the of
ficial correspondence is published,
and that is not likely to happen.
But we do know that Mr. Banich
was adviser and economic mobi
lization director and that he is the
author of the United States plan
for control of atomic energy.
He is, therefore, one of the best
informed citizens in the country,
if not the best informed, on the
subject of economic and industrial
mobilization for war. His opinions
on that subject cannot be dis
missed as lightly as the President
nominated Wallgren to head the
National Security Resources
Board.
Granting that we do not know
the facts, the President’s answer
to Mr. Baruch strikes us as being
a little inadequate.—Charlotte Ob
server.
then
base
and fails to touch a
When the average girl comes
back from the beach she’s more a-
peeling than you’ve ever seen her
before.
This is the season of the year
when the days are long and the
shorts short
Seeing a story in Sunday’s
newspapers about Mrs. Dionne,
mother of the quintuplets, visiting
the Pope in Rome reminded us of
one we heard recently about
Father Dionne. It seems that two
fellows were sitting in a New
York restaurant each with a
single newspaper spread out on
the table so that both might read
at the same time. The first point
ed to a picture of the Dionne
quintuplets. “Look at the quints ”
he said, “aren’t they growing up
to be pretty youngsters?” The
second glanced at the photo.
Yeah, ne grunted. He sipped his
coffee and then spoke suddenly
By the way have the Dionnes
had any more quintuplets?” The
first man put down his cup. “More
quintuplets? Of course not,” he
replied. The other lighted a cig
arette. "Just as I thought,” he
murmured, "I dways imagined
that old man Dionne was just a
flash in the pan.”
A writer says the country is
slowly going to hell. We’ve been
tempted to think during the last
two or three weeks that it was
going rather rapidly.
, »
trouhie with some men is
wjatjthevhave too many mid-irons
•At Dak* Summer School
T. ^Marshall, T. D. Ancrum
are
for the
House filet and recalled
a plan wa» submitted to the Fra£
dent in May or June, of IMS.
It it generally known that
Messrs. Byrnes and Baruch have
been closely associated and the
political experts wonder if there
is any connection between the
timing of the two addresses. Do
they indicate the beginning of
a more audible opposition to.
President Truman’s '‘Fair Deal”
on domestic affairs and his handl
ing of the nation’s security in con
nection with international af
fairs? — Orangeburg Times and
Democrat
poUt
feed:
Circus-riding Politics
In the United States'it has long
been taken for granted that presi
dents, for the benefit of their
tical parties and the stall-
of their party congress
men should allow congressmen to
name appointees to federal “jobs.”
It is wrong. Tfce office-holders,
the congressmen, think it is right
Grover Cleveland was * president
who held to the contrary, but Mr.
Cleveland had notions of admin
istration that “modern” congress
men cannot understand—ind
many of his own lieutenants coul<
not understand them , and turned
their backs upon him.
Would it be "outrageous” for
Harry S. Truman, Esq., president,
to deny patronage to a horrible
Republican congressman from
Oregon? It would not be, and it
would be no more than the exer
cise of common sense on his part
to deny it to congressmen of
South Carolina who supported
the States Rights party candi
dates, Thurmond and Wright
In South Carolina representa
tive supporters of the national
“Democratic” party are Ashton
Williams, Senator Johnston, Ran-
some Williams, the Rev. Maxie
Collins and also a number of col
ored citizens, McCray, Hinton,
other authorities of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People.
States Rights party /nen are not
‘Democrats and Trumanitea are
not Democrats. ,
The South Carolinians who op-
use the FEPC and other Har-
mite policies will have to subsist
on something rise than pie and
plus if they are not willing to sell
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driphia.
A Stai
States Righto.
the South begJSJSj
while himSf
with his back
Circus riders
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month from this nu. .
1949, Allies P. iffi -
to the Probate Court tfa
to* 1 mil
ministratrix of
Henry D. Norris,
the same date akij
the said Court for .
charge as said Adnii
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Banich And Byrnes
In recent public addresses, for
mer Secretary of State James F.
Byrnes and retired industrialist,
Bernard M. Baruch, both natives
of South Carolina, have delivered
vigorous, if indirect, criticism of
the present Administration.
Mr. Byrnes warned against the
welfare state and Mr. Baruch re
ported a lack of a plan of “total
mobilization,” which, he asserted,
represents a "needless invitation
to disaster.”
President Truman has made no
direct reply to either statement
but White House circles, accord
ing to The New York Times, "ex
hibited considerable indignation”
over the Baruch charge and in
timated that Mr. Baruch was bad
ly informed. This statement was
subsequently attributed directly to
the President, who categorically
denied that any mobilization plan
had been presented to him or re
jected by him. In reply, the in
dustrialist suggested that the
President examine the White
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