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/ THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C. Washington Digests Spy Inquiry Should Not Ask Rejection of the Constitution By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator.' WASHINGTON.—When a man has a strong constitution he doesn’t have to think much about it. It works about the same with a nation. Especially when both are young and vigorous. But as they get more mature, they may discover a few organs here and there which have to be mended or a few articles that have to be amended just because of a changing environment. In any case it isn’t a good idea<$ to lock your constitution up and bever take it out and dust it off and see if it is still there. This is the month when what Ben Franklin referred to as “the grand Federal Constitu tion” was born in Philadelphia after more than four months debate by the constitutional convention. It was signed Monday, September 17; 1787. George Washington pre sided over the convention and presided as well as he had as head of the rag ged Continentals. Baokhage When the docu ment was en grossed it was signed by all but 3ov. Edmund Randolph and Col. Seorge Mason of Virginia and Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts. “The business being thus closed,” as Washington wrote in his diary, “the members ad journed to the City Tavern, dined together and took a cordial leave of each other . . .” Many people at the time thought ihe Constitution was pretty good as it was, and yet the part which is probably most familiar to the pres- mt generation is the part which our founding fathers recognized as die first thing lacking in the orig inal draft—the first amendment: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free ex ercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” This amendment and the nine which followed, making up the Bill »f Rights, were all introduced in the first congress, as the Beards m their “Basic History of the Unit ed States" put it, “in response to t popular demand” but involving '‘no alteration in the form of gov ernment.” Congress passed the Bill »f Rights on to the states, which, in convention, ratified them by 1791. Establishment of these funda mental rights, says Carl Van Dor- en in “The Great Rehearsal,” may oe regarded as the “contribution of the people” to the Constitution, rhey represent the crystallization *f those desires for human dignity tn the souls of civilized men—de sires which reveal his innate pos session of a spirituality that dif ferentiates him from the beasts. The maintenance of those rights, as opposed to the attain ment and safeguarding of purely material possessions, has brought about the clash of ideologies which threatens a crisis in the world today. Spy Probe Presses Point During the spy-ring investigations tty the house un-American activities committee,' there *was much talk about the violation of the Bill of Rights. The President himself, when asked a categorical question on that subject, said he believed that this committee had, in the course of its Hearings, Infringed these rights. He Aid not specify which of the rights oad been infringed but from his pre vious expressions it would seem be was referring to the fifth amend ment which says in part: “No person shall be held to an swer for a capital, or otherwise in famous crime, unless on a present ment or indictment of a grand jury. . . The President said some of the testimony made public had done irreparable harm to certain per sons, had slandered a lot of people who didn't deserve it. He explained that all the evidence of alleged guilt concerning these persons had already been presented to the grand jury ar.d that the grand jury had not considered it sufficient grounds for indictment. The jury, protecting the rights of the individual, had not made the names public. But the un-Ameri can activities committee, present ing the same evidence, had made the names public and in so doing had, according to the implication of the President, infringed the Bill of Rights. From the mail I get and the tele phone calls I receive, I know that many people disagqge with the criticisms of the committee, fully approving of its actions. These people, I am sure, do not believe in the infringement of anyone’s constitutional rights. They believe in the American legal principle that a person is innocent until he is proved guilty. Bat they appear to have con victed the accused In their own minds, feel they are guilty, and also have the feeling that anyone who objects to what the com mittee has done is guilty of tak ing sides with a traitorous per son and, therefore, is himself in directly guilty of treason. Before me I have a letter. It is written in good English, emotional it is true, but obviously from an intelligent .and educated person. It says in part: “Why not be fair in your broad casts? It is scandalous and near criminal to murder a man’s repu tation on mere suspicion as is being done by certain commit tees investigating communism.. So far so good. With that start I expected a strong defense of the Bill of Rights to follow. But no in deed! Listen to this “but”— “Ten know perfectly well the necessity of the publicity against communism because there is no other way to arouse the electo rate. Ton know there are Bene dict Arnolds by the score in the administration’s set up.” Wait a minute! Is it necessary to violate the Constitution to arouse the electorate? If you believe that, you believe in revolution. It’s revo lution if you do not use legal means in exercising your right to change the Constitution. But do you want to change the Constitution so the Bill of Rights is infringed? Not if you really mean what you say in th„ first paragraph of your letter. Who’s Selling U. S. Down the River? As to whether there are "Bene dict Arnolds” in the government, 1 have no doubt there may be for eign spies in the government, and I would be in favor of dealing with them much more drastically than present laws permit. I hope strong er laws will be drafted. So does congress. The department of jus tice has been working on such a law for some time. But to say the government is full of traitors is either utter nonsense or else the FBI is a lot of morons. Now let’s read further from my listener’s letter: “Canada has officials in their government who are loyal to the coontry and cleared out the rats on their own initiative. We have men who are selling us down the river night and day.” Well, as to Canada, no one was publicly accused until the court had decided there was legal proof of his guilt. The names of those who had been accused and declared in nocent never were revealed. As to men “selling us down the river night and day,” I will take the word of General Eisenhower if, in a political year, the President’s word can’t be taken. The general said: “This country keeps its major secrets pretty well.” » Now the writer of this letter is obviously sincere, believes, accord ing to his own word, in the fifth amendment, on both legal and moral grounds. Yet on (he same page, speaking with natural but il logical indignation he asks that the Bill of Rights be abrogated. I understand this psychologically. I have found myself privately con victing at least one of the persons who was accused by a witness be fore the un-American activities committee although I know that in vestigation by the FBI and hearing^ by the grand jury failed to find this person guilty. Perhaps more evidence will be introduced with which the accused can be convicted under the law, but as long as we pretend to be loyal Americans, we have to hold our tempers and with hold our judgments. Perhaps before forming opin ions on this subject, certainly be fore expressing them, instead of just counting 10, it might be well to count the 10 amendments com posing the Bill of Rights and while counting, read them over carefully. And maybe, as a birthday pres ent to the Constitution which has given us the best government we know about, read the rest of the document over, too. If enough peo ple did that, there might be a hap pier birthday all around. • * • A corn-borer in an ear of corn can’t bore any more than the corn you can hear every day with your own ear. • m After the recent Olympic games, which were held in England, Brit ish Prime Minister Attlee had to go to the hospital with athlete’s foot. • • • When Christopher Columbus dis covered America, he found no cows This was not strange because there was none here. It was probably just as well, however, since thex* were no‘bulls here eithe* WHERE THE U. N. WILL TALK IT OVER . . . This month the Unit ed Nations is reassembling in Paris to have another try at persuading the world to settle down. Here, a workman is shown engaged in the decoration of the newly erected secretariat building adjoining the Chaillon palace where the U. N. general assembly is convening. Through the window the Eiffel tower looms into the sky. WALLACE PICNICS AFTER ‘EGG SHAMPOO* ... In this picture Henry Wallace, Progressive patty candidate for President, doesn’t look like a man who had just been subjected to a shower of eggs and other missiles, as he was when he spoke at Greensboro, N. C. He is chatting calmly with Mary Price, who was among those named by Elizabeth Bentley, confessed spy, at the recent congressional spy investigation in Washington. < ALL HANDS ALOFT TO TRIM SAILS . . . For the men who go down to the sea in ships, sights like this are virtually a thing of the past, along with the cry “Sail ho!” and sailing vessels are only used as training ships now. This one is the coast guard training ship Eagle, formerly the German naval training vessel, Horst Wessel, a three- masted bark. TOCNG MEN GOING WEST . . . Film Actress Mae West, who was in the process of defending herself in a $100,000 damage suit in Los Angeles, bad a group of small visitors come up and see her in the courtroom. It was a pack of Cub scouts, visiting the court to observe American jurisprudence. When the scoutmaster explained to Mae that they were called a “Cub pack,” she retorted that they looked more like a woik pack to her. Editor’s Note — While Drew Pearson is on vacation, the Washington Merry-Go-Round is being written by his old part ner, Robert S. Allen.) FRIVOLOUS SAL . . . Mildred E. Gillars, the Nazi radio’s al leged wartime “Axis Sally,” smiles from the U. S. marshal's wagon upon arrival at U. S. dis trict- court where hearings are being held on a charge of trea son against her. Political Kettle Boils T HE long-simmering political ket tie has reached the boiling point On the national stage, the cookinf started when Harry Truman anc Phomas Dewey formally squared ofl oefore Labor Day audiences. Simul taneously, a number of equally ex citing and significant state contests were / joined. To the smart politicoes, these loca cattles are second in importance onlj ;o the “big top” melee. For the poll ticoes know that what happens ir these state arenas will profoundly affect not only the national contesi but also the shape of things after ward. The control of congress, of pow erful organizations in key states, and, in the event Mr. Truman loses, of the national Democratic machinery, are at stake in these tests. Intensifying the concern of the po Utical generalissimos are two fac tors: The great body of “undecided” voters, manifest in every importan' poll; and the spectacular upset ot Memphis Boss Crump by crusading Rpp Estes Kefauver. To the profes sional politicoes, these two itemi spell uncertainty. Anything can hap pen. The general public is itchy anc new and fresher-sounding voice: cave a strong appeal. BOTTOMS UP . . . One thing about babies—no one would ever accuse them of being self-con scious. As an example, here is young Robert Singer of Shirling- ton, Va., completely nonchalant. ETE FOR SALE . . . Victor St. Cyr of Woonsocket, R. I., car- 7 penter by day and restaurant worker by night, has offered to sell his right eye for $10,000 in order to provide for his seven small children who face pros pect of life in an orphanage. BT BREAD ALONE . . . Peter M. Schwartz, for whom the sun rises and sets in the yeast, dis plays assortment of ' enriched bread and rolls for William Walmsley, principal at American Institute of Baking school. Baker Schwartz just finished 22-week training course. PARLEZ VOUS SOCKO? . . . Marcel Cerdan, pride of the French fistic world, was able to sing in the shower after arriv ing in U. S. to begin training for his middleweight title bout with Champ Tony Zale on Sep- Rank Surprise High-ranking officers are In for a surprise when the report of the advisory commission on serv ice pay is published. The commission will recom mend increases for enlisted men and junior officers, but none for the top grades. In fact, they ac tually may face a pay cut in the recommended elimination of tax deductions and certain allow ances. A previous committee of gen erals and admirals had recom mended pay boosts for all ranks, with the top echelons getting the biggest increases.'Defense Secre tary Forrestai didn’t even both er to send this report to con gress^ Instead he appointed the civilian commission to make a new study. Shipping Ban Violated The U. S. still is shipping vita war material to countries behind the iron curtain. And these shipments still are be ing made with approval of the com .Tierce department’s office of inter .rational trade. This is the agencj dial formerly was headed by Wil Jam Remington, leading figure ir die Russian “spy” disclosures o) die house un-American activitiej committee. This astounding trade still is going oh despite the administra tion’s announced policy of ban ning it, despite the warlike ag gressions and provocations of Russia and also despite the world-wide furor over the con gressional revelations and their attending fantastic ramifica tions. This column definitely has es tablished the following facts re garding the continued export of wai potentials to Communist-ruled coun lies: x The OIT has secretly issued a li cense for export of a large quan dty of ball bearings and steel ball: ;for the manufacture of bearings) to Czechoslovakia. This license was jsued to the Overseas Mercantile company, N. Y. Satellite Chechoslovakia is todaj one of Russia’s major munitions producers. The great Skoda plant has been converted entirely to mil itary output. Further, ball bearings are a key Essential in the making of was goods. Two of the most costly aii lorce raids into Germany during the recent war were for the pur pose of knocking out ball-bearing plants. An official of the Overseas Mer cantile 'company admitted that the ban bearings being shipped tc Czechoslovakia could be used in wat preparations. • * • • Eye Poppers in Budget Preliminary budget estimates submitted by the army and navy for next year are eye-poppers. The two services are asking foi approximately five billion dollars more than the 16 billion dollars congress voted them thisjrear. The navy wants more than 11 billior dollars and the army more thar 10 billion dollars. This stupendous 21 billion dol lar total does not include air force estimates. They are still to come and are sure to be not less than 7 billion dollars. The 1949 budget is already it preparation. It will be submitted to the new congress in January by {’resident Truman, whether he is -re-elected or not. If they win, G.O.P leaders privately are planning 1c demand a voice in preparation oi the budget. tember 21. THE BABE GOES HOME Whatever means as much as an "all-hot” is getting quite a play today in that Valhalla to which base ball folks go. The angels, we like to think, have set aside their wings and are in shirt sleeves. The bars have been let down somewhat. St Peter is not so strict on the gate; those not quite eligible are permit ted knotholes. Arguments are not frowned on and a little ribbing goes. For the first time, perhaps, it is all right up there \o throw a pop bottle. * Diadems are a little tilted. The sun is shining at its bright est, there is the snap of flags in the breeze, the grass was never greener. George Herman Ruth has come home. * It is curious .how many potentates and great ones of the earth are in the bleachers and how many folks who were not great shakes when cn earth have the box seats. It’s very special. The scores have been kept with great care. Those who did it the hard way, who triumphed over handicaps, who came through against odds are being smiled on. There is an enormous section for lost sheep and prodigal sons. • The harps are put aside for brassier instruments and for tin horns and super-noise mak ers. Gabriel himself leads a cheer and the Bambino en ters. He is dazed and needs a few minutes to get things straight, to realize that the doc tors are gone, the men with the stethoscopes and the tubes and the instruments, the nurses and the charts, the agonies and the darkness. * He rubs his eyes. “It’s all right,” a voice of infinite tenderness tells him. “What’s all this? Where am l?” asks the Bambino, young and vital. "It would take too long to fexplain,” says the Voice, “and you might not find it easy to under stand. We’re not too sure whether this is just the proper thing or not out we are scrambling up values, standards and the -rules a little.” ♦ “But I don’t rate all this,” stammers the Babe. “I was a pretty tough one in my time. The reformatory type, remem ber? “And a bad actor in plenty of spots. There was that time when . . .” “Shut up and come in,” says a iellow with a great shock of hair. “And remember you nev er got anywhere talking back to me.” “Judge Landis!” exclaims the Babe. “Get into action,” says the Judge. “It’s been lovely up here, but, well, a little too quiet without you.” * “Look, ,is this a dream? Did the doc give me too many dope pills last night?” pleads the Babe. “Take it from us. This is all the teal thing,” comes from a trio of Jamiliar voices, “Colonel Huston! . . . Jake! . . . Miller Huggins!” cries the Bam- oino. "Welcome! ’’ says Colonel Ruppert. “And no salary talks! ” The Babe looks himself ov er. He sees that he is a young ster again. He observes that he is in the No. 3 uniform. He feels the old surge of power. But he still stands a little‘be fuddled. “Have a bat, pal!” “Lou! . . . Lou! . . . Lou Geh rig!” • “Yeah. I’ve been expecting you. Babe.” • Now the Babe hears such cheers as he never heard before, mighty rheers from the throats of old tim- irs, departed buddies, the great aost of kids who were called too joon. Brothers Matthias and Gil bert—all the great company of ihoii; who love a game battler, a oig hearted guy, a fellow whose :huf mistakes came from being too numan. . » He’s at the plate once more— and on such a ball field! The Bambino has come home! • • * Chet Bowles, former head of OPA, nas been named as the Democratic candidate for governor of Connec ticut. He is all for the return of rationing and it is obvious that if ae wins over the GOP candidate it will be on points. • • » VANISHING AMERICANISMS "I’m glad you complained; the wait er will bring you a new order at once." • "The boss knows what be is doing." "The fellow who was hired as a co median was funny.” • « • Fur coat sales are reported off 25 to 40 per cent. Who wants to buy one these days when its such fun sitting by the phone waiting for the radio to ring you up and give you one free? CLASSIFIED D E P A R T M ENT BUSINESS & INVEST. OPPOl FILLING STATION, gilt shop, living Quar ters, room lor cabins, on main-travel High way 31, 30 miles north of Louisville, Ky. Information, write WHITE’S SINCLAIR Station, Scottsbnrg, Ind. LADIES—Does your church, civic orgam- ation or club need money? 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