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x;. ; rH' c--- p-r iP~ <«K51 PAGE FOUR THE NEWBERRY SUN 1218 College Street NEWBERRY, S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY By ARMF1ELD BROTHERS Entered a& second-claae matter December 6 ; 1937, at the Postoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, undei the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In S. G, $1.50 per year in advance outside S. C., $2.00 per year in advance. 4 :v r> COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS By SPECTATOR v Who is responsible for the Taft-Hartley law? According to little Harry the Great some fiend from the lower regions foisted that diabolical law on us and little Harry has striven with might and main to protect us from the nefarious statute. In our turmoil Senator Robert A. Taft, with Congress man Hartley, prepared a bill to correct many difficulties. The bill became a law. The bill, or law is not against the working man; it does limit the dictatorial power of some top Labor bosses and for that reason they have decried the bill declaring it a means of slavery. In reality the Taft-Hartley law is a measure of protection for the aver age working man. Organized Labor in the State of Ohio overwhelmingly supported Senator Taft in his campaign for re-election to the Senate. Little Harry the Great and all his cohorts of me-too politicians raved and ranted and denounced Taft and the Law, but Ohio working men sup ported Taft. That’s what Labor did when the plan and purpose of the Law were made clear. Now Mr. Taft is a Republican; his father was William Howard Taft, at one time President of the United States and later Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. As President and as Chief Justice he was a line gentleman, a fair-minded Judge and he was admired and be loved by many Southerners. Senator Smith, our “Cotton Ed,” said to me, shortly before his death: “The finest gentleman who ever sat in the White House in my time was William Howard Taft.” Senator Taft is the ablest man in the Senate, intellectual ly; he wrote the bill and it was eagerly accepted by the Senate in 1947. It was also accepted by the House of Representatives. The amazing fact is that the Democrats were in control of the three Departments of our Govrn ment, Senate, House and the Presidency. The Senate, the Democratic Senate, voted 68 for the bill and 24 against it; and in the Democratic House the vote was 320 for and 79 against. So the bill passed the Senate and the House, both Democratic, and was sent to President Truman. Since the bill curbed the tyrannical powers of the Labor bosses, they called on their man, Harry, to veto it. This he did, greatly pleased to do the bidding of the top Laboi brass—the big salaried, easy-living leaders who spend the money of the hard workers we know and like as our fellow citizens. Now, mark you; little Harry vetoed the bill; he was opposed to it. Is he the whole Democratic Party *: No; only a Pendergastian offshoot of it. And by much loss is he the whole United States though the meat he eats makes him feel that he is the one and only, the Supreme Chief of all the world, the great and incomparable loru triumphant of the Universe. You recall the play Julius Caesar and the question: “Up on what meat doth this our Caesar feed that he hath grown so great?” When the President vetoed the bill he seemed to think— and still seems to think, that his disfavor should brana with ineradicable infamy, this presumption of the brain ol Mr. Taft. So, according to the Constitution, the bill was returned to the Congress bearing the stern disapproval of our august ruler. He snorted about it and reviled it, but what hap pened ? Did the Democratic House of Representatives meekly back down and reverse itself under the displeasure of the little Caesar in the White House? The first vote, the. one passing the bill, was 320 to 79; the Senate had agreed to it 68 to24. When the vote was taken to accept or reject the President’s veto, the result in the House was 331 to 83 the very day the President’s message was received; three days later the Senate overrode the veto 68 to 25. Mark you: that was a Democratic Senate and a Democratic House! Time and again Mr. Truman has reared and pitched and cavorted around, denouncing the Taft-Hartley law, but the Democratic Congress has refused to heed his ravings. Now Mr. Stevenson thinks it should be repealed. Now what does all this mean ? It is politics, but not politics pure and simple, for there is nothing pure or simple about this: It is obviously the urge of the political situation; the craven bowing the knee; a supine surrender for votes. No such chicken-hearted men deserve to stand in the forefront of the Nation’s life. And now, in the turmoil and hypocrisy of the campaign, you might think that this Taft-Hartley law were a devilish contrivance of Republican demons, imposed upon our in nocent and helpless people; but not so; the law is not the machination of sinful Republicans, but it is the solemn act of the Democratic Party—the Congress of the Nation. It was a great Statute when first enacted. And might have served a great purpose, but today the Party which gave us the law shamelessly runs to cover and repudiates its own handiwork under the spur and lash of Labor bosses. Don’t be deceived; the law was passed by a Democratic Congress and passed again over Truman’s veto. The cowardly dodging and squirming of thie politicians during this campaign should be brought home to them and they should be impaled as high as Haman in utter contempt. Our friends and fellow citizens who become members of Unions pay their hard-earned dollars which the Lafc^r bosses spend freely. But it isn’t the money so much as it is the attempt to sell these members into political bond age by trades with politicians. Behind the rant and/ cant of these political hypocrites hear these two expressions; says Mr. Stevenson of the Taft-Hartley Act: “It was biased and politically inspired.” Then comes Mr. Sparkman, who is running for the Vice presidency, and emits this remark about the Taft-Hartley Act: “It is a subtle organization.” Didn’t Sparkman vote for it? All this fol-de-rol of Stevenson and Sparkman savors strongly as the unconscionable effusion of cheap politicians, licking the boots of the machine Pendergastian who cracks his whip and makes them jump. No one can deny that the power of any man to stop industry throughout this nation; to stop the earnings of millions of men and women, is a power which strikes at the very foundation of our national wellbeing and is a prerogative that should not be tolerated. If we must have a Joe Stalin let’s call him by name. That we live in a slipshod era is beyond denial; and that the Government of our great nation leads us astray with its lackadaisical indifference to costs, estimates and faith ful performance. . The ever watchful Aiken Standard and Review says, editorially: “When a government bureau decides it wants to build something—such as a hydroelectric project—it has to present cost estimates to Congress and ask for authorization. In many cases ,the difference between those estimates and the actual cost can only be described as staggering, even after due allowance is made for in flation and the four-bit dollar. In 1938 for example, the Reclamation Bureau asked Congress for funds to start an irrigation and hydroelectric project in California. The estimate was $170,000,000. To day that estimate has been lifted to more than $661,000,- 000. In 1939, the Bureau sought funds for a similar project in Colorado, and offered an estimate of slightly more than $31,700,000. Today the estimate is $163,000,000. In 1943 , the Corps of Engineers estimated the cost of an Oklahoma multi-purpose power project at $8,345,000. Now they’ve upped it to better than $38,700,000. A House Appropriations subcommittee recently studied 182 Corps of Engineers projects which had been authoriz ed by Congress and for which funds had been provided. Total estimated cost at time of authorization was under $2,639,000,000. As of July 15 of last year, the revised figure was over $6,000,000,000. Such enormous discrepancies are commonplace. Two theories are given to explain it—first, that the government estimators are woefully incompetent, and, second, that the agencies follow the principle that Congressional memories are short and that it’s quite all right to tell one Con gress one thing and following Congresses a very differem thing. In any case, we taxpayers foot the colossal bill.” Now isn’t that a profligate waste that should make the angels weep? And we are asked to re-elect that crowd. Mr. Truman, in fact, is thumping himself on the chest ana oragging. Well, are you proud of this? The American Legion is respected by the Nation as an organization composed of men who served 'in war; some served overseas; some served at the front; some bear the scars of their service. It is an organization of men who have studied their country—our country—with the eyes and with the devotion of patriots. Year after year the Legion has called for the removal of Dean Acheson as Secretary of State. Why? Because they think Mr. Ache son is so worldminded that he wants to operate the worla at the expense of American taxpayers; furthermore, the} think that Mr. Acheson sacrifices American dignity, American sovereignty and American interests on the altar of his world-mindedness. And year after year Mr. Truman defends and retains Mr. Acheson. In that course Mr. Tru man is correct, for the responsibility is his, Mr. Truman’s: it is Mr. Truman whom the Congress might well have call ed to terms by impeachment. Mr. Truman throws his weight around like an alley bruiser and gets away with it, usually. Speaking of the latest recommendation of the Legion, Mr. Truman said, in his recognized elegance and felicity of language: “President Truman said his reaction to the American Legion’s demand for the ouster of Secretary of State Dean Acheson would be unprintable.” The American Legion also had something to say about the Truman Police Action in Korea which has cost us billions of dollars; thousands of young men and the re spect of the world. To almost everyone we appear to be a lot of weaklings and incapables. What a sorry picture we cut with our pull-the-punches policy for two years! We are stepping up now, probably for political reasons. What think you of a pqlicy of playing politics with the blood and bodies of your sons? ft * •* Who was in charge all this time? The Trumanites. Who wrote this condemnation? A committee of the Senate, and it was signed by a Senator from Texas. Who is in control of the Senate? The Democrats. And that is what the Senate Democrats have just said about Mr. Truman. WIND SWEPT L\] MoUStMOLMftt ^tOL- WDoVTUv Dale Carnegie AUTHOR OF "HOW TO STOP WORRVjjjO AND STARRIIVING" + How to Repulse Worry J ACK W. BOWEN, Cincinnati, Ohio, says he has found thai worry can always be routed if you will keep physically active all the time. His lot was once cast with the Philippine guerillas and worry could easily have been the password. As he drawled and wiggled across the beach the first night every tree branch or piece of driftwood appeared as a Japanese sentry. Every sound, he was sure, would be followed by a Japanese machine gun blast. Despite his fears, he managed to cross the beach and get well hidden in the brush beyond. There he had a talk with himself. He decided that worrying wasn’t going to improve the situation. He could spend • valuable time worrying about whether he would get out alive, get malaria, whether this or that, but none of this was going to solve the problem at hand. So the obvious an swer was to get busy and forget worries and fears. During the four months that followed he found that none of “his boys” were worrying. They were too busy harassing the enemy to have time for anything like worry. They were, for the most part, volunteer fighters with no formal training and, to the man, they wanted to be trained soldiers as well. He had had extensive training as a naval aviator, in military dril and pro cedures, so they organized and trained. During spare time he taught them the fundamentals of football. Between these activi ties and some night work against the Japs they were busy all the time. Looking back now he says he can honestly say that after the first night he never gave a thought to those little fears and worries that could easily have finished him in the Islands. He >was much too busy to worry. Carnegie YOUNGEST PILOT . . . Glenn Robert Alexander, 4, Chicago, sits In the cockpit of his family’s plane with Dad Robert and Mother Phyllis after landinj the craft. He sits in bis father’s lap and handles controls during flight. JUMBO GETS NOSEY . . . Candy, Asiatic elephant at Bronx, N.Y., mo, pokes a nosey trunk into eye of cameraman who tries to get a oloseup of the one-year-old elephant. 1. Willie Hoppe is noted for his play with which: (a) mashie, (b) baton, (e) cue, (d) racket? 2. Which of these is the nickname of the state whose capital is Frankfort: (a) bluegrass, (b) lespedeza, (e) clover, (d) alfalfa? S. “Gyrate” means which: (a) to rotate, (b) to censor, (o) to scrape, (d) to speak? 4. The American Indians contributed which to oar culture: (a) popcorn, fb) peanuts, (c) ice cream, (d) cracker Jacks? 5. The native home of the peach tree Is which: (a) Africa, (b$ China, (c) Australia, (d) Japan? ANSWERS •«txno <q>—e •sjnuraj <q)—» «x («>--« •(Xq9B:a»X> ssbjSviiih («) '(•pjtrilliq) 9BO <«)- <•)- >;■* ,v. - ‘ . ' . FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1952 r ee*ssnb****** + ** + * By WALTER SHE AD G ENERAL Eisenhower’s accept ance of the 20-year program of Democratic social reform as “above politics” may not mollify «he Taft faction of the Republican party who fought these reforms every step of the way as “social istic;” nor may his approval of the Korean war as preventing an even greater war find acceptance with the MacArthur faction of the GOP; neither will Ike’* declaration that there would be no tampering with farm price supports please the Aiken-Alan Kline-Brewster-Bridges GOP-farm faction. What is more to the point, these stands of Eisenhower may please the voters, despite the fact they also coincide with Democratic platform and Democratic leadership think ing on these issues. Neither is the general’s half-way approval of the state control of the controversial tidelands oil question satisfying to the states’ rights ad herents in Texas, California, Louisi ana and other states, for it will be remembered that Elsenhower agreed with the states righters “only as far aa constitutional.” And the Supreme Court has held that constitutionally the federal govern ment has paramount rights on tide- lands from the low tide mark sea ward on these rich oil deposits, and that they belong to all the ieople. Again Eisenhower is on he side of the majority of the >eople and not with his party plat- orm. • • • It seems to objective observers /ho have been with the GOP stand- rd bearer during these past weeks hat Eisenhower, the political mateur, surrounded by profes- ’onal politicians, pulling him this r ay and that, is feeling his own •/ay with the people . . that he s seeking to make his own de cisions and that eventually he will emerge into the campaign with his own platform. Already some of the large metropolitan newspapers, who were quick to hop on the so- oalled Eisenhower bandwagon in fhe early stages of the campaign, are becoming mildly critical of him for what appears to be another “me-too” campaign or for out-do ing the late Wendell Willkie in pick ing up the Democratic banner and trying to wave it higher and more vigorously than the Democratic nominee himself. It is tough to travel down the middle of the road, and dangerous, what with traffic going both ways, but this column feels that the for mer five-star general, once he gets the feel of the political hustings, may reverse hi# field, take the right side of the road and make a race of this election in spite of the isolationists, the McCarthys, the Jenners -and the Cains who are seeking re-election on his coat tails. Ike’s declaration that peace is the main issue in this campaign again backs up the oft-repeated as sertions of President Truman along this line and the' same statement made by Gov. Adlal Stevenson at the Chicago convention. But also the Eisenhower line at the Legion convention in New York that our nation ie in the greatest peril in history again backs up the Presi dent in his pressure for greater and greater national defense efforts. • • • .v>. ‘\i In the meantime foreign devel opments, such as the Russian call for a meeting of its top congress, the first, in 13 years, nor the elec tion here has deterred Washington from continuing its uninterrupted, steady pressure toward its long- range foreign policy, a policy that is likely to be pursued regardl of who is in the White House January. In Iran and Egypt ... the dis ruption of the governments plays into our hands in that we stand to gain in those e over the Soviet Union steadily making progress in and Yugoslavia is in process of veloping a defense pact with G: and Turkey . . . The Korean war is shaping toward a conclusion with the drain of Red China too, for that country to maintain, a result the Chinese war a, the Southeast Asian coun Indo China and Malaya is dete: ating into purely a guerilla a instead of full scale war. > -vl from other editors F ROM The Doogtas County Ga zette, Waterloo, Neb.: “Honest George” is the salutation used by Fremont Chamber of Commerce Secretary “Red” Motter whenever directing personal letters to yours truly, the editor. Right after being elected aa one of the county com missioners “Red” was down to Valley trying to sell something or other for the community he repre sents and after his talk we had a Uttie visit, with “Red” asking: “Well, George, now that you are eommiseioner, what do the people call you?” And my answer was simply: “What the people call me depends a lot upon the time of year, to gether with the weather.” He looked puzzled: “It does. How tome?” • “Well, ‘Red,* it’s very simple. If we’ve had a lot of rain in the spring and people are getting stuck all over the county, they call me a lot of things. Or, if its during the winter months and the snow of the night before isn’t cleamed off the roads sometime during the follow ing day, again the names aren’t so nice. But, if the sun is shining, the birds singing, the bees buzzing, and the roads are a little bit on the dusty side, its ‘Honest George’.’’ I * * * From The Oak Harbor (Wash.) ; News: As far as this particular | community is concerned, it would be illogical to ask candidates to pledge themselves for a balanced budget. -During the past few years •we have collected thousands and thousands of dollars b& money. We’ve got a new paid for in federal money. W« sold thousands of dollars worth < goods to servicemen who with federal dollars. Not only have we already collect ed from federal spending, th are those who wish more and yet more. Like a hog in a trough, they never get enough. Now it’s time for us to decide what we want in candidates, we want candidates who pledge themselves to help balance the budget? Or do we want candidates who say they’ll work for the re gion’s worthy projects. We must make up our minds. We can’t have both. And beware ot candidates who pledge both. They’re either dis honest or ignorant. • • • From The Seville (Ohio) Chron icle: If Leonard Huffman wanders around town looking as of the world is a good place these days, don’t sneer at him, because he’s right and you’re wrong. Leonard lost his wallet, contain ing $22 and all the other cards and papers that make wallets . so troublesome. to lose, at the Se ville Memorial Park ball diamond Sunday evening. He went back that night to search for it, and he and a friend got up early Monday morn ing to renew the search. No luck. But in the morning mail, arriv ing after he had gone to work, was the wallet, complete with money, and a note. “From a friend”. A good friend, apparently. \f S' ' <■ mm W&mMm NO GRATITUDE . . . Hauled out of the Hudson river hi York by a crane driver after aha Jumped because “I aa rusted with life,” Mary Stanley Adams indicates that the to toshMtd hi her disgust. ► - m MM MM