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PAGE FOUR nn 1218 Collegre Street NEWBERRY, S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY By ARMFIELD BROTHERS Entered as second-class matter December 6. 1937, at the Postoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, undei the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In S. C. f $1.50 per year in advance outside S. C., $2.00 per year in advance. Cv- . South Carolina is coming to the front; we have something to be proud of in this nev4 day. Of course we have rejoiced in the achievements of the men of other years but it is refreshing to see that the men of today are carrying the torch in a manner worthy of the leaders of the past. An advertisement catches my eye. In The Wall Street Journal I read these lines: “South Carolina’s capable people and sound government assured the success of our plant.” . Whose tribute is that? It is from Mr. Harold Boeschens- tein, President of The Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corpora tion of Anderson, South Carolina. In the lower corner of that advertisement our Mr. Bishop has made this note: “Business failures in the United States in 1950: For the United States (all the Union considered as one area) the failures wer 34.3 per 10,000; in South Caro lina the record was 4.7 per 10,000—the lowest in the Na tion.” Mr. Boeschenstein says: “South Carolina has proved to be an excellent location foV our new Fiberglas textile yarn plant. We have found tlie people cooperative and capable, and stemming from them a government sound in character, with understanding.and helpful State officials.” President Truman is an interesting study in psychology; his mind has many slants and quirks and seems to be a little like Hitler’s. I mean that he has adopted Hitler’s practice of saying just.anything; and he has an idea that some people will accept anything that is said. And, un fortunately, that is true; some people like to hear or read strong statements, robust charges, even without challeng ing the truth of the remarks. You have heard or read Mr. Truman’s fierce denunciation of the 80th Congress. In 1948 he rode around the country denouncing the 80th Congress; he villified it from “a to izzard” and from Dan to Beersheba: and hundreds of thousands enjoyed the ex coriations of the bitter tongue. But did you ever investigate the charges? Here is a partial record of the 8 ( 0th Con gress: “The 80th. Congress rejected the policy of appeasing Stalin, voted what was then the largest peacetime appropri ation for national defense in our history and brought about the much-needed unification of our armed forces. The 80th Congress provided money to expand the U.S.'Air Force to 70 groups but Mr. Truman cut it back to only 48, with dire results later in Korea. It was the 80th Congress that launched the European Recovery Program to combat communism and put Europe back on its feet, and voted emergency aid to save Turkey and Greece from the Communists. The 80th Congress exposed Communist infiltration into the Government. Hollywood, unions and schools. Mr. Truman called the investigation a ‘red herring,’ but its work TOUGH BEACH-HEAD fUTTfcfti \ OMDED -Ifeftoue*- V/ORSR At noiiiaandv i COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS By SPECTATOR I I am still a teacher at heart, and I like to think things out and present the principles. Here is an advertisement which is an elementary lesson in Economics; it is worth framing. In simple terms it tells a truth that almost everybody seems to dodge. The greatest of all teachers told “Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. In all this political byplay we twist the truth or state part of it, as suits our purpose. But the truth does not change. Let’s face the truth and use our intelligence. “Every man, woman and child in America knows of many * things he would buy if he could afford them—that is, if the price were low enough. Cutting prices to the point retailers and manufacturers lose money and go bankrupt is no answer. Cutting costs is. Suppose every producer (mine, farm, factory) equipped itself with the most modern productive equipment—and fair tax laws let them save enough to pay for that equip ment. Then let every worker use that equipment at maxi mum efficiency. Costs would tumble. Then let business pass those savings onto the public. Prices would tumble. Finally, suppose the consumer did his part and bought. There would be such business as the world never dreamed of. More store clerks would be need ed to handle the demand, more transportation workers to haul the goods, more workers to produce them. The more demand and production, the lower the costs and prices; the lower the costs and prices, the more the demand and pro duction. And everyone would have more and more of the things he wants. Why isn’t it done? Greed, fear, misunderstanding. Honesty^ hard work, unselfishness would do it, for the principle has been proven a thousand times. We’ve tried laws, contracts, strikes, slow-downs—and all we’ve got is hatreds, shortages, and periodic lay-offs. Is there a leader great enough to rally all America to put this positive ap proach to work? The approach that every honest man knows in his heart is right.” A«y><v »» How much “better off” are we today than in former years ? Are we really in a more prosperous condition? Here is something worth considering: “The American people are being told that they are better off than ever before, and that the Administration deserves the credit. This assumption, based upon the rise in money income, does not take into consideration the shrinkage in purchasing power of the dollar nor the sharp increase in debt. When allowances are made for these factors, it is found, ac cording to a study made by the Tax Foundation, that the net worth of the average American family has declined by around 12% percent since 1939. The American system has its defects but it is the best that has been devised to provide individual freedom, ma terial benefits, and security. Even the socialist countries which have been so critical of our system are beseeching us for aid to avoid being engulfed in poverty and social dis order. In view of this situation, it is sheer folly for the United States to copy a system that is bound for disaster.” .AUTHOR OF "HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND STARniVING" ^ asHngton $$ Different Mental Attitude Helps CARNEGIE exposed Gerhart Eisler (who was carelessly allowed to escape to Europe). Alger Hiss, and several other traitors. The 80th Congress created the Hoover Commission, which showed how to save $5 million a year by eliminating waste and inefficiency in Government. It paid off $7 billion from the national debt (the first real reduction in 17 years) and by insisting on economy made possible a 1948 Treasury sur plus of $8.5 billion. On top of this, "the 80th Congress cut taxes by $5 billion yearly, with 71% of the reductions going to people earning less than $5,000 per year, and voted an extra $600 income tax exemption for everyone over 65. These tax savings have since been more than wiped out by tax increases in 1950 and 1951. The 80th Congress voted more money for farm reclama tion than any previous Congress since the Republicans founded the program in 1902; it gave American farmers their first permanent price support program, made more than half a billion dollars available for soil conservation, and brought electricity, to nearly a million farm homes through the R.E.A. The 80th Congress gave postal employees $450 pay in creases, liberalized retirement benefits for civil srvice and railroad employees and gave $330 raises to millions of other civil service workers. It enacted 188 laws benefiting our ex- servicemen and appropriated $14.5 billion for veterans over Mr. Truman’s objections.” What do you think of that record? The Republicans con trolled the House, so they can claim much of the credit. Mr. Truman could not control the House and Senate even when Democratic. That is one of the painful failures of the day; he could not control Congress when it was Democratic; on what are we to base any hope of Mr. Stevenson doing anything, since he is Mr. Truman’s man? This campaign has descended to a peanut level. The presidency of the United States is being dragged through the mud. We need a wholesome revival of dignity, frank ness, openness, faith and high dedication. America has a noble mission and- should not be bathed in scurrillity. Pathfinder Magazine sums up the main issues of this presidential campaign in a few words: “The primary issue lies in the demand for change. That demand, however, divides into the multitude of reasons for a change of administration. Inflation, Korea, taxes, cor ruption, communism, socialism—all of these disturb some of the people. Each of these issues is important enough in itself for a campaign to be conducted around it. ’ To people who find themselves handling more dollars— but who see that more dollars buy actually less goods—in flation has become an easily understandable issue. Every one knows that the Government is responsible for the value of the dollar, and that bad fiscal management has been the cause of our hurtful inflation. From the day nearly 20 yehrs ago when the dollar was taken off the gold standard, it has been manipulated in one way or another by the Government, and usually in ways that have sought to de ceive the people. No one can be wrong who wants a dol lar that will stay put. The Korean catastrophe, with its 118,569 U.S. casualties, resulted from blunders and has been continued by blunders, the Administration failules that threw overboard our ancient friendships in China gave that huge population into Rus sian control. The Acheson attitude that Korea was not with in our defense lines invited the Reds to take over. Then, after rightly resisting their effort, our forces have been prevented from finishing the costly war. The whole re cord there calls for a wiser administration. W ILLIAM KERMIT MONROE, Lumberton, North Carolina, lost his wife and was left with two little children, one two years of age and the other seven days old when its mother died. The older child was at home with him while the younger was still at the hospital. The doctor said they would keep him there until arrangements could be made to have him somewhere else. In the meantime William Monroe faced a lot of expense; doctor bills, hospital bills, three spe cial nurses to pay, funeral expense, and also a housekeeper and a nurse for the two year old boy at home. He was already in debt about $2,000.00 and going in debt more each month since he was making only $2400.00 a year as a postal employee. He worried until he could not sleep at night; he smoked too many cigarettes, and was becoming a nervous wreck. He could not keep both of his babies at home and provide nurses for them, and they were too young to enter an orphanage. Some friends wanted to adopt them, but more than anything else he wanted to rear them together and keep them with him. On day he decided to talk to his minister. When he stated his problems to the minister, he was told of a similar experience. He said that it was a problem that could not be worked out in a day or two, that it would take some time. And he advised Mr. Monroe to live one day at a time and let tomorrow take care of itself. Accepting this advice brought about a different mental atti tude and a change in Mf. Monroe’s life, and things began to work out all right. His nervous condition disappeared and his health returned to normal. EX-RED G.I. . . . Arkadiy Ra- dovsky, Russian, in Red air force four years, has been accepted as private in U.S. army at Sontho- fen, Germany, He fled Russian sone. FORSAKES HOMELAND . Ivan Kerno, Czech assistant retary general of the United Na tions, says he’ll not return to his Communist-dominated homeland. He has been in diplomatie serv ice since 1918. FOOL-PROOF ZIPPER . . . Geraldine Palmer and Patricia Hat- Held, New York, test zipper with secret innovation that prevents snagging -or tearing of material. Let me quote a fine study of the dangerous trend of the day: * . “The American system of government is being challenged by the discredited European doctrine of socialism, which in this country is masking under the name of planned eco nomy. Determined efforts are being made to foist this system upon us despite the tragic consequences to all na tions that have become enslaved by the government mon sters of their own making. The master planners have prepared the blueprints for such an undertaking. These provide for the government’s taking over the basic functions of credit, electric power, transportation, insurance and the metal industries, while the remaining sections of the economy would be placed in a strait-jacket and subject to national planning under the direction of the bureaucrats. The program of planned economy is being sold to the American people by bribing pressure groups with subsidies on the theory that they are getting something for nothing. The hand-outs have become like drugs that dull the initiative and becloud the reason, so that recipients are unaware they are selling the nation’s priceless heritage for a mess of pot tage. A program of government planned economy cannot operate in a free society because it involves complete compliance by all and no criticism of those in power. Before the socialists came into power in Great Britain, the people were told that there would be abundance and easy living. But after a com paratively short period in office, the socialist leaders forced the people not only to submit to a program of austerity but also they were told that they could not change jobs without government consent, while British homes were invaded by government inspectors without search warrants—a violation of the most sacred of Anglo-Saxon individual rights. By WALTER SHE AD npinc COUNCIL of state chamber; A of commerce, maintaining ar office here in Washington, says that “perhaps the time has come to reverse the process and begin turn ing over to taxpaying private own ership those enterprises which the government is shown to have han dled with indifferent success.” Then the council suggests the post office department with more than a half-billion dollar deficit each year would be a good place to start. Which brings up the ques tion, “Where in private business will we find investors with even a half-billion dollars to make up the deficit, let alone take over the post office department?” The state council has some back ing for its proposal, for it may be remembered that Senator Homer Ferguson, Republican of Michigan, introduced a bill in the last ses sion of Congress (S-3482), which proposed a review of federal pro grams and projects with a view to returning to state and local govern ments and to private enterprise “activities which they can perform with greater economy and effi ciency than the federal govern ment” • • • And the prediction is freely made that once the Republican party again controls the White House and Congress, steps will be taken to get the government out of business, oarticularly in the electric power field. It might be pointed out now that the government itself already has moved to rid itself of some business enterprises which it ac quired during the war. By sacri ficing many millions of dollars, the government sold its big steel plant at Provo, Utah, which cost the taxpayers $190 million, to U.S. Steel Corporation for* about $47 million. It also sold the Big Inch and Little Inch pipe lines at a sac rifice of about $4 million after all bids were rejected and the sale re advertised. * At one time the government had about 50 aluminum plants which cost about $660 million, and a num ber of these have been sold at sale „ prices. Also the government built up a monopoly on synthetic rubber during the war, for the reason we needed rubber in a hurry and private industry did not have the money to spend for research. But the government is now about to offer these plants for sale to private industry. The government owns some 300 munitions plants which cost ap proximately $6 billion dollars, but for security reasons they likely will not be offered for sale. On electric power, the govern ment owns hydro-electric plants worth several billions of dollars . . . it owns atomic energy plants worth several billions more. — • • • Getting back to the post office, the department, or the government owns approximately 3,500 buildings and grounds throughout the United States. Many of these buildings are multi-purpose buildings, housing other government operations, along with the post office. With its other physical property the post office department would inventory at well over $2 billion dollars. ' ' ' ' " Unless the government gave it away, where would the come from in private Private industry would have to row the money, likely from the ] construction Finance Corporate... and then the government would be back in business. Charles E. Wilson, erstwhile de fense mobilizer, has a plan. He would ask owners of government bonds to exchange their bonds for stock in new companies to be formed to run the power plants, now government^ owned. The pri vate companies would get bonds, guaranteed by the ment, but who would the shares? Holders of U.S. ment bonds, the soundest ment in the world, would be garded as slightly lunatic, if 1 would exchange their bonds shares, unless the shares rtso be guaranteed by the ment, and there we would be in business again. — ideas from other editors From the New Hampton (Iowa) Tribune: Funny how secret the U.S. keeps things. Service men will tell of something going on, in the man euvering line, or other tactics that are supposed to be so hush-hush that they aren’t to write home of them, or talk of them, etc., then comes along one of the many popu lar magazines and they read all about it, even down to some of the details they weren’t let in on while taking part. • • • From Hillsboro, Ore., Argus: Community co-operation does not involve the careless boosting that ignores facts or Hie degenerating pessimism that depreciates every thing. It merely requires that the citizens of a community should realize that the combined efforts of all neighbors and friends will bring about definite improvement. • • • From Page News and Courier, Luray, Va.: While we have nothing but good wishes for the Page County Fair it must be pointed out that this de pends largely on whether it con tinues to operate as a fair or a carnival. An exhibition grossly dominated by s carnival is not a fair. Neither is a fair a good ex hibition without a good carnival. Attendance at the fair has been good throughout the 18 years of its existence. Most citizens have en deavored to lend a helping hand. It could be expected that the exhibits would have been vastly increased and diversified and that various . contests and races would have introduced as in other nearby ty fairs. We make no attempt to c one way or the other on the showing since those who are well able to judge for selves but there must be some terion by which the matter judged. From The Independent Record, Wildwood, N.J.: What a delightful switch to read in the newspapers of an eight year old boy who conducted a circus in the back yard, sold tickets and s the U.S. Treasury 22 cents share of tax money. It is so seldom we read esty in the newspapers, pai ly in connection with taxes money. Generally it’s just way around. The story tells a tax collector who took unc table money, of some one swindled Uncle ,Sam out of just due. What the honest young doesn’t know, of course, is will cost Uncle Sam somewher the neighborhood of $85 to his particular case. The avt amount spent per capita for tax lection runs around $85. We feel that in the pai case, it might be just as well Uncle Sam to send the 22 c< back to the honest young Bi and call it square. The boy ably could use the 22 cents to ter advantage than Uncle Sam besides, it will save the other est taxpayers about $84.78. Test Your Intelligence Score yourself 10 points for each correct answer ip the first six questions. 1. Where were so-caUed Irish potatoes first grown? —South America —Australia —South Africa —Ireland 2. Hong Kong belongs to which of the following countries? —France —China —Russia —Great Britain 3. Columbus, in discovering America, first landed where? —Long Island —Cape Cod * —San Salvadore —San Francisco .4. Three of the following cities were burned in historic conflagrations, one was not. Can you find it? . —London —Chicago —Columbus —Rome 5. Which.of the following planets has rings of space dust and rock revolving around it? —Mars —Jupiter —Saturn —Venus 6. Manhattan Island was bought from the Indians for approximately what amount in today’s currency? —$99.99 —$1,000,000 —$42.50 —$24.00 7. Match the following rivers with their respective countries. Score yourself 10 points for each correct choice. (A) France —Amazon (B) Austria —Po (C) Italy —Danube (D) Brazil —Loire Total your points. A score of 0-20 is poor, 30-60, average; 70-80, superior; 90-100, very superior. (Answers on Page Six) Mil