The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, December 12, 1952, Image 2
THE NEWBERRY SUN
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By ARMFIELD BROTHERS
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By SPECTATOR
Did you “take stock” for Thanksgiving? That expres
sion—“to take stock”—used to be common. At the end
of the year a merchant counts all his merchandise—so
many yards of this, so many suits; or so many barrels of
fl our — a nd all that. Today we have accountants, in the place
of the old-time bookeeper; and accountants don’t “take
stock:” they make an inventory. So, if you like, did you
make an inventory of what you have and what you are?
In a short time we’ll make “returns” to Uncle Sam: that’s
another name for an inventory.
Follow me and apply this to yourself, each one. I’m glad
that I was born an American: that was a fine start in life.
Some of my cherished friends were born in foreign lands
but today share our great heritage. Recently I was a pall
bearer for a mother who first saw the light across the ocean
and came here as a lovely young woman. In this country
she reared a family of sons and daughters who grew into
splendid manhood and womanhood as Americans.
The mother and the father were sturdy, sterling folk. All
of us are newcomers, more or less, unless our people were
Indians; and even the Indians are said to have come from
Aisa many centuries ago.
I count it good fortune toihave the back-ground of gen
erations of Virginians and Carolinians, although both my
father’s people and my moiher’s people came to America
by way of the grand old Sfjfcte of Pennsylvania. Truly we
Americans are the decendents of ancestors from many
countries. And wherever we are, from Maine to Florida,
and from the Atlantic to the Pacific, we are Americans.
This America of ours is just a bit different from “the
land of the Pilgrims’ pride.” Our early settlers were grate
ful for the opportunity to work: they regarded a man as
responsible for himself and his family, as a first obligation.
Today we find many people who would change that. As a
result, we many have great numbers of very ordinary peo
ple, but few, if any of the stalwart and robust spirits who
relied upon their own strength and resourcefulness. I’m glad
that I grew up in the days of individual effort, when a lad
could dream and then work to make the dream come true.
I’m glad that I knew a dollar when it was as big as a house
and as scarce as a hen’s teeth; I still have great respect for
a dollar: it may not buy much but suppose we had French
francs? Or Italian lira? Or even British shillings? When
I was in Europe the French franc was worth seventeen
cents; the British shilling about twenty four cents—ex
change value.
Normally a Peruvian Sol—S-O-L—was worth about forty
eight cents. Well recently a nephew of mine, who is quite
a Scot in his approach to finance, said to me. “Here is a
Pefuvian Sol which somebody passed off on me for a dollar.
You can have it for a dollar.” I took the starch out of
him by quoting the latest exchange value of a Sol as six
and a half cents.
As I once had to balk and stumble over Dutch guilders,
Venezuelan bolivars, Peruvian soles, French and Belgian
francs, British shillings, Mexican pesos—and the like, I lift
my hat to the dollar.
Our great Government: may she be rescued from the
hands of spoliation and ignorance.
Of course there are cases of mismanagement which are
to neither spoliation nor ignorance. How does this
ess you? \
straw showing which way the winds of waste are
g in the sphere of national defense is Exhibit A in
report of a one-man investigation conducted by Repre-
ive Gardner Withrow, Republican, of Wisconsin.
FoDowing the lead of a junkman’s Tor sale’ advertisement,
Mr. Withrow discovered these facts of melancholy interest to
the nation’s taxpayers:
1) In 1947, a junkman bid 67 cents a ton for second
hand steel landing mats, used for temporary aircraft land
ing strips. The bid was accepted by the Navy. Although
the need for rearmament has become evident, these mats
were advertised and sold by the Navy as ‘surplus.’
2) The original buyer of these ‘surplus’ mats (at 67 cents
per ton) resold them to other dealers at prices varying
from $30 to $35 per ton. At the time the Congressman saw
the ad, the price had climbed to $75 per ton.
3) And this is the payoff: the United States Army is at
present buying new landing mats—and paying $157 per ton
for them!
This is the kind of ‘essential defense spending’ censured
by Senator Byrd in his ‘Byrd budget’ of last Spring.
It may explain, in part, why the nation, despite stratos
pheric taxes, faces a $10 billion deficit for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1953.” (The story is taken from an editorial,
iRichmond, Va. Times-Dispatch.)
I How does that impress you ? Sometimes I think some of-
s drop to a new low of utter imbecility in admiaisterigg
offices.
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One of our troubles* is that politicians hold the offices.
By that I mean that the real work, the real yes or no is
uttered by a lot of second—and third—rate officials of gross
inexperience and more glaring incompetency. Then, again,
no one seems to know even one Department of the Govern
ment. One Department may have a dozen virtually inde
pendent sub-divisions, some buying brooms at a dollar a
piece, while others are selling dollar brooms at ten cents
a piece, so-called surplus, you know.
Sometimes a man is put in charge of a large * organiza
tion in the Government and blunders along, although you
would not trust him to operate a small store. And just
about the time the world suspects him of such crass inade
quacy as would call for his instant dismissal someone will
declare that he is doing a “grand job,” as the expression is.
I’ve seen and known many officials, but very few ever did
“grand jobs,” so far as I could see. Most of them were very
ordinary and did just ordinary, routine work.
I used to feel a bit of scorn for those who came to me
in Peru and made much a-do about our administration.
Perhaps I should say that the work of the world is
largely routine daily performance. Few people do any
thing of superior quality; most of us are just plain people,
even if we do strut sometimes.
—
Quoting from Lem Winesett in The Marion Star:
“The Federal Power Commission reported this month that
electric rate decreases in highly populated areas have off
set increases in some residential rates in 1951. The FPC
also reports that rates today, in general, are lower than
they were in 1940 and 1935.
The average monthly bill for 100 kilowatt hours was re
ported as $3.76 on January 1st, 1952, and this figure com
pares favorably with the 04.67 figure which was applicable
in 1935.
The record of electric service, now considered a necessity
by most of us, has not yet been affected by inflationary
spiral which has affected so many other rates and charges.
This, in itself, is a great stimulant to new industry, to electri
cal appliance manufacturers and business in general.”
Certainly some of the Companies need a boost as all that
they buy constantly rises.
Wk
What do you know about bureaucrats? They really op
erate the ship of state, though they have us adrift right
now and in danger of sinking.
Human Events has this to say:
“The main business of a Government bureau, once start-
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ed, is to look after its own perpetuation. It tries, in the
first place, to free itself of dependence on the elected
authorities by building up a vested interest in its activities;
fhis it does by dispensing special privileges. Thus, the Re
construction Finance Corporation, as a temporary agency.
The second step in this self-perpetuation operation is to
promote with the public the idea that the agency is es
sential to the well-being of the country. Every agency is
born with a ‘social advace’ spoon in its mquth, and it is to the
interest of the bureaucrats that this fiction be kept alive;
for this purpose it conducts a ‘public relations’ program.
Some considerable portion of the money appropriated to it by
Congress is misapproppriated to advertise the agency’s good
works. A good-sized book could be written on the unauthor
ized efforts of the bureaucracy to “sell’ itself to the pub
lic; taken as a whole, the agencies constitute the largest,
most expensive and most daring lobby in Washington, hav
ing for its objective nothing else than the perpetuation of
the bureaus, the enlargement of their powers, the increase
of their budgets.
In their efforts to perpetuate themselves, and to free
themselves from their constitutional creators, the agencies
are aided by the ‘democratic’ process: since every bureau is
a source of jobs for faithful party workers, the elected
authorities are loathe to see them closed up. The bureau
cracy becomes a ‘pork barrel’ of proportions.
In one way or another, then, the bureaucracy has become
‘a fourth branch of the government, one never contemplated
by the Founding Fathers. It is completely independent of
the electorate. Far from being subservient to the President
and Congress, it dominates them, not only with its propa
ganda methods, but also by paying close attention to the de
tails which the elected officials are incapable of handling.
The bureacracy is on the job of runaing the government
twenty-four hours a day. In effect, it is the government.
DauCarnegie
^ AUTHOR OF "HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND STARTUVING'
Find Out What Worries You
'1“'WO YEARS AGO Roy H. Jackson, Beaumont, Texas, found
*■ himself with a severe case of indigestion, which continued
without relief for a period of six or eight months. He consulted one
doctor who could find nothing wrong, then he went to another who,
after extensive tests, said he was on the verge of ulcers, adding
that this condition was caused by worry and lack
of relaxation. The only thing that would clear up
this condition would be to relax more and stop
worrying.
Roy immediately cut down on his working
hours and figured out just what he was worrying
about; was it his financial condition? True enough
he owed money but his payments were arranged
so that he could meet them without strain, and he
was living within his means, so he really had no
financial worries.
Was it fear of losing his job, and what would
happen if he did? He prided himself on being able to hold down
his job, and even if he should lose it he felt sure that he could get
another one. Anyway, very few people have ever starved to death
because they could not find some kind of work, so that particular
worry and fear was. out.
Was he in love with some one else and afraid of being found
out? Certainly not for he knew that he had the most wonderful
wife in the world and his home life was as happy as he could wish.
After this self analysis he found that he really had nothing to
worry about, so he stopped worrying. Immediately a great load
had been taken off his chest, and since that time he has felt won
derful. His suggestion to any of you readers who may be worrying
is: If you are worrying, find out what your worries are and a way
to stoo them: you will be healthier and happier.
CARNEGIE
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Test Your Intelligence
Score yourself 10 points for each correct answer in the first six
questions.
1. Joe Davidson was a famous s ; .
—Singer —Sculptor —Seer -.-Swordsman
2. Which of the following presidents was born a British subject?
—Abraham Lincoln —Thomas Jefferson
—Theodore Roosevelt —Harry Truman
3. Presidential inauguration day falls on January 20. Until recent
times it fell on which of the fopr dates listed below?
—April 14 —July 4 —January 1 —March 4
4. How long is the United States' nautical mile?
—3650.50 ft. —5280 ft. . —1000 ft. —6080.20 ft.
5. How cold is “Absolute Zero” in Fahrenheit degrees?
—Minus 100 —Minus 350.5 —Minus 22 —Minus 459.6
6. Isle Royal Island National Park lies off the coast of M— .
—Michigan —Maine —Molokai —Manhattan
7. Match the following memorial names with their descriptions and
score yourself 10 points for each correct choice.
(A) Kill Devil Hill —Last capital of Georgia
Cherokees
(B) Mount Rushmore —Pre-Civil War home of Lee
(C) New Echota Marker —Four Presidents carved in a
mountain
—Wright Brothers’ first flights
in North Carolina
Total your points. A score of 0-20 is poor; 30-60, average; 70-80,
superior; 90-100, very superior.
(D) Lee Mansion
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They develop a Communist mentality. The man who be
comes a Communist does so because he believes ths world
would be a better place to live in if Communism were in
stalled, with himself in a key position. It follows that those
who do not agree with him are both ignorant and sinful. In
like manner, the bureaucrat urging socialized medicine or
nationalized education or bigger and better regulations is
impressed with the stupidity and the cupidity of the op
position; these are an inferior people and must be brought
to toe. How? By political power. But, is not political
power the essence of Communism?
For those who are now coming out of college, or have
graduated within the last twenty years, this Communist
mentality is not hard to acquire. The highest ideal present
ed to them in their undergraduate days is that of taking
part in the uplifting of the world by means of coercion.”
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1952
ashington
••••••••••••••••••
PRESIDENT TRUMAN is not
L backing up an inch on his public
lealth plan. He is throwing the
problem of the nation’s health in
to the lap of the new administra
tion with the warning that Repub
lican victory in the election was
no mandate from the people to end
social and economic progress.
Departing from the prepared
text in a speech before the As
sociation of Military Surgeons
here, Truman also turned his at
tention to atomic energy: “I’m
here to tell you that I’ve been
working ever since the first atomic
bomb exploded to turn this atomic
energy to peaceful purposes, and
we’re going to do that before anoth
er generation.”
• • •
Truman compared the nation’s
health resources to its natural re
sources, saying, ‘The health, of die
American people is one of our
basic natural resources. It is as
important to the welfare of our
country as our land, our water,
and our minerals. Our national gov
ernment has been concerned about
the preservation and development
of these resources for decades. It
is just as logical for us, just as
important, for us to be concerned
about health.'* * \
Truman has envisioned a general
plan of health insurance patterned
on the federal social Security sys
tem. but has never committed
himself on any particular plan, al
though his opponents have loudly
proclaimed him to be on the side
of socialized medicine.
After attempts to obtain congres
sional action for health insurance
were abandoned in the face of po
litical opposition about a year
ago, Truman appointed file Com
mission of the Health Needs of the
Nation to consider the whole prob
lem and make recommendations.
The committee’s report is due
soon.
• • *
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Truman said, “Of* course I can
not tell you what effect this report
will have upon fixe new adminis
tration. I hope they will consider
it on its merit They would be
wise to do so.
“The people of this country con
tinue to expect their government to
be concerned with their well-be
ing. In the field of health, as in
Other important aspects of. pur
economic and social life, the peo
ple will look to the government
meet those great responsib;
which government alone c
die.”
The' problem of medicine for
the people car be solved
a cooperative effort on the p
all fixe groups Of our society.
President declared, bee
rapidity of scientific pro
the sharp rise in medic
last few years.
The President poin
the government is no
more than a fourth of the
in the medical schools
Defense Department,
ergy Commission, and
Health Service, which are
ducting vital experimi
own laboratories.
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ideoa from other editor!
From The Vilas County News-
Review, Eagle River, Wise.:
Support of our local Chamber of
Commerce ia waning. .
The problems that the Chamber
deals with are those of its mem
bers. It.is not just a charitable, do-
gooder organization. It is an or
ganization of businessmen uniting
to promote their own interests.
With that fact in mind we can not
understand why any Eagle River
merchant would refuse to join or
renew memberships.
It is a comparatively young
group—just revived last spring.
Those who object to rejoining be
cause the Chamber has not accom
plished wonders in a few months of
operation are expecting too much.
You cannot expect sound promo
tion and real achievement until the
organization itself is sound, and
thoroughly supported.
We urge every former member,
and anyone not now a member to
join up today. Help your commu
nity and help yourself by support
ing the Chamber.
• • • v ' ■
From The Cedar Springs, Mich.,
Clipper:
He was a frank, prospective cus
tomer. “Where’s them old ladjes
that run this newspaper?” he
asked. Swallowing hard. I said,
‘Tm one of them.” He Looked
closely. “Well, you ain’t so awful
old, are you?” he queried. Then
he demanded. “Where’s the other
one.” Then he explained, after a
fashion. “Well, I heerd a lot about
you, but I ain’t never seed you
before . . . but I heerd two old
ladies run this paper.” Anyone
—
mmmm
have canes they can
Grace and me?—
• • •
Fron
News:
For the past few weeks
observed that the
at the Tompkinsvillc
gave the population
have wondered why and
authority such
at our city
close of the 1
census,
city
three less
showed. Those
quite re
appeared. As yet we
able to find anyone
thing about the
Such a move
unjust reflection
all of us should be
this matter. It c
our city
have been left acc
findings of the 1950
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From The Newton
prise, Kentland,
We are told that
people who
alarm clock or
ly large. Such
to deep slumber
their feet at 5 or 6
only by minutes,
what time of day
utes of standard
animals have an e
of time. A dog
master is due af
an infant knows its
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S PAIN is a controversial subject in NATO.
disapproval as well as much approval of
States-Spanish negotiations. Alliance with Spj
vantages as well as advantages. Spain’s resources
ADVANTAGES
Geographic position—Spain con
trols entrance to Mediterranean
and sea routes to North Africa, is
far enough from Soviet airbases
to be safe from air attack. Pyrenees
mountain barrier is strong bulwark
against allied troops losing last
possible foothold in Europe.
Spain could provide good bases
for our Mediterranean fleet re
moved from threat of Russian air
attack. Yet our airbases in Spain
could be good jumping off places
for bombing other strategic points
in the Russian sphere, although not
close to Russian airbases.
Agreement with Spain will allow
our planes to fly over the Iberian
peninsula which- lies across direct
air routes between Britain, France,
Gibraltar and North Africa.
To these geographical advantages
may be added Spain’s potential
manpower. Spain's armed forces
are large in number but poor in
quaUty, but could be improved with
U.S. help. Invaders have discov
ered in the past that the J
r can make things
attacked la Us native hills.
To
in the
would h
facilities
millions of
true for air
The Spaniards
work be done by
tors with
with Spa
tracts. The U. S.
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