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THE NEWBERRY SUN
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By SPECTATOR
The Constitution of the United States has been thrown
out of the window in fact and in spirit. Our refuge should
be the courts, but if Judges are appointed as Party men and
act on the bench as political henchmen we Americans are
sunk. That has been our misfortune in some Federal courts.
Our greatest failure is in the domination of the nation by
courts which interpret the Constitution, the Statutes and
the Common Law by whim, in many cases. In fact, all our
law should be Statutory, and so clearly written as to be
understandable by all intelligent citizens.
There is a part of our Federal Constitution, (the 14th
Amendment) which provides: “No State shall make or en
force any law which shall abridge the privileges or immun
ities of citizens of the United States...nor deny to any person
within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
That has nothing to do with private business. Under the
provision authorizing Congress “to pay the debts and pro
vide for the common defence and general welfare of the
United States” the courts have validated all manner of Acts
of Congress, although clearly beyond the purpose of the
Constitution.
There is a ray of light; The Supreme Court of Arkansas
tells us: “The Arkansas Supreme Court in a case unprece
dented in the nation, ruled unanimously today that Con
gress has not authorized the Government to enter the steam
generating field in electric power projects.
The ruling wound up a two year fight over an attempt of
the Arkansas Electric Co-operative Corp. to build a 30,000
kilowatt steam generating plant at Ozark, Ark., with a
$10,000,000 Rural Electrification Administration loan.
The Southwest Power Administration, an agency of the
Interior Department, would have been given a 40-year lease
on the power output of the plant.
The SPA and rural co-ops were pitted against private
utility companies led by the Arkansas Power and Light
Co. Others were Arkansas-Missouri Power Co., the South
western Gas and Electric Co., of Louisiana, and the Okla
homa Gas and Electric Co.
The Supreme Court ruling held that the SPA.s proper
function under Congressional acts was to sell hydro-power
in wholesale quantities rather than to sell at retail by inte
gration of steam power into its system.”
The Executive Department made treaties with foreign
nations—and they have been ratified by the Senate—which
may imperil us in our rights as American citizens.
All this springs from the subservience of the Congress
and the Courts to Executive domination.
It argues strongly for each of the three Departments of
the Government to act independently and for the supreme
good of all of the Nation not only today but tomorrow.
We’ve heard much about synthetic fibers, and before me
is an article on fade-proof fibers and built-in colors for
synthetic fibers. And here is that.
“Man-made fibres from rayon to Acrilan for the first
time are emerging in all shades of the rainbow, guaranteed
not to fade. It’s a huge step forward for the synthetics,
most of which have never been able to hold their coloring
nearly as well as natural yarns like cotton and wool.
The method of making these different yarns absolutely
colorfast is called ‘dope-dying’—dyestuffs are pumped into
the solutions from which the fibres are spun, thus sealing
the coloring into the fibre structure. Hitherto, the conven
tional way has been first to form the fibres and then load
them into dyeing machines to soak up color, a system that’s
given the man-made fibre makers all sorts of fading and
bleaching headaches.
Dope-dyeing in its simplest form isn’t new. It was used
in the late 1930’s but only in four dark colors. Use by the
ftavy in neckerchiefs gave the black fibre a big boost dur
ing the war. Then came the new chapter in the story—the
multi-color chapter. After the war the Company played
with the process until today it offers fadeproof acetate in
23 different shades from grays and browns to faint pastels
under the trade name Chromspun.
These fast color features are given credit for pushing
production of dope-dyed acetate up to an annual clip of 35
million pounds—or enough for some 40 million ladies’
dresses—from just a few million pounds a year ago.
The big trouble with dope-dyed acetate (which is also
its greatest asset) is that once it’s colored, it stays colored.
Thus, a fabric weaver may decide that powder blue is to be
the popular color of the coming season and purchase a large
quantity of the fibre in that particular hue. Then when the
season arrives, if fickle consumers decide THE color is
robin's egg blue, the manufacturer is out of more than luck.
There are synthetics in every field. They tell us that
blood, tallow, and bone prices have slumped and that meat
packers are trying to find new uses for those things, since
synthetics have hurt their business.
Everybody has his troubles. To those of us not directly
interested in the v r ar of competition and substitution this
is very interesting. This is really a picture of American en
terprise. We don’t know today what this great nation may
produce next year and have in even the humblest home five
years from now.
I have been driving cars of several “makes” and types
for many years. Some months ago I turned the key in a car
and nothing happened. I have a car which does everything
when you merely turn the key. I looked all over the car but
saw nothing. A young fellow said push down on the clutch
pedal. And so it started.
Some years ago I had a little business with Ex-Governor
Mike Connor of Mississippi. By the way, I’ve heard that he
was the father of the Sales Tax. But he was a fine gentleman
and a real patriot, so I need not emphasize that. Mr. Connor
met me at the station and we went to his office. I couldn’t
get out of the car—no handles or anything, you know.
Observing my embarassment he said “there’s a button under
that panel; push it.” And that was that.
At any moment I expect to read of a car that will cook
the lunch, soup ,coffee, rolls, cake, chicken—and all while
the lovely lady of the home strenuously gathers all the
news of the day. Wonderful, wonderful country; and what
a marvellous era.
“I know only what I read in the papers.” Didn’t someone
say that, years ago? Reading the papers one may learn of
many strange and wonderful things. A Texas paper tells
us that builders, Sociologists and physicians are making a
campaign for better kitchens. That strikes close to the
heart of all people, for some wag has told us that the quick
est and nearest approach to the heart is by the mouth,having
reference to the important matter af food.
The Texas article was not one about more and better
food or more appetizing dishes, as we men might have wish
ed ; the article is devoted to more convenience and less work
for the lady of the house.
“For decades architects have been making kitchens
smaller and smaller until today some are no larger than an
old-fashioned closet.
The new kitchen will be larger, with adequate storage
space and designed for the family to ‘live’ in as well as for
the housewife to work in.
The New York Heart Association is one of the groups
pushing the campaign for more efficient kitchens. The more
efficient the kitchen, the less likely the housewife is to
suffer fatigue and heart disorders.
The National Association of Home Builders also is urging
improved designs and has joined with the Woman’s Home
Companion Magazine in offering special awards for ‘drud
gery proof’ kitchens.
The American Gas Association sent its experts to Chicago
to show how builders can use gas more efficiently in the
home.
Builders have found that housewives want more space,
including a dining area in their kitchens—and at the same
time want to cut down the many steps they must walk to
prepare a meal.
This contradiction can be solved by arranging the basic
kitchen equipment more efficiently. The sink should be
close to the kitchen range on one side and work space on
the other.
Walls should be utilized for storage space and racks.
Plenty of work space—at least eight square feet—should
be provided. Work counters should be placed close to the
range and the refrigerator where they are most needed.
These should be arranged so that the appliances and food
stuffs stored in them are readily available when needed.
Sliding doors on cabinets, for example, eliminate painful
and sometimes serious bumps . caused by conventional
swinging doors.
Electric outlets should be located so that appliance cords
will be out of the way and not a tripping hazard. There
also should be enough outlets to take care of all appliances.
Cross-ventilation should be provided in the kitchen to
clear out excessive heat and kitchen odors. The kitchen
range should be placed under a window.
Good lighting is considered a necessity. It cuts down both
kitchen accidents and excessive fatigue in the housewife,
fluorescent lighting because it spreads the light evenly.
The kitchen should be built of materials that can quickly
and easily be cleaned. Floors made of clay tile, for example,
cannot stain and can be swept clean in a jiffy.” t
That is highly desirable, though it does not promise more
pies or puddings or any of the delectable dishes mother
used to serve.
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I D. WHELAN, 2003 Handley, Saginaw. Michigan, worked for a com-
*• pany at a time when they were faced with quite a severe manpower
shortage, and the manager assigned to him an area so large that it
had him worried. He just couldn’t conceive how he could handle such
a situation. However, he realized that the people with whom he had
to deal were good customers and it was up to him to do the best he could
For some time he worked between twelve and fif
teen hours a day trying to keep abreast of the situa
tion. About 80 per cent of his time was spent on ex
pediting work trying to get a maximum of critical
material into the factory so that a satisfactory pro
duction rate could be maintained on the much needed
electric refrigerators that they were manufacturing
He realized that he could not continue to go at his ter
rific pace and finally decided that he could concen
trate on the most important things and let the others
follow. He continued to be very busy, but after this
simple decision he found that he could handle the
situation considerably better; and it was not necessary for him to spend
the long hours in trying to accomplish it. His worries subsided
amazingly.
The extra effort that he expended was returned to him recently
when he received a new appointment which meant an important pro
motion which surely would not have come if he had not -simplified his
work by doing the most important things first.
From the Newark Courier-Ga
zette, Newark, N. Y.:
Few realize how deeply the roots
of agriculture are embedded in our
life. George Washington was ac
claimed the “first farmer of the
land.” Thomas Jefferson devoted
much of his time to agricultural
experiments, studying seeds, soils,
fertilization and crop rotation, and
was among the first to use contour
plowing. That great early Ameri
can statesman Daniel Webster
operated a model farm at Marsh
field, Massachusetts. Andrew Jack-
son, seventh president of the U. S.
was a plantation owner and took
great pride in the fact that the
reaping machine was invented dur
ing his administration. And Lincoln,
as every child knows experienced
in full measure hard work on the
land. He signed the Homestead
Law in 1862, that gave thousands
of American families the chance to
settle on public domain land.
With this background and our
great industrial development it is
small wonder that with only seven
per cent of the world’s people and
six per cent of its land, America
is able to produce much more food
per capita than other parts of the
world. American industrial devel
opment has meant high production
per farm worker through the use
of modern farm equipment. In fact
the history of farm mechanization
Is the history of America’s brilliant
victory over famine. If farmers
everywhere could be blessed with
the knowledge, the freedom and the
machines so typical of America,
the hunger and famine which have
stalked mankind since time began
would be only a hazy memory,
From the Page News and Couri
er, Luray, Virginia:
A much discussed phenomena of
recent times has been the trend
toward rural and suburban living.
As the Census Bureau break
downs show, there has been a
steady migration out of the great,
congested centers of population and
into the country.
All kinds of factors have played
their part in this—rapid transpor
tation, which makes commuting
swift and easy, first class schools,
the desire of people to spend their
leisure hours in natural surround
ings, and so on. One factor which
hasn’t been given as much notice
as it may deserve is present-day
rural and suburban retailing.
The small-community shopping
center of today is a far cry from
that of the past. It contains all
kinds of stores — chains, indepen
dents, often branches of big-city
department stores. Standards of
display, sanitation and service are
usually of the best. A wide and
attractive selection of goods is of
fered. Competition, which is just
as potent in the country as in the
metropolis, sees to it that pri-'
are held to their proper lev^
This doesn’t mean that our
are withering away. Quite obviously
they are a permanent part of the
landscape, and many will keep
right on growing. What it does
mean is that representative pro
gressive small-town and suburban
areas are growing even faster, and
that the face of the little commu
nity is undergoing a continuing and
salutary change. The rural dweller
gets the same kind of goods and
service as his city cousin.
• During the past week the domes
tic problems of President Eisen
hower’* administration continued
to grow until it appears that some
kind of explosion is inevitable. This
explosion may come about much
sooner than most observers expect.
To set the record straight, here
are the items that are causing in
creased strain within the admini
stration:
• 1. Taxation. In his first White
House news conference President
Eisenhower said that the govern
ment can not afford to reduce taxes
or federal income until it has in
sight a spending program which
balances income and outgo.
In spite of this statement of poli
cy, which is supported by Senator
Robert Taft of Ohio, the House
Ways and Means Committee has
approved a policy of putting spend
ing cuts ahead of any reduction in
taxes. A tax cut must “precede,
not follow” budget reductions, the
committee said in its policy report.
The House committee gave a
number of valid reasons for a cut
in taxation. In addition, GOP con
gressmen are remembering the
promises of the recent campaign.
One of those promises was a tax
reduction as soon as possible. The
President himself never made such
a promise,' but other Republican
candidates pounded home at the
theme.
The situation presents a possi
bility that could split the admini
stration. If a tax reduction bill is
passed by congress, and there is
a good chance it might, will Presi
dent Eisenhower veto it when it
reaches his desk? He has not said,
but he did say he would not consent
as things now stand to any reduc
tion in government revenue without
a substitute which would bring ia
as much. *
• S. Farm Prices. For several
months farmers have been pouring
their trouble over declining prices
into the ears of their congressmen.
Since January M the congressman
have been taking them to Secretary
ef Agriculture Kara Taft Henson
Particularly hard hit ha
cattlemen.
The cattlemen have been urging
emergency action in the form of
loans to help stabilize the cattle
market. Benson indicated he would
take no action. This ' caused con
cern, but farmers were really star
tled when he said he regarded
price supports as “disaster insur
ance” and opposed them when they
resulted in surpluses and subsidies.
Now. farm leaders in the House
have agreed to a four-point program
based principally on increased
government credit to livestock pro
ducers. This is not in accord with
Benson indicated policy
And the problem of surpluses has
yet to be faced. Grain men esti
mate the nation’s pile of unsold
wheat from past crops may reach
a towering 585 million bushels by
July 1. This big buildup is the pro
duct of hefty supplies and shrinking
exports. What’s to be done about
it will be a major administration
problem.
In addition to other problems. Mr.
Benson has found himself under fire
from farm leaders to such an ex
tent he has tried to explain his
actions and defend his farm pro
gram. This has brought up the
speculation that perhaps the new
Secretary of Agriculture is expend
ible. /
• 3. Social Security. President Ei
senhower’s request for prompt ac
tion to extend social security bene
fits to millions of persons not now
covered has been side-tracked by
Republicans on the House Ways
and Means Committee. It is being
delayed by a survey that will )take
months and which means there will
be m action this year. The serious
ness of the situation depends upon
developments within the next two
or three weeks.
• 4. Teft-Hartley Act. Dispute has
developed among GOP senators
over the Taft-Hartley labor law’s
controversial injunction prevision.
The seriousness ef tttfs situation,
toe, depends upon developments
within the aecl flaw dsps.
Growing Communities Need
Playgrounds for Children
More adequately-equipped play
grounds so children may play in
safety are needed along with more
classrooms to take care of the na
tion’s growing crop of young Amer
icans, is the opinion of youth au
thorities throughout the nation.
They point to statistics to sub
stantiate their claims. Back in
1946. there were 19,996.055 children
in the elementary schools. In 1952
the figure climbed to 26,068,000. And
the prediction is that at least 1,-
600,000 more will be entering this
age group in 1953
These elementary school chil
dren. ranging from 5 to 15 years
of age. along with the pre-school
group down to two years of age,
are full of vim and vigor. They
need proper outlets for their energy
and enthusiasm. They get it by
running, skipping and jumping, by
swinging, climbing, sliding knd
whirling on playground devices
Small towns are getting larger
just from their birth rate increase
since World War II. Migration of
populations has changed others
drastically. New residential sub
urbs are building up almost over
night in metropolitan areas, each
with their own shopping districts,
neighborhood newspapers and other
facilities. The past decade’s boom
in California and the Pacific North
west has created entirely new com
munities.
Wisely, many of these new com
munities have allocated space for
new schools, parks and play
grounds. Local newspapers, cham
bers of commerce, planning com
missions, and other civic service
groups are seeing to it that the chil
dren are getting the recreational
and educational facilities they de
serve.
Civic-minded citizens realize that
by providing well-equipped play
grounds they can curb juvenile de
linquency and crime In Anaheim,
California, delinquency dropped 70
per cent within two years after the
opening of supervised public play
grounds
Safety for the children is a major
consideration of a recreation pro
gram. Some years ago. a Pennsyl
vania community delayed opening
of its playgrounds until July. During
June, street accidents brought death*
to one child and injured 26 others.
When the playgrounds were thrown x
open in July, accidents dropped tm
11 injured and none killed.
A report of the National Confer
ence on Physical Education for
Children of Elementary Schools
suggests playgrounds with three
divisions, a primary area for small
children, a junior area, and a
senior area with proper equipment
for each area
How much should a city spend for
a well-rounded recreation program?
The cost varies of course with the
needs of the community. In 1940 it
was considered that $1.50 per capita
was the minimum amount for pro
viding supervised recreation for
young and old and the maintenance
of facilities Now. with salaries and
equipment costs up, a recreation ex
penditure of at least $2.25 per capita
is being recommended.
KNOW SOUTH CAROLINA
By GEORGE MocNABB
■■■ CHIEF OF PUBLIC RELATIONS -
SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD
OLDE MAIN TOWER
Th* ringing of th« Tower’s bell to celebrate
football victories grew out of a custom es
tablished during the War between the
States, when a colored janitor at Furman
made it a practice to ring the Furman bell
following each Confederate victory.
Symbol of Furman University,
Greenville, the South’s oldest Bap
tist college, is Olde Main Tower,
which has stood for a century as a
Furman University
majestic sentinel of learning. One of
the most frequently painted and
photographed landmarks on the
campus, as artists have sought to
capture the spirit of the institution,
the Tower has come to be some
thing of a trademark of quality in
the educational world.
Today, the hearts of 9,000 for
mer Furman students beat a little
faster at the sight of the Tower, or
upon hearing its bell ring following
Forman football victories. The
ringing of the Tower’s bell to cele
brate football victories ^rew out of a
custom established during the War
between the States, when a colored
janitor at Furman made it a prac
tice to ring the Furman bell follow
ing each Confederate victory.
Furman University had been in
existence for more than a quarter of
a century before Olde Main was
erected, in 1853. Soon the Univer
sity is to be located on a new cam-
{ >us five miles north of the present
ocation, on Highway 25, where a
site of 1,000 acres has been secured.
But plans are already being con
sidered for conserving historic Olde
Main, one of the best examples in
this section of Italian Renaissance
architecture.
Perhaps for no Furman alumnus
is Olde Main Tower more meaning
ful than for Dr. John L. Plyler, now
in his fifteenth year as president of
the University. President Plyler
literally grew up “in the shadow of
the Tower,” and planned from his
earliest childhood to “be a Furman >
man.”
Currently the Tower looks down
upon a student body of something
more than 1,100 assembled from 25
states and from six foreign countries,
who are preparing to be leaders in
wide and varied fields of service in
the days ahead.
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