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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By SPECTATOR
•
Is South Carolina for Eisenhower? There is much talk
of getting us back in the so-called Democratic fold. Of
course the figures shoyv that the Trumanites had a small
majority in this State, growing out of certain factors in
Anderson and Spartanburg Counties. I do not believe that
Anderson and Spartanburg are different from Greenville.
That is a point of consideration. Instead of listening to
appeals to come back into the Party pf our fathers we
might spend our time more usefully by bringing all our
brethren into the fold. Now what fold is that? Surely
we don’t want any more of Truman or Trumanism.
When we speak of the Party of our fathers we might ^re
call that we Americans are a rebellious lot; that is a harsh
word, but it is intended as a tribute to our people. We do
not forget the Revolution; nor do we overlook George
Washington, Patrick Henry, Benjamin Franklin, Richard
Henry Lee—and a hundred others. The Civil War was a
head-on-collision. Men of the South denounced and renounc
ed the Union which their grandfathers and great grandfath
ers had established, a novel experiment in government—an
“indivisible union of indestructible States.” We are not
ashamed of our Revolution; nor are we ashamed of our
Civil War. We Americans do not harbor grudges and re
sentments against the English; nor should we Southerners
cherish ill-will against our brethren of the North. Those
wars are over, but the spirit of our people dwells within us
and we are not submitting tamely to the Trumanite motion
of Democracy. We are still Democrats, as we understand
Dejnocracy, but we shall not re-enter the Party of our fath
ers since the Party has lost all but the name.
Life calls for tolerance and toleration, so we live in peace
and brotherly love with those of our people who see fit
to follow the Trumanite banner. With all our differences,
we love them still; that is to say we still love them.
You may recall that play on words. A man was asked his
opinion of two singers. Of the first he said “I like her very
much; the second I like better still,” with heavy emphasis
on- the word “still”.
Let us live in peace and forbearance, without sacrificing
our prnciples and without abating our zeal.
Would you advise a man to borrow ten thousand dollars to
build a house if he had a disposable income of fifty thousand
dollars ?
Do you think it sound financing to make debts when you
have the money? I think I know what an acute investor or
speculator would say, but,, after all, a debt is a debt, even
though there are constructive and productive debts, as all
know. And we know that most great undertakings rest on
credit, but must we advocate debts when we have the
money ?
I raise the question because of a notice that the State
of South Carolina will offer fifteen million dollars in school
bonds this month. If the State had used the proceeds from
the Sales Tax for common school purposes exclusively no
such bond issue would be needed. Regardless of the heights
of finance to which one may soar, a debt is a debt and a
bond is a debt. WHiy rush into debt while a stream of gold
is pouring in?
In South Carolina we have had many millions of new re
venue, derived from the Sales Tax yet we joyfully spend it
and plunge the State into debt for more.
There is nothing abstruse about financing; this thing,
when boiled down to essentials, is precisely the same as
a man whose income has become suddenly and enormously
expanded, yet gives notes and mortgages for loans for
some of the usual commodities of Ife.
“A big, fat man is no more attractive to a woman than a
big, fat woman is to a man,” said a lady, as she accepted
a serving of some forbidden fruit, or dish. Someone had
chided her for being a bit overweight—she really was, vol
uminously so, I might say, with all respect, as well as due re
gard for poundage. And some of the ladies seem to fear
that the mere picture of food will add weight and lead to dis
figurement, causing the sylphlike lines to become lost in
needless physical upholstery. Even so.
Well a great Rail Road is trying to do its bit to preserve
or enhance the glamorous appeal of the ladies. Let us see
what the Rail Road is doing to rout the enemy of the pho
togenic figger (as my English friends might say):
“A Ra.il Road is now serving a special ‘streamliner’ meal
to enable its patrons to maintain their streamlined figures.
The meal, which totals just 470 calories, is designed to
permit those who eat with an eye on the scales to enjoy
their ride without worrying about fattening foods.
The ‘streamliner’ meal includes a tomato juice appetizer,
broiled sirloin of beef served with diced fresh carrots, a let
tuce salad served with non-fattening dressing, two Ry-Krisps
served without butter, half grapefruit without sugar, and
tea or coffee with saccharine.
The special menu is now available in all of the dining and
IMPENDING VACATION DAZE
coffee^ shop-tavern cars. If the meal proves popular, other
low-calory suggestions will be introduced in diners.”
Did you wrestle with Caesar, Cicero, Horace, Juvenal and
the other worthies, in courses that were such mental disci
pline, but so lightly regarded?
Juvenal denounced businessmen, not because they were
wicked, but because they were prosperous; and their pros
perity was built on efficiency, as well as a marketing in
stinct which suggested to them what the people wanted.
That same spirit lives today; many became suspicious^ and
distrustful of those who prosper. Can be true that people
rejoice in their friends’ afflictions ? I don’t think so, do you ?
How would you like to be given a keg of coins for your
monthly pay? Of course you know what a “keg” is, though
we have so many newfangled containers that kegs and bar
rels may yield to strong papers or cardboard, or materials
by whatever name. Well a keg is a small barrel.
Since I’ve agreed to write every week some little incid
ent of my ten years in South America I’ll tell what may be
on my mind, regardless of time. So here we are:
The Government of Peru found that the people did not
like paper money in small denominations, the equivalent
of twenty cents, more and less. Perhaps paper could be too
easily destroyed, or perhaps paper money could be too eas
ily printed. Outside of Lima, Callao, Arequipa, Trujillo,
Chiclayo, lea—and a few other towns banks were as scarce
as hens’ teeth. When I was in Cajamarca, in the Andes,
I was two days horseback from Chilete the Rail Road head.
One day from there to the coast town of Pacasmayo; and
there I waited for a ship to Salaverry, possibly a week, un
less I could charter a Model T and run albng the coast for a
day to Chocope; and there catch a train for Trujillo. That
car would have cost about $50. There was a bank in Trujillo.
So imagine such a round trip, in order to go to a bank!
The hacendados and merchants kept their reserves in
British gold. They were lacking in confidence in paper
money, since printing presses might water the currency.
The Government decided to put coins in circulation. When
the paymaster was ready to pay the salaries and expenses
of my office in Cajamarca. I went with the porter and we
brought back a waste-paper basket full of Soles—coins about
the size and weight of a silver dollar. In course of time I
had a trunk nearly full of these Soles. On an inspection trip
my Secretary (Senor Santolalla) carried our expense money
in saddle bags across the back of a burro.
One of the Americans, Mr. Cash, strangely enough, re
signed and asked for a settlement. I had now become Di
rector General and was in Lima, the Capital. The Govern
ment owed Mr. Cash about ten thousand Soles. Cash pre
sented his libramiento (warrant) at the Caja Fiscal (pay
master’s) and was told to come back at three o’clock for his
money. Cash suspected that the Tesorero (treasurer) would
deliver several kegs of Soles to him so he chartered a truck
and went for his money. I am sure that the clerk meant to
offer Cash the money in kegs, but when he saw that Cash
had chartered a truck to haul the money, he handed Cash
a check on a local bank!
South Carolina is fortunate in having industries which
are not only well-managed, but so directed that they are
far more than mere job opportunities. I have the pleasure
of knowing Mr. W. H. Regnery of Chicago and Mr. Walter
G. Regnery of Newberry, the gentlemen who operate the
big Joanna Mill at Joanna, Laurens County. Not only does
THOUGH GUARD . . . T* keep swine frem evertarnlnf the feed
trough fasten lengths of barbed wire under the edges ef each side.
Regular staples are used to attach the wire.
Q—Is Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, new Secretary of the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare, the first woman to hold a cabinet post?
A—No. she is the second Miss Frances Perkins was Secretary of Labor
under Franklin D Roosevelt
q What has been proposed for the government-owned rubber plants?
A President Eisenhower recommended to Congress April 14 that the
$550 million rubber plants under government ownership be sold to
private industry He said the disposal must be in line with three
objectives: The facilities should return to the government “their full
fair value;” they should be disposed of in a manner that would in
sure the public and fabricators •‘the benefits of fair competition;”
and they should be sold "on such terms as will guarantee their ready
availability in time of emergency.”
What procedure to required for amending the U. 8. Constitution?
A The Constitution itself states in Article V: “The Congress, whenever
two-thirds of both Houses shah deem it necessary, shall propose
Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legis
latures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention tor
proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all
Intents and Purposes as Part of tide Constitution, when ratified by
the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Con
ventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of
Ratification may be proposed by the Congress . . •”
q Could a Constitutional amendment be proposed and ratified without
a vote of Congress? *
A—According to the American Law Secuon of the Library of Congress,
this is an academic question since all amendments so far have been
proposed by Congress However, the legal specialists said even if-
Congress did not propose the amendment and the alternative method
tor proposing an amendment — by Constitutional convention — were
employed, the Congress probably would have to vote on a resolution
to submit the amendment proposed by Constitutional Convention to
the states for ratification
(C«»jrrlrht ISOS. Ua»rt«rU)
PaieCarmegie
'A' AUTHOR OF “HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND STARniVING"
V IRGINIA DAVIS, 1425 Diversey Parkway, Chicago, Illinois, says
she has done more worrying on occasions when she had to speak
in public than about any other event in her life.
A couple of years ago, this worry developed into fear and the
fear grew into a phobia so great that when she had to talk to a group
of more than four people she would begin to quake and stutter. Finally
this led to such a feeling of insecurity that she de
veloped a severe inferiority complex—both in her
social and her workaday life. When her job demand
ed that she read a twenty minute case study at a
public health mental hygiene meeting, she worked
herself into such a complete state of nerves that the
doctor gave her a sedative to see her through the
ordeal.
As she looked around and saw others rise to
their feet and speak with ease, she came to the
sensible conclusion that this fear was ridiculous. CARNEGIE
Then she searched for—and found—the cause: In
grade school and part of high school she had been an unbearable show-
off. She was up in front all the time. The teachers were defenseless
against her. Whenever a solo had been wanted—song or speech—she
had been cm her feet demanding the part. One day without warning
adolescent shyness struck her just as she was dashing up to the front
of the room. Her knees began to shake and she became painfully self-
conscious.
Now looking back and making comparisons, she realized that she
would never be as good as she thought she was in her younger days,
but neither was she as bad as she thought she was in her inferiority
complex days. Then her fears began to dissolve—as soon as she
accepted that simple conclusion.
T HE biggest step toward econo
my made by the Eisenhower
administration to date was the re
cently announced decision to cut
ex-President Truman’s defense
budget by $8.5 billion.
President Eisenhower said his
proposed cut in appropriations
would not reduce the effective mili
tary strength this country has plan
ned for itself and its Allies in 1954.
And it is important to uote that
he does not expect the cut to com
pletely balance the budget for the
year beginning July 1. But he de
clared that his administration is
making progress in that direction
—and thus toward cutting taxes—
every day.
• Everyone has heard the ex
pression: “There’s more ways of
skinning a cat than one.” United
Nations delegates at Panmunjon
last week applied that thought to
their talks with Communists tor
peace in Korea.
The Allies warned the Reds they
might take a short cut through the
snarled prisoner exchange prob
lem by simply releasing 32,000
North Koreans who don’t want to
go home. Allied negotiators said
such action would follow a pattern
created by the Reds themselves.
Lt. Gen. William K. Harrison
told the Reds turning the prisoners
free would only be following their
policy of liberating prisoners at the
front. “Your side already has
shown us the way,” he said. “It
would seem quite appropriate that
these Koreans whom we still are
holding as prisoners . . . should be
released without further delay.”
It was obvious, observers at the
scene reported, that the Reds were
not overjoyed with the prospect.
These 32.000 North Koreans want
to live in South Korea and would
become material for the South
Korean army.
At this writing the truce talks
remain deadlocked over the selec
tion of a neutral country to handle
war prisoners. The Allies suggest
Switzerland as a neutral. The Reds
rejected the proposal, but refuse
to name their selection.
Unless some important break
occurs within a few days it now ap
pears that the truce talks may
come to an abrupt end with the
Allies walking out. The sessions
have, at the moment, reached the
name-calling stage where they were
broken off last October 9.
• Expenditure cuts in Washing
ton are being extended these days
beyond the federal government.
Congressional Quarterly reports
that lobby spending last year
dropped to the lowest point since
passage of the Federal Regulation
of Lobbying Act of 1946.
According to the CQ report, 257
groups reported spending $4,823,981
in 1952, compared with $8,771,096
that 295 organizations reported in
1951.
Peak spending by lobby groups
on record is $10,303,204 paid out by
340 organizations im 1950, while the
lowest previously reported was
$5,191,856 in 1947, the first full year
of operation under the Act.
Topping all those reporting was
the National Association of Elec
tric Company, which shot up from
fourth place in 1951. The American
Medical Association, which led the
pack in 1949, and again in 1950, was
second last year. In third place
with the Association of American
Railroads.
this Mill pay high wages (as all the- mills pay) but for six
teen years it has given a bonus to its employees.
The Clinton Chronicle, one of our newsiest and most pro
gressive papers, tells that The Joanna Mill has just paid
$230,000 in bonuses to its 1600 employees. This is about
five per cent of the yearly wage of each one.
This is a fine thing, a free gift, for it is not a part of any
one’s wages.
Our people may not know either Mr. W. H. Regnery or
Mr. Walter Regnery, both of whom are so quiet and modest;
but I am happy to know them and am never more stimu
lated than when an opportunity enables me to spend time
with Mr. W. H. Regnery "in his Chicago office.
From the CarllnviUe Enquirer,
Carlinville, Illinois: Heaven only
knows how many politicians, danc
ing masters and cigar makers have
told me how to run a newspaper.
Indeed, I believe that newspaper
publishing is one business that
every man, woman and child in
America considers himself capable
of doing—end doing welL -
I consider that day lost when
I do not get a letter from a teen
age youngster offering to do my
job—or a contribution from a
housewife saying she has been
writing a column (in secret) for
years and now has decided she
wants to break into print.
Doctors, lawyers, merchants,
auto dealers and dogcatchers stum
ble all over themselves trying to
set me straight on how to run a
publishing business.
I can’t get mad at this because
I’m always doing that same sort
of thing. The other night I spent
most of an evening telling a base
ball player how to improve his
pitching—and I’ve made only one
base hit in my life.
Also, once I explained to an ad
miral a cute little fleet maneuver
I’d figured out. I explained that I,
too, had served in the navy, dur
ing World War L He came back
by telling me that he knew the
printing business pretty well, hav
ing carried papers when he was
a youngster. See what I mean?
• • •
From the Madison Press, London,
Ohio: An editorial which is an edi
torial should make the die-hards
mad and the true thinkers cheer.
From the Catskill Mountain Star,
Saugerties, N. Y.: Mothers oi
G.L’s missing in action in the air
war over Korea have become
prime targets of the Red propa
ganda machine.
Pleasant letters, reassuring the
safety of the missing men, are be
ing delivered to next-of-kin in
smaller towns around the United
States. Though written. in precise
English, the letters are authored
by the Chinese Reds.
These solicitous letters offer te
do anything possible tor the cap
tured G. L They also refer to the
war as “senseless aggression,” and
offer effusive hopes for “peace.”
Since the Reds do not allow the
Red Cross or other legitimate agen
cies to bear information that might
exist about downed U.N. fliers,
this first word is naturally received
with overwhelming joy by rela
tives.
The parents show the letter to
friends. It appears in the local
paper (that's why smaller cities
are selected). A letter-writing cam
paign may start, to induce the
congressmen to “end this sense
less war.”
That, naturally. Is exactly what
the Reds want to happen. They
know it is not hard to sell peace,
but remember that peace on their
terms is not peace at alL
If you should receive such a let
ter, don’t let it bo turned into a
propaganda weapon which can un
do the value of the sacrifices your
man has made.
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