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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1953 1218 College Street NEWBERRY, S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. F. Armfield, Jr,, Owner Entered as second-class matter December 6, 1937 at the Postoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. VANISHING WILL-O’-THE-WISP SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in ad vance; six months, $1.25. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS By SPECTATOR America is the world’s great democracy, you hear peo ple say. It is not a democracy; a democrcy would be a government by the people themselves; by the people direct ly, without representatives. Then someone else says &iat America is a land of laws, not of men. But that is only half true; our Legislature enacts Statutes and they are law, but they are only a part of the law. A very great part of our law. is a hang-over from the days of our people in England. We call this the Common Law. Then we have a great body of law consisting of decisions of courts but the decisions are not interpretations of statutes; they are an effort to find a law or judicial decision somewhere, almost anywhere on which to rest a decision on a condition here. You will observe that the courts will frequently cite de cisions by courts of other States. Then, again, we have de cisions which nterpret State and Federal Constitutions. In general, I think, our State seems fairly consistent. In fol- •4 lowing established Constitutional decisions. We recall, in passing, that we have provisions in our State Constitution which seem to be frequently disregarded. Those pro visions are in plain and clear English, but we continue an at titude of indifference. In the National field we have such ridiculous perversions as the quibble and squabble over the interpretation of the Constitution. Here we in South Carolina have waited months for a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States. Is the matter one of law, merely law, pure and simple? By no means; The decision may reflect the politi cal trend of the day rather than the law. If we were to sub mit the Bible for a political decision it would probably be ruled out by some fanciful interpretations. We of America, a great nation under law, do not know what the law is; we stand impotent until a group of men tells us that the law is what it meant when it was written, or it means something else today. America, a land of law, waits months and months to hear what the iaw is or was or shall be. IUXWW7 naturally in fish Ivers, eggs, butter and milk. Anti-anemia B-12 is contained in liver; so is folic acid, a similar weapon. A number of vitamins have uses not yet pinpointed by scientists; they’re known only to help the body make pro per use of food, as all vitamins do. In this class are pantothenic acid, found in yeast liver and molasses; Vita min E, found in wheat-germ oil, and B-6, found in yeast and crude rholasses.” Are you interested in Vitamins? They are the order of the day. Plain old ham and eggs, mother’s beefsteak and hominy, big muffins, waffles and hot cakes—on such su staining food men went out and conquered the wilderness; and, thus nourished, followed a mule all day. On this great fare mothers cared for eight or ten children, did all the washing, ironing, sewing, cooking, house-cleaning and a bit of gardening, and then had time to keep up with all the doings and sayings of the neighbors; and sometimes “sit- up” with a sick friend. Well that was a day of rugged liv ing, but it produced great people. And they had no electric refrigerators, or electric fans; no constant supply of hot water. We probably shall have to consume vitamins on a big scale in order to get back in form. Of course I am not going to repeat what was said about eating fish. Some man remarked that he ate fish because fish is good brain food. His friend remarked, “If fish is good for the brains I ought to eat a whale.” Now about those vitamins: “Health-conscious Americans are consuming a fast-grow ing dose of vitamins. It was less than two decades ago—in 1934—that the first vitamin extract passed across a drug counter. At last official report in 1951, it was 4.3 million pounds. The public is consuming a rising flow of vitamins via in direct routes, too. The basic manufacturers sell them to food processors to enrich such everyday foods as bread, milk and margarine. And vitamins are helping make more meat through increased use in farm-animal feed. New uses enhance the vitamin future. B-12, already known as an anemia fighter, has recently been found to promote the growth of retarded children.. Vitamins, of course, are contained naturally in various foods, from oranges to fish livers. It’s been known for decades that ailments like pellagra, scurvy, rickets and beri beri were caused by lack of vitamins and could be prevented or cured by eating foods containing them. The first vitamin extracts came entirely from the natural sources. But since then, it’s been found more feasible to make vitamins syn thetically—mainly from chemicals derived from coal tar. Today most vitamins are made that way. Many of the big vitamin dealers concentrate on selling vitamins for use only on doctor’s prescriptions. And doctors contend they should be consulted by would-be vitamin takers because individual needs vary so widely. Among the major vitamins now put up in pill form, Vita min A, the aid to child growth and night vision, is found naturally in fish livers. Vitamin B-l, the weapon against beri-beri and hangovers, also known as thiamine, is con tained in nuts, eggs and most vegetables. The growth- pro moter B-2 comes in milk and green vegetables. Vitamin C, besides helping bone and tooth growth, aids in healing wounds. The well-known D, preventer of rickets, is found America should develop her strength at home. As a great country, able to defend ourselves against any foe, we should have a moral influence throughout the world that would make us in very truth the mighty Nation under God which could lead humanity. I emphasize the weight of our strength in material, physical, preparation; and I recog nize that our greatest influence would be that of a nation which seeks Divine guidance and speaks without selfish motive: in truth, a Nation without guile. One of the most beautiful tributes in the Scripture was the remark of Jesus about Nathanael, as He saw Nathanael approaching: “Be hold an Israelite indeed in whom is no guile.” A Nation without guile! There has never been such a Nation, as I recall. How refreshing that would be!! Today we are throwing money all around the world. Why? We say that we are preparing against Russia, although we pretend to be at peace with Russia. Russia pretends to be at peace with us, but we support the South Koreans and Russia supports the North Koreans in war. We are friends with Communists in one Country and enemies in another. All the world is such a jumble that nothing stands out as a principle. We play ball with those who play with us. We fight the Chinese in Korea but hold back the Chinese National ists who want to fight on China’s mainland. We-are so smart and subtle that we outsmart ourselves. What really concerns me is that we have so few old-time Americans. We have hundreds of thousands of men and women who seem to know nothing of the basic principles of America. Today we have smart, world-minded Americans who endorse and support the United Nations program, even though it has become a sort of Trojan Horse that may destroy us from the inside! You remember the Trojan Horse? There was a war because Helen, the beautiful wife of the King of Sparta, had been carried off by Paris, the son of the King of Troy. The Spartans and their allies be sieged Troy ten years but were still on the outside. Finally the Greeks built a great horse, filled it wth soldiers, and let it stand outside the city. Then they retired, as though defeated. The curiosity of the Trojans caused them to bring the horse inside the city, in order to see exactly what it was. Then the Greeks, now inside the walls, sacked and burned the city—took it from the inside. Perhaps some Trojan horses are now in the United States! In Europe the rivers seemed small to us. I went once to speak to an outfit near the Marne River, France. Since the on-rushing German army had turned at the Marne, when it might so easily have marched on to Paris, the Marne seemed to stand for something quite out of the ordi nary. As I stood, looking at the Marne, I wondered why the Germans halted and then turned back there. It seem ed no bigger than a small stream, about like the shallow and narrow parts of the Enoree or .Black Rivers, in time of low water. Well, now— In going around London several of us had the great good fortune to be piloted by John Burns, a well known figure in British public life. Naturally we visited the Tower of London and saw the Crown Jewels, as well as the place where King Henry VIII beheaded his wives and many others. But all that can come later. Mr. Burns “took us”—strange way to say it, isn’t it? He took us to and fro, and after seeing many many places, day after day, the great Westminister Abby, very notably, we came to a river and paused on the bridge. “Gentlemen, this is the London Bridge,” said Mr. Burns, in his quiet voice, and with the under emphasis a Britisher shows when he really is bursting with pride. We enjoyed Mr. Burns and laughed at his good stories and this story I like to tell: we looked up and down the great river and thought it just a small affair, but we didn’t say so. However, Mr. Burns said: “Some days ago I came here with a Yankee and a Canadian. I said ‘This is the London Bridge.* The Yankee look over the bridge and scanned the river and asked: ‘What place is this? This is the London Bridge.* Yes, but what water is this ?* This is the Thames River.’* “Did you say the Thames River?** Yes, sir; this is the Thames River.” “But Mr. Burns, is this DaieCarnegie it AUTHOR pr’HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND STARniVING’' if- IV/T LLTON M. DONAHUE, 219 West Walnut Street, Tlpp City, Ohio, at -'-''-I an early age was taught by his parents to kneel at the side of his bdd at night and pray. As a youngster about five years old, he began to make visits to an aunt and uncle’s home in Springfield, Ohio. While visiting there, he slept with their youngest son Mike who was older than he. At night when saying his prayers Mike would ridicule him— poke fun at him. Many times during their lives, even after reaching manhood, this was still a great joke with Mike. But Mike went into the army. In 1945 just after the Battle of the Bulge his aunt received a letter from him which Milton read. One paragraph ran as fol lows: “Mom, the other night a strange thing hap pened. As you know during the major campaigns I have been in I have been scared almost to death. This particular night we were attacked and shelled unmercifully. One large shell hit very close to our shell crater dug-out. The next thing I knew I was on top of the ground, on my knees praying to God. Prayers that I did not think were in me. Mom, I was not praying to be saved from dying or from injury but to be forgiven for the many wrongs I have done. Be sure to tell Irish (meaning Milton) about this and he will know what I mean.” Mike, lacking sentiment, always signed previous letters just “Bye Mom.” This letter was signed, “Bye Mom, God bless you and pray for me.” This experience of Mike’s makes us all realize that to conquer worry or to accomplish almost anything in life we have to have faith; faith in ourselves, and most of all, faith in a Merciful God. CARNEGIE Sctuuuttp t&e P RESIDENT EISENHOWER, who as the nation’s chief executive makes United States foreign pol icy, and Senator Robert Taft of Ohio, have expressed differences of opinion on the subject of Korea and the United Nations, This difference could mean a great deal in the future, or it could mean nothing. As the President ex pressed it, Mr. Taft has every right to form and express his own opin ions. This sharp difference of opinion between the President and the Sen ator, called the most powerful fig ure in Washington excepting, of course, the Chief Executive, came about when the Ohio solon said in a recent speech that if negotiations fail in Korea the U. S. should tell England and other Allied nations “we are withdrawing from all further peace negotiations in Korea.” Senator Taft added, “I believe in the United Nations myself, but not as an effective means to pre vent aggression.” He then asserted that the U. S. “might as well abandon any idea of working with the United Nations in the East and reserve to ourselves a completely free hand.” World leaders and political ob servers waited anxiously for the President’s reply to these state ments. When it came it was blunt. The President asserted he believed in the United Nations and his policy would be to cooperate with the U. N. Then he landed the most telling point in their difference of opin ions. Go it alone in one part of the world, he said, and we will have to go it alone in all parts of the world. The President indicated that if compromise is necessary for the good of all, then it will be his policy to compromise. As stated before.this difference of opinions could mean nothing. However, observers are pointing out that Senator Taft is a powerful figure in GOP policy-making cir cles. His statement could mean a rebirth of an isolation trend that has not been entirely stamped out of some sections of his party. If he wished he could make future policy decision rather difficult, to put it mildly, for the President. Does Senator Taft believe in the United Nations, some observers have asked? The best answer to that is the fact that Senator Taft is an honest man. He would not have said he believed in it if he did not. But there are reservations in the ex tent of his belief. These reserva tions are not new, but have not been made public by the Senator as often as in the past. What worries most members of the Republican party is the fact that Senator Taft has a strong mid- western leaning toward isolation. Is it, they are asking, beginning to get the upper hand again, even in the face of a GOP policy of co operation with our Allies and the undeniable fact that we are living in a smaller world every day? Washington observers have been cautious in their speculations con cerning the Eisenhower-Taft dif ferences. But most of them are agreed that the Senator’s state ment came at a bad moment, that is, were badly timed as far as Korean truce negotiations are con cerned. Here again one can say only time will tell the real effect—whether Taft’s statement will have great in fluence, or none. A RESSIONAL Q—What proportion of the armed services are physicians? A—The Army has 3.68 per thousand, the Navy 4.25 and the Air Force 3.76. The Defense Department has told Congress it plans to lower the over-all ratio to 3.2 per thousand. Q—Do many Russians and their satellites listen to the Voice of America? A—No one this side of the Iron Curtain knows for sure, but Dr. Leo Lowenthal, chief Voice evaluator, on May 11 offered a Congressional subcommittee the “conservative” estimate that half the people in Communist lands listen “fairly regularly.” Others have been less confident of the Voice’s effectiveness. , Q—What did Britain’s Clement Attlee mean when he said “the Amer ican Constitution was framed for an isolationist State?" A—He said that, at the time the Constitution was drafted, “Americans did not want to have anything to do with Europe.” Comparing the British and American systems, he pointed out that the Prime Minister’s policies are the government’s policies, while in the U. S. “power is divided between «the Administration and Congress.” A President can make only limited commitments in foreign relations, since many agreements need Congressional approval through treaty ratification, or implementation through appropriations and other action. One famous example of Congress blocking a President occurred when the Senate refused to ratify Wilson’s Versailles treaty. Q—Is the Chief Justice’s pay check any fatter than those drawn by other Supreme Court judges? A—His colleagues on the highest bench earn $25,000 a year, while he receives $25,500. The pay bill now pending in Congress would widen this margin by raising the Associate Justices $10,000 to the $35,000 level and giving the Chief Justice a $14,500 increase, to $40,000. yy The Thames River?” Yes, sir; this is The Thames. River. “But is this The Thames River I have read about all my life?” “Yes, sir; this is the Thames River.” “Well, Mr. Burns, have you ever seen the Missouri?” Then the Cana dian woke up and asked: “Have you ever seen the Saint Lawrence River?** “Well, now,** said Mr. Burns, “I backed off a piece and said, Gentlemen, I have been to the States and I have been to Canada. The Missouri River is just a vast muddy current; and the Saint Lawrence is just a great body of water, nothing more; but this, Gentlemen, is liqud history.” And so do our British cousins cherish their soil and water, though seldom proclaiming ther pride. To them Britain’s greatness is something sacred and as sured. IKE TOURS FARM . . . President Eisenhower and agriculture secre tary Ezra Benson examine red Sindhi bull at agricultural research center in Beltsville, Md ’ The Sindhi bull is being used to develop dairy cattle with heat tolerance for warm climates. AIDS FIGHT ON VIETMINH . . Lt. Pierre Jnin, son of France’s Marshall Alphonse Jnin, handles aerial liaison in Tonkin Delta region where French-Laotian forces battle the rebels. CROSS f/,, idaos from othar ad i tors Editor’s Note: The following es say was written by a Cedaredge, Colorado, citizen, and was printed in the Congressional Record. THE WEALTH OF A SMALL TOWN “A small town is where every body knows your business and yet they will make it their business if anyone in the commurdty needs help. It is where the folks win talk about you and then talk for you when the chips are down. It is where there has to be a fire to get anyone on the streets after 9 o’clock and yet there will be square danc ing until 2 o’clock in the morning and not dependent on hot music and Chid drinks to keep up the friendly spirits. “In a .small town there is a com mon bond during a disaster and a common thankfulness for rain, qr a beautiful day, or a new fire hydrant. There is little thought paid to so cial position and the judging of a man is done on his own value—the deep values. “It is where a person speaks to his friend as many times as he sees him during the day, not wor rying over the social graces as to whether they have already greeted each other previously. It is where a neighbor’s hurt becomes your hurt. “The freedom and dignity of the individual is practiced in a small town without a lot of paid coach ing by experts who think they know the minds of men. A man exoects to earn what he gets and gets what he earns. “The building of a park or the paving of a street becomes a per sonal thing in which the majority of folks see a tangible part of them selves. The yardstick is not off in degrees that ask 'What is there in it for me?’ “A stranger becomes the focus of honest curiosity and the return ing native always seems to have added a little glamor. The deeds of the town and its men often shine brighter in a far away place. The words of a stranger often seem like important words. “A small town is where the lack of convention allows for more time to live well and think clearly. The veneer of fatuous arguments in a thin shell which comes closer to allowing thought. The problems of the people are concerned with na ture and close association with others—with things as they are. “This, in par*., is a small town and the people who live in it. It is closer to the concepts of freedom, individual initiative, and self-real ization than any other segment of the land except the remote ruraL It is the balance wheel in our so cial order. May there be enough vision to see that the wealth of our small towns is far greater than that which could be measured by smoking stacks and production lines.” Crossword Puzzle HORIZONTAL 1 Corded cloth 4 Grape refuse *8 Ardor 12 Macaw 13 Tune 14 Feminine name 15 Title of respect 18 Stand bear- . 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