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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By SPECTATOR
That joyful news I’ve been proclaiming from the house
tops with so much gusto—here’s a bit more of it: The ex
cellent Clinton Chronicle of Wilson Harris has something of
interest on the first page. Here is the item.
“The total levy for district 55 last year was 53 mills, or
9 more than this year.’’ That is indeed something for
rejoicing.
I have a very special respect for my brother of the pen,
Mr. Harris; he is the real head of his business and is not
subservient to his telephone. I take off my hat to the man
who will not run out on his friends or customers just to
answer a telephone.
I was with Mr. Harris one day. He was looking over a
form. I mean what is called a form in a printery. The Sec
retary called to say that the telephone was calling Mr.
Harris. He and I were probably in a lively discussion of
some public question so Mr. Harris said that he was busy.
I was so accustomed to seeing men run to the telephone as
though the house were afire that I marvelled. Soon after
wards the persevering Secretary called out “It’s long-dis
tance.’’ “Well, take the number,’’ said my friend. He refused
to be stamped. I’ve never forgotten that; that’s a man
and there are few like him.
I have some more of the good news: In the town of Man
ning the Auditor of the County of Clarendon saw me on
the street and said “Can’t you tell about Cladendon as well
as Aiken?’’ Well, what about it? According to Francis
Taylor in The News & Courier, Treasurer Herman Ridgill
of Clarendon jumped on him, just as Auditor Raymond Wells
took me to task. Here is the story:
TAX CUTTING — Herman Ridgill, Clarendon County
treasurer, writes from MANNING that I needn’t think
CHESTERFIELD County is alone in biting a big chunk
out of the tax levy. The latter place whittled 11 mills off,
using the state surplus. Mr. Ridgill says his bailiwick has
sliced off 10 mills and still has the piece of state surplus pie
intact. Besides that, he remarks ‘We have paid off most
of the county indebtedness.’ ”
Well what other County has something to boast of? Let’s
not be modest: tell the story.
Do you know the wonders of oil ?
“This is an era which has been variously called the Oil
Age, the Chemical Age—and the Atom Age. Each is a re
stricted term which belies the intricate and intergrated na
ture of our civilization. No segment of the U.S. economy
stands alone. And in the last analysis, each advance in
science, technique and knowledge must mean the corelated
progress of all industry—and all mankind.
Nevertheless, no one can discount the profound and funda
mental effects of petroleum upon the American way of life.
As a cheap, convenient and plentiful source of power, oil to
day supplies 63% of total US energy requirements. Last
year it took 2.6 billion barrels of petroleum products to fill
domestic demand—an average of 714 gallons a citizen, com
pared with 53 gallons in 1946.
Such is the tremendous achievement of an industry which
started less than a century ago when Colonel Edward
Laurentine Drake drilled the first oil well in Titusville, Pa.
x Because of petroleum, the US is a nation on wheels and
and tracks. Its 3,300,000 miles of highways, streets
and turnpikes are jammed with 44,000,000 passenger cars,
plus 9,000,000 trucks and. buses. Some 90,000 civil aircraft,
not counting warplanes, skim the skyways; 21,000 dieSel
locomotives acount for 65% of the gross ton-miles of U.S.
railroads. On the nation’s farms, oil powers 4,200,000 tract
ors, 887,000 combines and 588,000 corn pickers.
And as mankind gains in knowledge, the applications of
petroleum reach further into every facet of American life.
Oil helps make plastics, synthetic rubber and textiles, de
tergents, insecticides and fertilizer. Just as significant is
the trend toward replacement of other raw materials.
The industry foots an annual bill of $130,000,000 for pure
research, employs 20,000 scientists and technicians to pull
new tricks out of petroleum’s hydrocarbon molecule.
Though petrochemicals may be a bulwarrk of the future,
they are now only a ‘highly profitable’ adjunct of the indus
try’s big business of producing, refining and marketing
oil. Motor fuels and heating oils use about 64% of pe
troleum liquids these days.
In almost any other industry, such a clear-cut outlook
would seem wondrous indeed. Still and all it does not com
pare with the fast increase in demand between 1946 and
1951. And to an industry which has almost tripled in size in
the past 20 years, the horizon harbors plenty of problems.
Biggest reason is the current world-wide surplus of oil.
Even without Iran, the Free World produces around 12,000,-
000 barrels of crude a day; in the US alone, a record 6,500,-
000 barrles of crude and gas condensate flow daily from
the nation’s 485,000 producing wells.
At the same time, around 1,000,000 barrels of crude and
GREAT MOMENTS IN HISTORY
petroleum products were imported every day, mostly from
In Texas, source of 40% of all US oil, May production
was 2,894,000 barrels a day or 465,000 barrels below the No
vember 1952 peak. Things have picked up since, for July
is 3,047,000 barrels.’’
What flows under our swamps and sand hills? If we
bore ten thousand feet what may be found in South Caro
lina? Such an enterprise would cost hundreds of thou
sands of dollars. Some day, perhaps.
Are we tied to Great Britain? It is confusing when we
read that Britain’s trade with Red, or Communist, China
was three times greater during the first five months of this
year than in a like period of 1952.
“The Board of Trade released figures showing Britain’s
business in non-strategic goods with Red China is climbing—
despite American congressional complaints. At the same
time, the Foreign Office reaffirmed, it is Britain’s policy
to continue and develop such non-strategic trade with the
Peiping government and any other Communist nations; and
a spokesman for a private British group which negotiated
in Peiping with Communist authorities said in London
that a team of British businessmen will come out of Peiping
in a few days withe contracts worth $33.6 million.
The Board of Trade disclosed Britain and Red China did
$15,680,000 worth of business with each other in the first
five months of this year. This almost trebled a total of
$5,900,000 in the like period of 1952. British exports to
China, a spokesman stressed, were entirely non-strategic.
He listed the main items involved as woolen goods, chemi
cals and fertilizers, machinery mainly for textiles and semi
finished iron, steel and non-ferrous goods.
China’s main exports to Britain were raw hair, bristles,
fats and oils and some animal and food products.
Britain bought about $8,400,000 worth of Chinese goods
up to the end of May this year and sold $7,280,000 worth of
British goods. Comparable figures for the like period last
year were $5 million and $900,000.”
And now let us look at France:
“The French government squelched a move by private
businessmen to revive trade with Red China and ship stra
tegic goods to the Communists. The move got under way
May 19, when 16 French businessmen left for Peking to
sound out Chinese officials on possibilities of more trade.
They returned recently—after three weeks of talks—with
a plan providing for the equivalent of $28.5 million of
new trade annually each way between France and Red China.
France’s Ministry of conomic Affairs however, has re
fused export licenses for the bulk of the proposed trade.
French officials disclosed this was in line with promises by
Foreign Minister Georges Bidault at the recent Western Big
Three ministers’ meeting in Washington, that France would
embargo shipments of strategic steel products to the Reds.
Such products made up much of the proposed French-
Chinese trade accord.
It i& now expected the upshot of the private trade talks
will be only the exchange of not much more than equivalent
$100,000 of French fertilizer for equal value of Chinese tea
and other products.
French officials declared the matter is closed and voiced
the opinion that a truce in Korea wouldn’t alter their ‘po
sition.”
Then let us look at this:
“American aid to France and the French Union has totaled
over $10.5 billion since the World War II, the American
Mutual Security Office reported. The figure was contained
in a bulletin published by the mission, which administers the
M.S.A. program in France. This aid approximately equals
the total present French budget for one year.
Of the total of $10,501,300,000 in aid, $2,175,600,00 was
in long term loans at low interest. The rest was in outright
grants, the biggest $5,100,000,000 for finished military pro
ducts supplied to France, including recent shipments to
Indo-China.
Don’t you think we would do well to build America? We
are throwing away a lot of money.
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Q—How much red tape—literally—does the federal government use?
A—The General Services Administration has reported that the govern
ment bought slightly more than 366 miles of five-sixteenths inch
cotton red tape, paying $4,700 for the 8,950 spools, last year. The
tape is used mainly to tie up documents for storage.
Q—Does the term “senior Senator” apply to age, or to length of service?
A—It refers to relative length of service of the Senators from the same
state. The one with the longest continuous service is known as his
state’s “senior” Senator; his colleague is the “junior” Senator.
Q—What happened to the resolution to impeach Supreme Court Justice
Douglas?
A—The House Judiciary Committee July 7 tabled the resolution, after
holding a one-day hearing. The impeachment measure was intro
duced by Rep. W. M. (Don) Wheeler (D., Ga.) after Justice William
O. Douglas stayed the execution of atom spies Julius and Ethel
Rosenberg, pending settlement of a legal question. The Court set
aside the stay, June 19, and the Rosenbergs were executed.
Q—Does Congress set the boundaries of Congressional Districts?
A—No. After each decennial census. Congress apportions the mem
bership of the House—in other words, says how many seats each
state shall have. But each state’s legislature determines whether
the state will be redistricted, and when and how. If a state is en
titled to more representation but does not redistrict, a Representa
tive is elected from the state at large.
L IKE last year’s apparel con
gressional investigating com
mittees are not as fashionable as
they once were. There was a time
when congressmen were fighting
to get on a committee that con
tinued to make headlines But of
late, Washington observers have
noted that congressional commit
tees are getting bad press notices
and it is becoming unfashionable—
that is. unwise politically — to be
associated with them
Three Investigating committees
have Just had themselves a ses
sion of bad press releases and it
appears that as a result a number
of committees will have their ac
tivities restricted in the near future.
Senator McCarthy’s group, of
course, heads the list. The senator
received a mild spanking when he
was stopped in his proposed inves
tigation of the Central Intelligence
Agency, when Democratic mem
bers of his committee resigned and
refused his Invitation to return, and
when GOP leaders told him blunt
ly to tone down his antics.
Trouble has also developed In
Representative Clare E. Hoffman’s
House Government Operations
Committee when members refused
to let him record their remarks.
Committee members voted to strip
the chairman of authority to start
investigations. Later Hoffman
wanted to record their remarks.
This caused a stormy session in
which a microphone was hurled
from the committee table The re
sult: Hoffman’s power has been
curtailed and as he said. “This cuts
my throat.”
The other committee that finds it
self in a difficult position is the
House Un - American Activities
Committee. The recent hearing at
which Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam
testified revealed that the commit
tee was not always fair in its
questioning or gathering and re
lease of material Many termed the
hearing “more like a Russian trial’’
than a democratic hearing in the
congress of the United States
As a result of the hearing it be
came evident that the committee
has, for months, been in error on
most of the charges hurled at Bish
op Oxnam and has been most un
fair in coUecting and releasing the
materials in its files
The committee itself was in a
row over the final outcome of the
hearing. It obsolved the Bishop of
Communists party affiliation and
then disagreed later whether it had
done so or not
• It wasn’t played up much in
the daily press, but many govern
ment officials are disturbed by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest
report that the nation’s living costs
are at a new all-time high
Food prices pushed the index
kept by the bureau to 114.5 per
cent of the 1947-49 average It
means that in mid-June the house
wife paid nearly $1.15 for purchases
she got for a dollar in the 1947-49
period.
The increase also means a wage
increase of one to two cents an
hour for some 100,000 workers In
aircraft glass and other industries
where contracts are Linked to the
index
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ley; (b) Mount Everest; (e) Mount Kosciusko.
2. The lowest point In the world Is (a) Death Valley; (b) the
Dead Sea; (e) Libyan Desert.
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From the Shamokin Citizen, Sha-
mokin, Pennsylvania: Of all the
men who have come in conflict
with the House Un-American Ac
tivities Committee, none has ac
quitted himself so well as Method
ist Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam.
Angry because he believed pub
licity released by the committee
xrom a file kept on his activities
suggested he was a Communist
sympathizer, the bishop requested
the hearing to clear up “inaccur
acies and misrepresentations.”
Usually the advance publicity
given to men who are to appear
before the committee puts them at
a severe disadvantage. Frustrated
by quasi-judicial procedure that
puts the burden on them to prove
themselves free of the Communist
taint, many explode in emotional
tirades against the committee, di
recting more suspicion against
themselves. The applause that
greeted the bishop’s jabs against
the methods of the committee in
dicated his fiery defense of his ac
tivities had won the spectators’
support
The bishop did not quibble about
the question of Communism. He did
not seek the shelter of the Fifth
Amendment against Incriminating
himself. He definitely stated that
he was no Communist He made no
apology for his membership in or
ganization^ which he believed were
helping to free people from op
pressors. He pointed out that or
ganizations in which he was active
were not listed as subversive at
the time.
From news accounts published
of the hearing, it would appear
that the committee has nothing
material to back up charges that
the Methodist leader is now or ever
was either a Communist or a Com
munist sympathizer
The infiltration techniques de
veloped by the Communist party
are capable of bringing into ill re
pute many fine organizations whose
purposes are wholly commendable,
whose leadership is devoted to
causes worthy of the support of
loyal Americans. Declaring an in
dividual guilty by association can
further the Communist aim of dis
rupting democratic procedures and
undermining American institutions.
These major criticisms of cer
tain practices of the Un-American
Activities Committee have been
made before, sometimes by de
votees of communism as a means
of protecting their underground or
ganizations from investigation, but
more often by loyal Americans se
riously concerned about the in
dividual’s rights to a fair hearing.
Bishop Oxnam in the forthright
defense of himself and indirectly of
the religious denomination he rep
resents. has brought more serious
attention to the issue than any pre
vious critic.
IUieCarnegie
AUTHOR OF “HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING"
J AMES W. ROXIN, 7838 Laurel Grove Avenue, North Hollywood.
California, gives you a story that he believes will help those who are
carrying heavy loads.
Thirteen years ago on a cold February night an explosion shook
the little town of Cass Lake, Minnesota, and with it snuffed out the
lives of three men, three men who happened to be friends of James
•Rnxin, men he had worked with side by side for
three years. He had parted from them just fifteen
minutes before the explosiom A huge stationary
boiler in the boiler room had undergone extensive
repair for two months previously. In testing the
boiler for possible leaks at high pressure, the saiety
valve had been screwed down tight, and the respon
sible person for this test failed to unscrew the safety
valve when tests were completed. That night a fire
was started in the firebox to build up steam, and as
James went by the boiler on his way home, a glance CARNEGIE
out of the comer of his eye at the steam gauge told
him the needle was beyond the safety point But he didn’t stop to
analyze the gauge. He was interested in the fun he was going to have
after he got home.
For two years after this he says he wasn’t much good to anyone,
including himself. Grief and a guilty conscience weighed him down.
He says he will never forget the tragedy—it will remain in his
sub-conscious mind so long as he lives. But he knows he must go on.
he can’t stop living. But he has found something that gives him peace
of mind—something he has tried and found good. That is meditation^
meditation with Someone greater than himself, and which he believes
to be the greatest Peacemaker the world has ever known.
DON’T HURRY YOUR LOVE
By Elizabeth Hall
J OEY Blake stepped out onto the
front porch and let the screen
door swing listlessly shut behind
him. Aunt Em’s worried blue eyes
studied his dark face, tight lines
ringing his mouth. No nineteen-
year-old should have such unhappy
lines, such dull eyes.
“Joey, what’s wrong?” she
asked. “Wouldn’t it help to talk
about it?”
“I don’t know exactly what is
wrong.” Joey’s young voice was
low and troubled, more as if he
were talking to himself. “I haven’t
seen Sue alone for three weeks.
She seems glad to see me when I
go over but there’s always a gang
around. I never really get a chance
to be with her.”
“Sue is still In high school,
Joey,” she said. You graduated
last spring and have worked ever
since. You know you will soon have
to enter the army. You have an
adult’s outlook now. But Sue’s
viewpoint Is still that of a child.
You shouldn’t want it any other
way. She shouldn’t be robbed of
her last happy year of schoti. care
free and untroubled.”
Aunt Em held Joey with a wise
compassionate gaze and continued,
“You’ve grown so intense, so full
of urgency to get to the business
of loving and living that subconsci
ously she Is frightened. I think Sue
loves you but she is not ready for
the adult love you feeL Keeping a
crowd of her friends around makes
her feel safer.”
“But. Aunt Em. you know I
would never do anything to hurt
Sue. She ought to know that too.”
“Yes Joey,” Aunt Em said gen
tly. “But you would hurt her if
you forced her to grow up too fast.
If you could make her feel all tied
up in knots like you have been the
last few weeks, you would be hurt
ing her.”
“But, Aunt Em, what can I do?”
he asked desperately. *Tm afraid
I’ll lose her. I turn cold all over
when I think of it.”
“Go back. If you can, to the
friendly gay relationship you two
have had for four years.” Aunt Em
advised. “Sue won’t avoid you when
the tension relaxes. Then when the
time comes, when she gets out of
school next year she’ll be ready to
return to the deeper feeling you
want from her. Keep It light, Joey,
keep it easy. She loves you I’m
sure. Just stop rushing her.”
“I’ll try. Tm going over to Sue’s
now. I won’t be late.” Joey spoke
happily, and leaped down the steps
to the walk.
At the Traynor house Joey heard
the record-player going full blast
as usuaL Conviction that Aunt Em
was possessed of unusual wisdom
grew in him. Fastening a wide
carefree grin on his face. Joey
tapped on the door. One of the gang
let him In but he saw Sue across
the room, wide alert gray eyes
meeting his warily. Sue was golden
haired, peach-skinned, with a tiny
slender figure curved just right for
the school-girl skirts and sweaters
she usually wore. Joey's heart
turned over as it always did at the
sight of her. Determinedly he kept
the grin in place and flipped a care
less hand in her direction. His as
sumed ease became real as he
saw the tension relax in bar face.
During two records, to which
some of the gang jitter-bugged. Joey
carried his share of the specula
tive argument about the chances of
this season’s football team and
never let hit gay expression slip.
Smiling, Sue firmly turned off the
record-player.
“That’s all for tonight, kids,”
she said. ‘Tve a date with Joey.”
“Hello, Joey.” Sue said softly
when they were alone. “You’ve
been a stranger lately. Fm glad to
have you back.”
Joey struggled desperately for a
light remark but came up with
nothing better than a lame invita
tion. “Want to walk down to the
drugstore for a malt?”
"Yes,” Sue answered and Joey's
heart stood still for a long moment
as briefly her hand nestled against
his cheek as lightly as a butterfly.
Then turning swiftly toward the
door, swinging their hands
children, they went out.
We are too young a nation to have many national instincts,
but it is instinctive for an American boy to like rifles an£
hand-guns. No other nation has quite this same natural
love of firearms.—Sports Afield.