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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By SPECTATOR
Senators Maybank and Johnston have been widely quoted
recently because of speeches and writings. Senator May-
bank has spoken sharply against Government by crises and
Government by emergencies. The Senator very properly
condemned the F.E.P.C. clause in the contracts for Com
modity loans to farmers.
I need not discuss the merit or demerit of the so-called
FEPC as a piece of political clap-trap, to catch votes. Even
if one thought the general proposition had merit he would
recognize the all-pervading political hypocrisy of it, and
would know that it is simply and entirely a scheme to woo
a bloc of votes. But assuredly the inclusion of such a
clause in farm-loan contracts was ridiculous.
Senator Maybank had in mind, probably, the practice in
Washington of declaring a State of emergency as justifi
cation for some executive usurpation of authority never
dreamed of in our basic law T .
Senator Johnston has been firing his heaviest guns at
President Eisenhow r er. This heavy cannonading may clear
the air and do good; it is helpful to the cause of good govern
ment to keep the group in power on its best behavior.
My friend, Senator Johnston, and my friend, Senator
Maybank, are usually regarded as staunch advocates of 'what
is known as Public Power; that is the building of power
dams and generating plants with Federal funds. Someone
seems to have given Johnston some inaccurate figures, un
less my memory is at fault. If so, I will gladly make a cor
rection.
A distinguished friend in Virginia has sent me a copy
of The Congressional Record of August 3rd, containing an
extensive and laudatory account of the benefits from pub
lic power in an article by Senator Johnston. I am not
taking exception except to one or two points which seem
to me obscure, or innocently misleading, because the Senator
is not trying to mislead us, I know. But the first question
I raise is this, in the third paragraph; “Federal power . . . .
has been a worthwhile force in breaking down the re
straints of monopoly price-fixing,” of electricity.
The Senator did not refer specifically to South Carolina,
so my question may be unnecessary. However, so far as this
State is concerned, who fixes the rates? The South Carolina
Public Service Commission. If Federal power is cheaper
it raises several questions: Why? Because Federal power
escapes taxation, for the most part. How do we support the
Federal Government, the Counties and the schools? By
taxation. Then shall we take off the taxes from the private
power companies and order them to compete with those that
pay almost no taxes?
I have farming interests and have connection with a
Coop. If the Government sells me power for less than my
town friends, that is not fair to them. Then shall the
Government control all the power, and sell to everybody,
so as to treat all citizens alike, according to our American
doctrine of equality before the law? Shall we confiscate all
private investments?
Of course the Senator knows that most of the coopera
tives in South Carolina are served by private power compan
ies. I think that is a correct statement, though I invite cor
rection, if I’m in error.
Senator Johnston probably is a fine example of what we
call private enterprise, individual initiative and self-reliance;
he made his own way; he battled against the tides of dis
couragement and adversity and won his place in the world
without Government help. So I make the point that the
Government should get out of all business, or take over all
business, including the farms and politics, as in Russia.
A Russian knows exactly where he stands. He doesn’t
stand. Still, if a little Government money is helpful, why
not more? And if Government participation in one business
is good, then why not in all? And if one group is specially
favored, why not all? And if one business is built with
Federal Government money, yet pays no Federal tax at all—
and very little of any other taxes—why shouldn’t all of
us have tax-exemption? How, then, would we operate the
Government? I don’t know. Do you? And how about
the schools?
One feature of Senator Johnston’s article in the Congres
sional Record I want to praise; he was really advertising the
South, as compared with New England. In general, as
between us and New England, the Senator was giving us a
great boost. He might have helped the cause, however, if he
had had time to get all the facts. For example, he says in
the last paragraph of page 1, “Rural electric cooperatives in
;my State are securing their power supply at about three-
quarters of a cent per kilowatt-hour, and a number of them
are paying the South Carolina Public Service Authority only
a little over half a mill per kilowatt hour.” and further
“The Greenwood County Commission ... is able to offer
rural electric cooperatives a power supply at three-quarters
of a cent per kilowatt hour.” Following the above, the
Senator says that the private power companies in South
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Carolina have fallen in line with this progressive policy.”
As I said, the Senator‘‘was speaking of conditions through
out the nation. But only so that we may keep the record
clear—and I am relying on my memory—is it not true that
The South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. gave a rate of five
and a half mills to Cooperatives three or four years ago?
It was the lowest ever given, I read. At that time didn’t
the papers carry a story about that five-and-a-half-mill
rate? Or was it a page ad by The Power Co.? And then
my friends of Santee-Cooper made contracts with the
Coops at 6.2 mills?
I do not think any Company can sell power, even at 6.2
mills, today and break even, considering the high prices of
everything.
The Senator will understand that my discussion of the
philosophy of Government Power is a permissible difference
between friends; and that the figures I have cited from
memory will strengthen his fine effort to prove that South
Carolina is the golden spot of the world.
Both Senators Maybank and Johnston have protested
strongly against Government purchases from New Eng
land Cotton Mills because New England may have un
employment problems. Our Senators are contending that
the Government should treat all alike, according to the
principle of equality before the law. They are entirely
right and nobody can challenge the soundness of that
contention.
A
“One hundred years ago the American people had no
fear of what their government might do, because they
were determined that their government should serve them.
The fiber of the people has changed, has grown soft and
afraid. Today we are fearful of our Supreme Court. We are
fearful of the laws passed by Congress and the acts of the
Chief Executive. Why should we be afraid of our own
servants, men in public office?
I hear people ask what will we do if the Supreme Court
holds that segregation in schools is unconstitutional. What
would your fathers and grandfathers have done under the
same circumstances? The Supreme Court knows that the
14th amendment to the Federal Constitution was never
adopted by the qualified voters of the states, nor their law
ful representatives; that is not validly a part of the Con
stitution and has no place in it. I hear people say, what
shall we do about taxes? What will we do about this of
that? Many speak as though they were living under King
George III, under a Caesar or some other dictator.”
I quote Mr. Linder with approval; and at the same time
I gladly admit that President Eisenhower is trying to cor
rect the condition Mr. Linder complains of, but our Con
gress has grown accustomed to subservience.
In the papers I recently read statements by Senators,
Senators, mark you, that they didn’t think the President
would ask this tax or that tax, or some other tax. It is the
duty, it is the duty of the Congress to “lay and collect
taxes, duties, imposts and excises;” and it is not the duty
of Congress to gravel in the dust before the bureaucrats.
Now and then I read the Constitution. I spent many
months trying to learn the great basic law, but I sometimes
feel as the boy did who decided to leave the farm and*be
come a lawyer. He worked in a lawyer’s office a month
and returned to the farm, explaining that he didn’t like
law and was sorry that he had learned it. What a lad, eh?
Page one of my brethren of the Bar and let’s see if we can
get a rise out of him! What says my friend Mr. Callison, our
dignified Attorney General of South Carolina?
■ I wonder sometimes about this: “. . . .No appropriation of
money (for armies) shall be for a longer term than two
years.” This, too, “The Congress shall have power to de
clare war. Yet we have spent thousands of lives and bil
lions of dollars without Congress knowing anything but
what appeared in the newspapers!”
Under the authority “To regulate Commerce with foreign
Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian
tribes” we have a Federal assertion of power that reaches
into the States and lays hand on almost everything and
everybody.
It was not intended to be so. It is legaslistic manipulation
by the courts that would make Houdini proud. And the
Congress has tamely followed that arrogance of the Courts
and the Executive.
Our Nation having supported the claims of Israel against
oppression of a thousand years n^ay we not hope that our
Republic may correct some practices within its own borders ?
RESSIONAL
Q—The Democratic Congressman from my district toid me the other
day that the Republicans are undermining Civil Service by taking
away job protection and opening positions to patronage appoint
ments by calling them “policy-making jobs.” How many federal
jobs have lost tenure protection in this way?
A—From April 1. when President Eisenhower ordered the transfer of
some jobs from protected to unprotected status, until Aug. 28, a
total of 527 positions were placed in Schedule C—the policy-making
category The Civil Service Commission rejected 627 additional re
quests for transfer.
Q—Sen. John M. Butler (R. Md.) complained recently that veterans
of the armed forces are not getting the employment breaks they
should in the federal government. What proportion of federal
civilian employees are veterans?
A—Latest figures (for March) show that 48 per cent of the federal
government’s civilian employees throughout the world are veterans.
In the continental U. S., 1,072,412 male veterans work for the gov
ernment, constituting 61 per cent of the domestic federal payrolL
In addition, 47,772 women employees—eight per cent of all women
in federal service—enjoy veterans’ status, either as veterans them
selves or as wives or widows of veterans.
Q—Which members of the cabinet have served in Congress?
A—Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Secretary of Commerce
Sinclair Weeks (both Republicans), each served less than a year
in the Senate under appointments to seats vacated in mid-term.
Dulles represented New York, Weeks Massachusetts.
Q—What happens to fields prepared for wheat seeding before acreage
allotments and marketing quotas were put into effect?
A—Wheat farmers in designated areas may apply for permission to
plant winter wheat in excess of their allotments provided they do
not let it mature, but instead use it for pasture, hay, silage, or cover
crop purposes to combat wind erosion.
IOiieCarnegie
^ . AUTHOR OF “HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING" ^
G LADYS WOLFE, 121 Nelson Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey, says
that she awoke one morning and realized that she had lost her re
ligion. The preceding evening she had attended funeral services for
her family doctor. To her he had been much more than the family
doctor. He had been friend, confidant and buddy. He had succumbed at
the age of 44 because he had ignored his own serious heart ail
ment, and had continued to work long hard hours
to keep people well and healthy. Why had this won
derful man been taken, when thieves, murderers
and dope peddlers walked the streets in good health?
Was this the will of a good and just God? Her an
swer was “No!” and she turned her back to her
church and to her religion.
During the days following she found it difficult
to concentrate on her work. At night she lay awake
pondering and worrying about her loss of faith. She
felt inferior to her fellowman, and she did not wish
to confide In anyone because she was ashamed ot
her thoughts.
Months passed without the happening of any incident to change
her feelings. Then Good Friday arrived. That afternoon, for the want
of something else to do, she found herself walking into church. She
sat down, watched the worshippers coming and going, and presently
felt herself relaxing in the quiet, serene atmosphere. As she sat there,
a phrase kept running through her mind—“The Lord in wondrous
ways. His miracles doth perform.'*
All at once she realized that she would never know a moment’s
peace until she stopped trying to find cold scientific. answers to ques
tions concerning matters over which she had no controL
She walked out of church that afternoon five years ago with a
feeling of buoyancy that she had never before experienced.
She realizes now that religious faith satisfies a craving in man
kind that no other form of self-expression can equal; that when ad
versity causes material things to be swept away, and friends prove
to be false, religious faith is the only thing to which we can cling and
find strength and solace.
CARNEGIE
From the Wichita Eagle, Wichita,
Kansas: While the nation’s wheat
producers voted in marketing quo
tas by a wide margin, there was
a quality of reluctance In the de
cision not readily reflected in the
results. Many Americans living out
side the country’s bread basket will
get the hasty Impress that wheat
farmers rushed indiscriminately to
the federal trough. This will be an
unfortunate interpretation tor actu
ally considerable sold searching
to place. But under toe circum
stances. the wheat areas had no
other choice.
It was a matter of sticking with
an imperfect, frustrating machine
or watching the jalopy shake it
self to pieces before your eyes,
taking you down with it. Given the
alternatives of survival or salva
tion. the farmer chose to live. But
it is a mark of his growing social
literacy that up to and after mark
ing his ballot he continues to wres
tle with the larger philosophical
question of government subsidies
and regimentation.
And so the farmer has invited
the government to tell him how
much wheat he may raise and sell,
roughly 20 per cent under his ‘pres
ent output. He doesn’t like it. In
deed. it is this unmistakable under
current of apology and dissatisfac
tion that should impress itself most
cogently on the nation’s political
and farm leaders. They must re
double their research tor a solu
tion to the farm problem which
will be morally patable to toe
farmers themselves.
• • •
From toe Rutherford ton News,
Rutoerfordton, N. C.: How much
longer the American people win
stand for millions to be spent on
TV A, which is a Socialistic move-
ment, we do not know. The best
thing would be for Uncle Sam to
seD out TVA to private power com
panies. The latter w6uld develop
and carry on without spending mil
lions of the taxpayers* money
yearly.
• • •
From the Bfilbank Herald Ad
vance, BfUbank, S. D.: People who
are tor a more economic govern
ment must be heard above those
who are asking special considera
tion. There cannot be any genuine
economy without a lot of groups
and a lot of individuals having to
make a small sacrifice in the na
tional interest
• • •
From the Brownsville Telegraph,
Brownsville, Pa.: The rank and file
of the people are demanding tax
reduction but it’s hard to achieve
that objective when all sorts of
groups are still looking for hand
outs and special privileges.
brain budi
1. Babylonia was once the name of (a) Turkey; fb) Iran;
(e) Iraq.
2. The highest temperature recorded in toe United State*
was in (a) New Mexico; (b) Texas; (c) Arizona.
3. The coldest temperature recorded in the U. 8. was in (a)
Minnesota; (b) Wisconsin; (c) North Dakota.
ANSWERS
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A CCORDING to a recent poll by
Congressional Quarterly mem
bers of the 83rd congress give top
billing to Korea, tax reduction, and
economy in government as the key
issues of 1954 election campaigns.
Of 223 senators and representa
tives who responded, 85 per cent
picked Korea as a major issue in
the coming campaign from a list
of 40 potential 1954 topics.
Tax reduction was the issue next
most frequently selected, polling
75 per cent of the vote. Seventy-
three per cent of those who re
sponded — 112 Democrats and 109
Republicans — ranked economy in
government as the third hotest
topic.
Broken down the poll shows some
variation which can be attributed
to party affiliations. For instance.
Republicans rated Korea first, but
scored economy in government in
second spot, followed by tax re
duction, budget balancing and tax
revision.
Derriocrats also gave top priority
to Korea, but they selected tax re
duction next, farm and livestock
prices third, farm price supports
fourth, and economy in government
they dropped to fifth.
One Democrat who was polled
said that the “issues will be falling
farm prices, tight money and a
giveaway of natural resources to
the new ’preferred customers’. *’
A Republican said he expected
“the one overriding issue will be
the support of President Eisen
hower.”
It is difficult, sideline observers
say. to predict which of the two
groups more accurately reflect pub
lic thinking. The answer, of course,
will be expressed in the 1954
election.
• • •
• The resignation of Martin P.
Durkin as Secretary of Labor, is
believed by some quarters to end
the “honeymoon” of labor and th*
new Republican administration.
Durkin resigned, according to a
statement, because the White House
staff members had, in his opinion
broken an agreement to press for
19 Taft-Hartley Act amendments.
Some Democrats and union offi
cials immediately made propagan
da over Durkin’s resignation. They
claim his exit as evidence of big- (
business domination of the Eisen-;
bower Administration. They hope
to make the Taft-Hartley Labor
Law a major issue in next year*k
congressional election.
* * * !
• Stephen A. Mitchell, chairman
of the Democratic National Co^n*
mittee, has made it plain that <?>na
of the issues the Democrats intend
to hammer a f during the 1954 cam
paign is the Eisenhower farm
policy. '
The issue of declining farm prjfce*
has been the only pne on wl?ich
the Democrats in congress—South
erners, and non-Southerners alike
—have been able thus far to
genuine unity. !
Reliable sources report that
President Eisenhower has tafeen
very little part in planning his ad
ministration’s farm policy. He teas
left this in the hand of his hard
working, hard-praying Secretary of
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Agriculture. Ezra Taft Benson.
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Check correct word in these sentences:
1. The Black Death that killed thousands in Eng
land was a (German weapon) (an epidemic).
2. Puce is a (color) (tropical fruit).
3. Hong Kong belongs to (Communist China)
(Great Britain) (French Indo-China).
4. A Saluki is an (Abyssinian prince)
a (breed of dog).
5. A nautical mile is (longer) (shorter) than a
statute or land mile.
6. Harriet Quimby is famed as (America’s first
woman pilot) a (suffragette leader).
7. Stotinki is a (Finnish seaport) (Bulgarian
coin).
8. A refectory is a (kind of mirror) (dining hall).
9. Tamarack is a (tree) (musical instrument).
10. Classification of animals and plants is called
(taxidermy) (taxonomy).
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