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■ PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1953 1218 Collejre 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. SUBSCRIPTION RATES i $2.00 per year in ad vance; six months, $1.25. HALLOWEEN SPOOK COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS By SPECTATOR Well, you never can tell, can you ? As a grand old gentle man used to say, “You can’t tell by the looks of a frog how far he can jump.” I was glancing over my mail recently. After weeding out a score of circulars and press releases I turned to the Clem- son College release—the radio script by the genial Bob Mat- tison. In this informative and stimulating release I find all about cows, sheep, goats, oats, cotton, dairying, corn, tractors—and just about everything. Clemson being a great institution by, for, and of men, with no femminine frills or foibles or weakness, but superlatively masculine, raised to the Nth power of he-man dominance, you may marvel with me at this part of a recent radio and press release: “Does the coat fit?” That is the subject. I thought, quite naturally, that my brethren of Clemson were engaged in a controversy and were saying, in effect, “If the coat fits, wear it.” You’ve heard that. Or maybe its “If the cap fits— and so on. Then I thought the writer was reflecting on misfit uniforms of new' cadets. I little dreamed that it could apply to any but Clemson’s sons. But I read a bit further and saw these intriguing sub-heads: “A. A winter coat is the most expensive item in a woman’s budget B. To look right and feel right, it must fit right C. Because major alterations in a coat are different and expensive D. It’s important that you find a coat that fits well to start with. Tut, tut: I must have “got hold” of a Winthrop release, or something from some famed seat of feminine finery. Nay, Nay; this is Clemson itself, not Winthrop. Let’s read on: II. How Can You Be Sure Your Coat Fits Properly? 1 A. Try it on and check these points: 1. In a straight-cut coat—such as a Chesterfield or tubular style—your cue is the grain of the fabric a. The lengthwise threads should hang perpen dicular to the floor at the center front and the center back. b. The crosswise threads should be parallel at the hip and just below the shoulder blades c. There should be no diagonal wrinkles from the bust or shoulder blades downward to the un derarm seam • d. Let your arm hang relaxed at your side and note the grain of the cloth in the sleeve e. In a set-in-sleeve, the lengthwise threads will run straight down the arm from the crown of shoulder to the cuff f. The cross-wise threads will be parallel at the muscle portion of the upper arm 2. In a flared coat, the front should also hang per pendicular to the floor a. Wrap-around coats are an exception b. Fullness is modified this year, most of the flare being in back of the seat c. In a flared garment, the grain lines of the cloth will depart from the parallel d. They will slope from the center back to the underarm seams e. The greater the flare, the greater the slope B. A coat should have ease in both the front and the back 1. Pull your arms forward, as you would in driving a car, to make sure there is no feeling of strain 2. Sit down in the coat and see if there is enough front lap to prevent gaping C. Your Coat should hang an inch below your skirt D. A full-length sleeve should be long enough to cover the wrist bone.” Now may I expect a release from Winthrop on the proper length and hang of men’s trousers? Why not? It is a safe conclusion that women know more about men’s clothing than men know about women’s apparel. Even so. I suggest to my farmer-friends, and to my press and radio comrades that they read these Clemson releases, for down in the statements about rice and barley, beans and potatoes, fertilizers and seed, you may find further illumination on the dress or psychology of the ladies. Perhaps Winthrop will give me some points on Camellias, though Clemson has that, too. Tco^ W7' If yn m VI I II 5EZ talk. If we know what the evil geniuses of Russia are doing let us prepare ourselves, quietly, strongly and without so much twaddle. Our diplomacy seems to consist of long-range speeches and newspaper interviews. As a simple layman I think we are talking too much, sometimes ignorantly. I can’t imagine building or maintaining good relations by thrusts at others or by wild guesses, imputing bad faith and nefarious pur poses and plans to the others. Why always talk, talk, talk? We know that Russia is untrustworthy^ seeking her own ends, those ends being tmd, as we see them. But we are frittering away our strength and our influence on useless Too much government; we are still afflicted with that. Here is the headline in one of the Nation’s greatest, most trustworthy daily papers: “Defense Agency Chief demands that Rail Roads add another 80,000 cars.” I quote further: “The railroads are about to get this ultimation: Boost your freight car fleet by 80,000 cars, or else. That proposi tion, involving a 4.5 % increase in the number of cars in ser vice, will come from James K. Knudson, the Utah Republican who doubles as Defense Transport Administrator and a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Mr. Knudson believes the railroads’ supply of rolling stock is inadequate for peacetime needs, let alone defense require ments if another war should come. Important to most busi nessmen, the situation could have an impact on freight rates. Mr. Knudson has already circulated a request for such a car fleet hike to some roads. But he’s expected to make that request firmer this evening in a public airing before the annual meeting of the National Association of Shippers Ad visory Boards in Omaha. Though speaking softly, Mr. Knudson will carry this stick: If the roads don’t make studied efforts to meet his goal within ‘a reasonable time’—say a year—he’lLask the I.C.C. to force them to comply. This it could do, he claims, under its broad power to require railroads to provide ‘adequate pub lic service.’ To meet Mr. Knudson’s goal of an 80,000-car boost in the size of the nation’s freight car fleet, the roads would have to lay out an estimated $1 billion in a relatively short time. The railmen assert that if Mr. Knudson pushes his cause they’ll renew their demand for extension of the 15 % freight rate increase now due to expire at the end of 1955. The I.C.C. recently rejected a petition to make this 15% ‘temporary’ hike a permanent part of the freight rate struc ture on the grounds that the commission could not see eco nomic conditions far enough into the future. The railroads are all set to make this comeback at Mr, Knudson: ‘If you’re going to try to force us to build up freight car stocks be cause of the outlook for permanent prosperity, give us our rate increase on the same grounds.’ Mr. Knudson is hopeful of winning over the railroads by persuasion rather than by force. Most of his 10 colleagues on the I.C.C. incline toward the persuassive approach, too. Says Chairman J. Monroe Johnson: ‘It’s not practical to use force. Every road would be asking for hearings. There’d be court fights, and the whole thing would drag on for years.’ Possible outcome: A compromise under which the roads would start building more cars, but probably not as many as Mr. Knudson demands.” Observe that the Government virtually demands this heavy expenditure. The Rail Roads belong to their stockholders; if the additional investment will yield a profit the stockhold ers would probably approve it, provided the Company can get the capital necessary. But if the additional cars should prove unnecessary who will compensate the men and women who own the Rail Roads? We’ve had Government demands on steel and electric power and Rail Roads. Let’s get the Government out of our busi ness. I’ve just run across a news story that strikes my fancy; it is headed “U.S. regulatory bodies to meddle less with business.” I quote the article: “The Eisenhower Administration is beginning to deliver on a major campaign promise to businessmen—less inter ference from Washington in their everyday affairs. There’ll be no dramatic announcement spelling out the new temper toward business. Instead, it will gradually unfold in the weeks and months ahead. Since the Republicans returned to power last January, they’ve been busy picking party stalwarts for top policy jobss in these regulatory commissions and agencies. Most of the jobs open to the G.O.P. are filled now, and the new Govern ment philosophy toward business already is beginning to become apparent. It shows up in new rulings—most of them little-noticed—and it’s confirmed in private talks with the folks who do the business regulating. For every type of business—from running an airline to selling stocks and bonds—^there’ll be less peering over the manager’s shoulders. For some companies, such as public utility firms, there’ll be speedier action on rate applications, &X' ideas from other editors From The Italy News-Herald, Italy, Texas: The current furore over prisoners of war who do not wish to return to their homes re minds us of the old nursery rhyme about Little Bo-Peep’s sheep, and to some extent the recommended solution to her predicament is ap plicable in the case of the POWs— ‘’Leave them alone and they’ll come home, wagging their tales behind them.” No American—be he a member of the armed forces, a government employee in Washington, a movie star, or just plain ordinary John Doe—has not had ample opportu nity to know and understand the philosophy behind communism and democracy. In our opinion the only reason anyone accepts the commu nistic line is because he thinks he will be a “big shot” come the revo lution. We believe the so-called brain washing to be largely “hog wash” and the American who is taken in by it is deserving of a full measure of communism. Why become alarmed because 23 soldiers out of several thousand fall for the communist line? Hasn’t it been shown that right here in the United States some of most prom inent people have succumbed to the wiles of the communists? If these 23 men want to be commu nists, then let them be. but let them be communists in a communist country. It is too bad that there isn’t some way we could send those here at home who espouse the false doctrine to China or Russia where they can get all of it they desire. Families of the men who have succumbed to communism are suf fering from the shock of the thing, to be sure, and they have our sympathy, but if there was a weak ness in the character of their son that made him an easy victim of communist propaganda the chances are that that weakness is the fam ily’s fault . . . We’re not too worried about 23 American soldiers who want to be communists. We think the best “brain washing” they can get is a little real life under communism. Then theyll come home—probably dragging their tails behind them— ’but they’ll have much more appre ciation for the things that are American and should make much better citizens. * • • From the Hunterdon County Dem ocrat, Flemington, N. J,: In offer ing to have their mechanical staffs go to any location within the area served by the State Police of Flem ing, to remove hinges from dis carded ice boxes' or refrigerators, two local dealers are performing a useful service that may save a life or lives. IOaueCamegie ^ OF “HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING" D RUCE HARLEY, 409 West Murray Street, Macomb, Illinois, graduated from High School and almost immediately began to worry about something which had been on his mind for weeks. It seemed to be economically impossible for him to attend college. He did not have a job and could not secure one because in those depression days only adults were hired in the few places avail able. His father was unable to help since his salary was hardly adequate for living expenses and he had borrowed on his life insurance to the hilt. His pre vious savings evaporated in the collapse of the Sam uel Insull utilities empire, and to top it off the place where he worked burned down. There was plenty of work to do on his father's acreage, but of course Bruce wasn't paid for that, so he worried day after day and kept his fingernails bitten back as he wondered how he could go to the local college—since an out-of-town school was out of the question. He could not get a scholarship because his grades weren’t quite high enough; he was not a football player, and he could not obtain employment at the college for the next year because he would be only an incoming student, and a town student at that. i One day his mother, noticing his nervous condition, told him to try living from day to day, rather than looking forward fruitlessly to September. He tried it, and the last week id June a college representa tive offered him a Summer job at the school for tuition credit. He felt so encouraged by this experience that he once again made the rounds of the downtown stores and secured a Saturday clerking job in a grocery firm. By Labor Day he had accumulated enough work credit to pay a year's tuition, and he had enough cash to buy clothes and books; thus he was able to keep pace academically with his high school classmates CARNEGIE RESSIONA Q—Will House seats have to be reapportioned if Hawaii is admitted to the Union? A—No. The House-approved statehood measure provides that Hawaii's representation in the House (one or two seats, depending on the ' final form of the bill) be added to the 435 total membership until after the reapportionment due as a result of the 1960 census. House membership has been stabilized at 435 ever since 1910. It was 65 in 1787. By 1900, it had increased to 391. Q—I’ve noticed that Chairman Harold H. Velde (R. Hi.), of the House Un-American Activities Committee, is a former FBI agent. Are there any other Members who are former agents? A—According to the Society of Former Agents of the FBI, there are four others: Reps. Omar Burleson (D Tex.), Thomas J. Dodd (D Conn.), Ed Edmondson (D Okla.) and Allan Oakley Hunter (R Calif.). No present member of the Senate has had FBI experi ence, but two governors have. They are Govs. Frank Clement (D Tenn.) and Edwin Mechem (R N.M.). Q—I’ve heard a lot abont lobbying by organized pressure groups. How can an ordinary citizen have his views on legislation considered by Congress? A—In at least two ways. He can testify, in person, or submit a state ment to Congressional committees. Also, a Member of either cham ber may file a petition from an individual asking that Congress act , or refrain from action on legislation. Petitions are referred to the appropriate committee for consideration, and are printed in a special section of the Congressional Record. $—Why is the building in which Congress meets spelled ‘’Capitol’* while the District of Columbia is called the “Capital?** \—“Capital’* is from the Latin capitalis, derived from caput, meaning head. From this primary meaning, it came to denote chief, or principal city. “Capitol,” although also derived from caput, origi nally meant the temple of Jupiter, on the Mons Capitolinus in Rome, where the Senate met. (Copjrrlfht 1933, Congressional Quarterly) Fort Sumter Received First Shots of War Beteween States - V ■wmmmlBssm Smith I C&rtiiittit CHARLESTON—Here in Charleston Harbor began the War Between the States on April 12, 1861, when Confeder ate forces from Fort Johnson fired on Fort Sumter. The first blast of the tragic war was a mortar shell, which burst directly over Sumter. Today Fort Sumter is one of the States outstanding tourist attractions. Fort Sumter is part of the coastal defense system of the United States. It was begun in 1829 on a shoal and was named for the patriot, Thomas Sumter. The five-sided masonry fort was essentially completed in 1860. After the Southern Secession, Federal forces moved in to Sumter from Fort Moultrie with four months supplies of food. Negotions were started to evacuate the fort. Finally the Confederates issued an ultimatum and began firing upon its expiration. After 34 hours of bombardment the Federal commander, Maj. Robert Anderson, accepted a truce offer and abandoned the fort, which had caught fire during the battle. Nobody was killed during the battle, but three days later President Lincoln called for volunteers and the War Between the States was on in full fury. Confederate forces successfully defended Sumter from repeated Federal attacks and seige until the advance of Sher man’s troops caused them to withdraw February 17, 1865. Fort Sumter National Monument was established at the site in 1948 by Act of Congress. The fort, covering 2.4 acres is at the entrance to the Charleston Harbor about three and one-half miles from the Battery. '.Vl I T takes a lot of money to win elections. Thi^ fact is borne out by campaign finance figures polit ical groups recently reported to congress. According to Congres sional Quarterly tabulation $23 / million was spent in efforts to swing last year’s house, senate and Presidential elections. This apparently made the 1952 race the most costly in U. S. his tory. In reports required by federal law. Republican groups and can didates say they spent $13.8 mil lion. Democratic groups and can didates spent $6.2 million. The re maining $3 million was spent by labor groups, minor parties and unaffiliated political groups. The $23 million spending figure broke down, roughly into $17.8 mil lion, primarily for the Presidential contest, and $5.2 million, covering the bulk of congressional spending. • • • • James P Mitchell, named by President Eisenhower to replace Martin P Durkin as Secretary of Labor, has had wide experience in labor relations both in government and industry. He is a native of Elizabeth, N. J., and has served the government in various man-power capacities at intervals since 1942. He, also held top personnel and industrial-rela tions posts in private industry, notably with R. H. Mcay & Com pany and Bloomingdale Brothers of New York. He was director of Industrial Per sonnel Division of the Army Service Forces during jnost of World War II, after which he returned to pri vate industry. He next worked for the govern ment in 1948 as a member of the Personnel Advisory Board of the Hoover Commission for Govern ment Reorganization. In 1951-52 he was a consultant to the Army on man power. At the time of his new appoint ment he was Assistant Army Sec retary. ' • • • • In a speech which most of Washington believes was designed to clarify a number of conflicting statements by administration offi cials concerning Russian atomic- bomb and hydrogen-bomb develop-, ments. President Eisenhower suc ceeded in throwing a good scare In much of the nation. “The Soviets now have the capa bility of atomic attack on us and such capability will increase with the passage of time.** he stated flatly. He said be bad ordered all gov ernment officials to keep quiet on Russian developments unless they first check their statements with the Atomic Energy Commission. “The Soviets now possess a stockpile of atomic weapons of con ventional types and we must furthermore conclude that the pow erful explosion of August 12 last was produced by a weapon, or the forerunner of a weapon, of power far In excess of the conventional types.” the President said. WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE | Radio Actress and a better chance they’ll get an okay on the rates they want. v The agencies that most actively regulate business include the Federal Power, Federal Communications, Securities and Exchange and Interstate Commerce commissions. In addi tion, there are the Civil Aeronautics and Maritime boards and the Commodity Exchange Authority. These ‘quasi-judicial’ boards and bureaus posses almost life-and-death power over such firms as oil and gas pipeline companies, railroads, radio and TV stations, telephone com panies, airlines, truckers, ship lines, grain traders and in vestment bankers.” Let us hope that we are on the road to sanity again and being freed from the upstart bureaucracy that has per verted the Constitution and driven businessmen almost to desperation. By the way the word desperate originally meant “without hope.” That about expresses it. 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