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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 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. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in ad vance; six months, $1.25. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS By SPECTATOR A suggestion from Chief Highway Commissioner McMil lan is timely. I quote a statement by him: “Forty-four accidents involving South Carolina school buses were reported to the State Highway Department dur ing September, Chief Commissioner Claude R. McMillan announced. No fatalities and only six injuries were suffered in the accidents, the official said, but in a number of cases there was evidence that motorists are not operating their vehicles with proper caution, when driving in the immediate vicinity of school buses. Thirty-four of the accidents occurred in rural areas and 10 in urban areas. The two outstanding types of accidents included among them were angle sideswipes by vehicles mov ing in the same direction as the buses, and rear-end collis ions. Since all school buses are equipped with turn signals, stop lights, stop arms and other safety features, Department officials conclude that many of the accidents were the di rect result of negligence, or lack of alterness, on the part of motorists. South Carolina law for years has provided that no ve hicle pass a school bus which has stopped to take on or dis charge passengers. Numerous signs have been erected along all major highways to remind motorists of this law. Highway patrolmen and other law enforcement officers are constantly on the alert for drivers who fail to stop for halted school buses or otherwise violate regulations pertain ing to the transportation of school children. They are also closely watching the school buses and making cases against those drivers w'here violations are noted. Chief Commissioner McMillan reminded motorists that alertness is doubly important when they meet or overtake school buses because of the large number of human lives at stake on each bus and because of the extra amount of space required to operate a bus due to its size. He said that the student-operated bus system in South Carolina has functioned very satisfactorily thus far and that many of the youthful drivers have proved themselves equally as good, if not better than some of the adult drivers formerly employed. Considering the mileage traveled under the new ? program, their accident rate has been low T , the of ficial commented, adding that future accidents involving school buses can be largely avoided with the cooperation of all persons who drive on the highways.” It is interesting to note what Mr. McMillan has to say about the cancellation of drivers’ licenses. “Drivers license withdrawals for reckless driving have increased 160 per cent during the first 10 months of 1953 over the same period of last year, Chief Highway Com missioner Claude R. McMillan announced. Suspensions for reckless driving totaled 437 from Janu ary 1 through October 31 of this year as compared to 168 for the first 10 months of 1952. The entire year 1952 reg istered an increase of eight percent over 1951. Driving privileges of 769 South Carolinians w r ere with drawn by the Highway Department during October, the official said. Included in these withdrawals were those for reckless driving, driving under the influence of intoxi cants and similar offenses. Licenses withheld under the Safety Responsibility Act were not included. Appropriate action was taken against 118 out-of-state drivers and against 144 unlicensed drivers of this state who were arrested for driving while intoxicated or driving recklessly. Driving under the influence of intoxicants accounted for 698 suspensions in October and reckless driving for the re maining 62. Physical disqualification and furnishing false information were listed as causes for the nine cancellations. Richland, Greenville, and Charleston Counties had the larg est numbers of withdrawals, with 75, 73 and 71 respectively. Only one license was confiscated from a driver under 17 years of age. The 17-29 age group has 268 withdrawals, 30-39 year group 267 and 40-year-old group anl older had 233.” I call attention to a fact which comes as a surprise to me: the last paragraph, which says that of the 769 cases, only one affected a driver under seventeen years of age. Since the 17-29 age group had 268 withdrawals and the 30- 39 year group had 267 it appears that men and women of middle age are not better drivers than the young men; nor do the 40 year olders do much better, since their num ber was 233. Apparently the 40-year-old drivers are gradu ally emerging from the hectic age of go-getters. It offers some hope that men about seventy five to eighty would be the safest drivers. Drivers under the influence of intoxicants, whose licenses were cancelled, numbered 698 out of 769. Just think of that: a locomotive engineer, driving a heavy locomotive' on tracks has to be trained and experienced; almost anybody can drive a hundred horse power car at eighty miles an hour, making his own tracks! m FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF AVIATION We hear so much about business prospects that I offer the suggestions made by the First National Bank of Boston: “With the country rapidly catching up on past civilian shortages and having provided for a major part of the de fense program, the chief stimulating forces that have kept business sustained at an unusually high level for such a long period are losing some of their steam. A period of mod erate adjustments, therefore, apparently lies ahead. This is inevitable and necessary in order to correct the mal-adjustments created by the prolonged period of artifi cial prosperity. Production is outstripping consumption, fu ture income is heavily mortgaged, disparity in purchasing power prevails among various'groups, while staggering gov ernment expenditures have grown to the point where taxes have reached the ceiling, and plant capacity has been ex panded until it is now about twice as great as in the pre war period. A number of cushions have been provided to resist de flationary forces. Whereas in 1929 government spending— Federal, state, and local—constituted 13 percent of national income, now it is around 32 percent. Total government ex penditures of all kinds currently aggregate about $100 bil lion, or more than twice the total national income in 1932. While this huge amount of expenditures is highly undesir able from many angles, it does provide an important element of support when civilian demand slackens. Defense consti tutes the major item of Federal expenditures, and in view of the cold war will not be substantially reduced for an in definite period unless international relations should be un expectedly changed for the better. Futhermore, the Ad ministration has the determination, and, through its spend ing, taxing, and regulatory policies, the means of combat ing any weak situations that may develop. Then there are ‘built-in’ stabilizers such as unemployment compensation, old age assistance, pensions, farm commodity price sup ports, and deposit insurance, plus huge private liquid as sets that may be drawn upon for emergency purposes. A fundamental requirement is that our economy must be kept flexible and not allowed to become set in a rigid pat tern that leads to stagnation. This rigidity is brought about by excessive government interference, red tape and regu lations, exorbitant and discriminatory taxes, and any stifl ing of competition or suppression of new ideas, inventions and facilities, or anything else that would have a restri ctive influence on American progress. Some authorities hold that frozen overhead costs have made our economic system so rigid that it is extremely vulnerable to defla tionary forces. Our economy has demonstrated great vitality and flexibil ity. Population growth, science, research, and management drive are the propelling forces. Our population is growing at a rapid rate. It is estimated that from 1950 to 1960, the pop ulation of this country will register a gain of 28 million, or equivalent to twice the present population of Canada. This surging growth will have a strong stimulating influence on our economy, as it will call for millions of new homes, auto mobiles, and appliances, as well as great expansion in our facilities for transportation, schools, hospitals, and the like.” I had the pleasure of going to Florence and Myrtle Beach with Mr. B. M. Edwards. In his excellent address in Myrtle Beach he said, in part: “We have an abundant supply of electric power for every probable development of industry, and all the authorities dealing with power are looking to the future, providing ade quately for every possibility. There are thirty-six generating stations interconnected with thousands of miles of high voltage transmission lines in such a way that electric power is available to pratically any industry desiring to locate almost anywhere within the State. There are twenty-six hydro electric plants with a capacity of 674,695 kilowatts, and seven steam plants with a capacity of 420,000 kilowatts. The South Carolina Electric and Gas Company is now building a mammoth plant in Aiken County to generate more than 300,000 kilowatts. The South Carolina Public Service Authority is also constructing a plant neai* Moncks Corner that will produce 80,000 kilowatts. During the past five years the total sales to ultimate consumers have aver aged over 2,500,000 kilowatt-hours annually. The two big power companies in North Carolina which also operate in certain sections of South Carolina and the various South Carolina companies are interconnected with high voltage transmission lines, assuring immediate avail ability of any amount of power needed. It is now possible to interconnect the facilities throughout the South and East having a total capacity of more than 20,000,000 kilo watts of electric power.” Q—Did the U. S. ever have a Congress consisting of just one house? A—The Continental Congress had a single house. The Articles of Con federation, delegated legislative power, for actions the states could not handle individually, to a Continental Congress of delegates from the 13 states After the Revolutionary War, pressure for establishment of a stronger national government, led to the adop tion of the Constitution, which was declared ratified on March 4. 1789 A compromise between the large in population, and small states, the document called for a two-house Congress, the House based on population (for the large states) and the Senate on equal representation (for the less populous states.) Q—How many current Senators and Bepresentatives are not native citizens? A—At least eight Members of Congress, including one Senator, were not born in the U. S. They list these birthplaces in their biographies in the Congressional Directory: Sen. James E. Murray (D. Mont.). Canada; and Reps. Noah M. Mason (R. 111.). Wales; Thaddeus M. Machrowicz (D Mont.), Poland; Steven B Derounian (R N. Y.l. Bulgaria; Franklin D Roosevelt. Jr. (D. N Y.), Canada; Katharine St. George (R N Y.). England; Otto Krueger (R. N. D.), Russia; and Robert Grosser (D. Ohio). Scotland. Q—Did the scientific committee appointed by Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks to evaluate the National Bureau of Standard ever make a report? A—Yes On Oct. 15 the committee reported (that the over-all work of the Bureau was “superior” and recommended increased appropri ations for it. The Committee also recommended, among otheFthings, that weapons research done by the Bureau for the Department of Defense be transferred to the armed services, and that non-tech- nical procedures policy be the responsibility of the Secretary of Commerce. Weeko on April 3 had asked seven scientific groups to form a committee to probe operations of the Bureau, which, with its ousted-and-restored head. Dr. Allen V. Astin, figured in a con troversy over the merits of a battery additive, AD-X2. DaleCarnegie ^ AUTHOR OF "HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING" ^ I N 1946 Irving H. Tolach, 48 Aster Avenue. Merrick, New York, went through the darkest period of his life. His wife had just undergone a serious operation for incurable cancer. It was only a matter of time, maybe a year for her, maybe two. Irving was stunned; the world had suddenly collapsed at his feet. . In the month that followed, while his wife slowly gained strength, life was a nightmare. He couldn’t eat. he couldn’t sleep. He lost weight. But he always tried hard to be cheerful in her presence. Apparently she noticed that he was making an effort, and said to him one day. “Irving, why are you so unhappy, don’t you have any faith in God? If God, in His infinite wisdom decides to take me. why should we question His motives 0 Our life, here on earth, is such an in finitesimal speck of time, compared to all eternity that we don’t have time to be despondent, or un happy All our time should be spent in preparation for the wonderful life that is to follow.” Her courage was so great, her faith so sublime that it kindled tn Irving a similar faith He felt as though a great weight had been lifted from his shoulders, and that God was carrying that weight. For the first time in his life, he felt the all embracing love of a personal God His wife died four years later, but those last four years were the happiest they had ever known. Every night he gets down on his knees and thanks God for the gift of faith With His help Irving can face all that life has to offer.- and beyond that ail Eternity, where he is sure his loved one will be waiting CARNEGIE From the Bassett and Henry County Journal, Bassett, Virginia: From a weekly newsletter re ceived each week by the Bassett and Henry County Journal, we are always finding something interest ing in the way of news. In this particular case, this newsletter gives us the information that meat packers of the country make a profit on their processing of less than one-half cent on the dollar volume. And while we are doubt ful of the truth of this statement, it nevertheless comes from a re liable source. What this editor wants to know is who is reaping the profits on the meat you supply your table with. Back when choice cuts of meats were retailing for practically the same price as they are today, and cattle on the hoof was around 43 cents per pound, today the same cattle is retailing on the hoof in western markets for less than 25 cents; yet there is no lowering of the retail price. Somebody, some where, is making a lot of mo^ey on the deal. It isn’t necessarily the butcher shop on the corner. And if it isn’t the processor, then where is the difference? The “mid- must certainly be getting more than his share. So much fuss has been raised in different sections of the country that the Secretary of Agriculture has promised to have the matter looked into. But even if he does, the guaranty that the consumer will benefit is remote. There have been investigations before, and there will continue to be such going on, but never will the public receive any benefit. It will be white washed and sink into oblivion. And the same way with cotton goods. There is no appreciative difference in the price of a pair of sheets, or a man’s shirt, or any other class of cotton materials than there was when cotton was selling in the open market at 12 cents above the current price. But, on the other hand, if cotton quota tions are upped as much as a cent a pound, these goods immediately take a jump, yet never are they lowered when the market goes down. The same with pork, eggs, and other table necessities. Let eggs, for instance, take a sudden drop, the consumer pays the high price; but should they advance say one cent, up goes the product. There is no denying this fact. INTEL Check correct word. fWotcL IGRAMI 1. Joe Louis (abandoned) (lost) his heavyweight boxing title. 2. (Mercury) (Mars) is the smallest planet. 3. Coral is (animal) (plant) life. 4. The Falange is a political party in (Peru) (Spain). 5. George Washington (did) (did not) travel in Europe. 6. The “Four Horsemen” played football for (Navy) (Notre Dame). 7. John Tyler was the (6th) (10th) U. S. President. 8. Candytuft is a (flower) (sweet). 9. The Viet Nam government in Indo-China (is) (is not) Communist. 10. The (12th) (16th) Amendment to the U. S. Constitution prevents a tie vote in a presiden tial election. Check your. answers, scoring yourself 10 points for each correct choice. A score of 0-20 is poor; 30-60, average; 70-60, superior; 90-100, very superior. I T IS very seldom that this col umn dwells more than one week upon a given topic. However, be cause of the importance of the subject, this and next week’s col umn will be devoted to a number of aspects of the White Case. The case is of importance because it has caused to be brought charges of a very serious nature against a former President of the United States. Harry Dexter White was an economist, a graduate of Harvard, and was employed in the govern ment from 1934 until April of 1947 in various capacities. The White HouSe announced his resignation in 1947 because of ill health. It was not until fourteen months later, July 31, 1948. that Elizabeth T. Bentley, an admitted former Soviet agent, told the House Un- American Activities Committee that White had been a member of the Communist “underground” and had relayed information to Russian Spies. Whittaker Chambers also told the committee that if White were not a Communist party member “it was a mistake on both sides.” However, White himself denied that he had ever aided Communist spies. In his own words, he said: “The principles by which I live make it impossible for me to do a disloyal act to the United States.” Three days after he appeared be fore the committee. White died of a heart attack at his farm. White’s name cropped up now and then in testimony by recanted Communists. It is important to re member, however, that during this time no documentary evidence to support the charges that he was a Communist and a Communist spy was ever produced. Then recently Attorney General Herbert Brownell said in a speech which he had approved by Presi dent Eisenhower before he made it: Harry Dexter White was a Rus sian spy. He smuggled secret docu ments to Russian agents for trans mission to Moscow The F. B. L became aware of White’s espionage activities at an early point in his government career and from the beginning made reports on these activities to the appropriate offi cials in authority I can now an nounce officially, for the first time in public, that the records in my department show that White’s spy ing activities for the Soviet Gov ernment were reported in detail by the F. B. L to the White House by means of a report delivered to President Truman through his mili tary aide. Brig. Gen. Harry Vaughan, in December of 1945. Mr. Brownell went on to say that “incredible though it may seem”, Mr. Truman a month later nominated White for a post In the Monetary Fund. Mr. Brownell’s charges are based, as he said, on F. B. 1. files. It might be well at this point to explain that F. B. L files on gov ernment employees contain ma terial that is verified, material that has not been verified completely but is credited because of the reliability of the source, and finally unverified rumor and hear say. 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